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12WeekUSMLESchedule PDF
12WeekUSMLESchedule PDF
1. First Aid (this schedule is based on 2015 FA)
2. SketchyMicro
3. Pathoma (videos)
4. UWorld Question Bank
Instructions:
1. “40 UWorld Set” means to do a full length, timed, random question set from start to finish. Then,
review each question and read the full explanation, including questions that were both RIGHT and
WRONG
2. For First Aid, you are expected to thoroughly study each section. You are only doing 1 pass
through of FA, so make sure you understand it as you go
3. Pathoma videos entail watching the corresponding video and following around the Pathoma text
provided upon activating your subscription. Take notes in the text as needed
4. Don’t study anything on “Rest” days
5. When you reach the final 2 weeks, you have to take the NBME’s seriously. Simulate your testing
conditions. For example, if you have a 9:00AM test time, then start your NBME at 9:00AM at a
location other than your house. I suggest a library, or somewhere quiet where you can mimic the
conditions of your test. Turn your phone off, find silence, and use breaks only as you would on test
day
6. This schedule can easily be adjusted for newer versions of First Aid. Just simply make the
changes yourself, as the page numbers differ only slightly year to year.
WEEK 1
Day 1 Day 6 Day 5
Pharmacology [First Aid] p241255 2.5 Wound Healing [Pathoma] 1.1 to 2.5 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro]
1.1 Growth Adaptations [Pathoma] 3.1 Neoplasia [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
1.2 Cell Injury [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
40Q UWorld Set
Day 6
2.6 to 5.1 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro]
Day 2 Day 7 REST/CatchUp
40Q UWorld Set
Pharmacology [First Aid] p256261
Molecular [First Aid] p6271
WEEK 2
Day 7 REST/CatchUp
1.3 Cell Death [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set
Day 1
WEEK 3
Pathology [First Aid] p221240
Day 3
3.2 Carcinogenesis [Pathoma]
Day 1
Cellular [First Aid] p7277 40Q UWorld Set Antimicrobials [First Aid] p180195
Lab Techniques [First Aid] p7779 5.2 to 5.9 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro]
Genetics [First Aid] p8084 ay 2
D
40Q UWorld Set
1.4 Radical Injury [Pathoma] 3.3 Tumor Progression [Pathoma]
1.5 Amyloid [Pathoma] 3.4 Clinical Characteristics [Pathoma]
Day 2
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set 5.10 to 8.1 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro]
Hem/Onc [First Aid] p382385
Day 4 Day 3
40Q UWorld Set
Genetics, Nutrition, Met. [First Aid] p8597 2.3 Primary Immunodeficiency [Pathoma]
2.1 Acute Inflammation [Pathoma] 2.4 Autoimmune Diseases [Pathoma]
Day 3
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set Hem/Onc [First Aid] p385400
8.1 to 10.1 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro]
Day 5 Day 4
40Q UWorld Set
Metabolism [First Aid] p98115 Immunology [First Aid] p197220
2.2 Chronic Inflammation [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
40Q Uworld Set
Day 4 2.4 to 3.3 Viruses [SketchyMicro] Day 3
Hem/Onc [First Aid] p401413 40Q UWorld Set Pulm [First Aid] p607621
10.1 to 10.7 in Bacteria [SketchyMicro] 4.2 Secondary Hemostasis [Pathoma]
1.1 to 1.2 in Fungi [SketchyMicro] Day 4 4.3 Other Hemostasis [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set 3.3 to 3.9 Viruses [SketchyMicro] 4.4 Thrombosis [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set 4.5 Embolism [Pathoma]
Day 5 40Q UWorld Set
1.3 to 3.2 in Fungi [SketchyMicro] Day 5
40Q UWorld Set Renal [First Aid] p526532 Day 4
3.9 to 3.12 Viruses [SketchyMicro] 5.1 Anemia [Pathoma]
Day 6 1.1 to 1.3 Parasites [SketchyMicro] 5.2 Microcytic Anemia [Pathoma]
3.3 to 3.5 Fungi [SketchyMicro] 40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set
1.1 to 1.4 Viruses [SketchyMicro]
40Q UWorld Set Day 6 Day 5
Renal [First Aid] p533545 5.3 Macrocytic Anemia [Pathoma]
Day 7 REST/CatchUp 2.1 to 3.4 Parasites [SketchyMicro] 5.4 Normocytic Anemia [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set
WEEK 4 GI [First Aid] p342355
Day 7 REST/CatchUp
Day 1 Day 6
Cardio [First Aid] p268276 WEEK 5 [GI] First Aid p356369
1.5 to 1.11 Viruses [SketchyMicro] 5.4 Normocytic Anemia [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set Day 1 5.5 Normocytic w/ EV Hemolysis [Pathoma]
Renal [First Aid] p546555 5.6 Normocytic w/ IV Hemolysis [Pathoma]
Day 2 Parasites 4.1 to 6.2 [SketchyMicro] 40Q UWorld Set
Cardio [FirstAid] p277293 40Q UWorld Set
1.11 to 2.3 Viruses [SketchyMicro] Day 7 REST/CatchUp
40Q UWorld Set Day 2
Pulm [First Aid] p599606 WEEK 6
Day 3 4.1 and 4.2 Hemostasis [Pathoma]
Cardio [FirstAid] p2943010 40Q UWorld Set
Day 1 Day 6 Day 5
GI [FirstAid] p370380 Repro [First Aid] p592598 Endo [First Aid] p312315
5.7 Anemia Underproduction [Pathoma] 8.4 to 8.6 [Pathoma] 9.9 to 10.4 [Pathoma]
6.1 Leuko [Pathoma] 12.1 to 12.2 [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
6.2 Acute Leukemia [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
40Q UWorld Set Day 6
Day 7 Rest Endo [First Aid] p316329
Day 2 10.4 and 10.5 [Pathoma]
6.3 Chronic Leukemia [Pathoma] WEEK 7 40Q UWorld Set
6.4 Myelo [Pathoma]
6.5 to 6.7 [Pathoma] Day 1 Day 7 Rest
40Q UWorld Set 12.2 to 12.5 [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set WEEK 8
Day 3
6.8 to 6.9 [Pathoma] Day 2 Day 1
7.1 Vasculitis [Pathoma] MSK [First Aid] p416426 Endo [First Aid] p330340
40Q UWorld Set 9.1 to 9.3 [Pathoma] 10.6 to 10.8 [Pathoma]
12.5 to 12.9 [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set
Day 4
Repro [First Aid] p558577 Day 3 Day 2
7.2 to 8.1 [Pathoma] MSK [First Aid] p426439 Neuro [First Aid] p448452
40Q UWorld Set 9.4 to 9.5 [Pathoma] 11.1 to 11.3 [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set
Day 5
Repro [First Aid] 578592 Day 4 Day 3
8.1 to 8.4 [Pathoma] MSK [First Aid] p440446 Neuro [First Aid] p453467
40Q UWorld Set 9.6 to 9.8 [Pathoma] 13.1 to 13.3 [Pathoma]
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set
Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 6
Neuro [First Aid] p468481 Psych [First Aid] p503524 NBME #1 Review biostats equations
13.4 to 13.5 [Pathoma] 18.1 to 18.5 [Pathoma] Review drug flashcards
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set Day 3
Rest Review SketchyMicro
Day 5 Day 4 Day 4 Day 7
Neuro [First Aid] p482496 19.1 to 19.5 [Pathoma] Review NBME #1 Review biostats equations
13.6 and 13.7 [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set Review drug flashcards
40Q UWorld Set 40Q UWorld Set Day 5
Rest Review SketchyMicro
Day 6 Day 5 Day 6 WEEK 12
Neuro [First Aid] p497502 15.1 to 15.11 [Pathoma] NBME #2 **Week 12 is to be used however
13.7 [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set you want** I recommend rest and
14.1 to 14.4 [Pathoma] 40Q UWorld Set Day 7
Rest ONLY reviewing your “weakest”
16.1 [Pathoma] subjects
40Q UWorld Set Day 6 WEEK 11
17.1 to 17.6 [Pathoma]
Day 7 Rest 40Q UWorld Set Day 1
40Q UWorld Set Review NBME #2
WEEK 9
Day 7 Rest Day 2
Rest
Day 1
Behavioral [First Aid] p4755 WEEK 10 Day 3
16.2 to 16.4 [Pathoma] NBME #3
40Q UWorld Set Day 1
17.7 to 17.8 [Pathoma] Day 4
Rest
Day 2 40Q UWorld Set
Behavioral [First Aid] p5660 40Q UWorld Set Day 5
40Q UWorld Set Review NBME #3
40Q UWorld Set