USMLE STEP 1

Guidance
Webinar
Dr Shehryar Azad (Final Year)
Nowshera Medical College
Sherryhaider99@gmail.com
NMCITES USMLE FORUM (Facebook)
 Objectives Of This Webinar
Objectives Of This Webinar
To know about Usmle program
To know about pathway toward
Residency
To know about step 1 preparation
methods, resources, cost and best
time to prepare for Step 1 (Major
Focus as it is Step 1 Related Webinar)
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Our Major Focus Will Be Step 1
To know about Step 2 Resources
To know benefits of being an American
doctor
To know salary of American
resident(Training years) and American
doctor
Question answer session( You can write
questions and I will answer them verbally)
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 ECFMG Certification

ECFMG Certification ECFMG Certification means

ECFMG stands for Education
Commission For Foreign Medical
Graduates
We can become ECFMG certified once
we complete
ECFMG certification means we can now
be applicable for applying in match to get
us Residency
Each year candidates apply for match in
month of September.

Step 1
Step 2
OET

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USMLE STEPS JOURNEY
Towards Residency
1) Usmle Step 1
2) Usmle Step 2
3) OET( English Language Exam )
4) USCE( USA Clinical Experience )
USCE simply stands for attending United
States hospital electives for a duration of
few months which gives us some basic
understanding of their health system.
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USMLE Journey
Letter Of Recommendations
After attending electives in USA Hospitals,
We can get LORS (Letter Of
Recommendation).
LORS help in getting match in USA.
5) After completing these steps, we apply
for National Resident Matching Program so
that we can get a speciality in which we can
complete our training.
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 USMLE Journey

IMGS Friendly Residency IMGS Friendly States

Programs
New york
Internal Medicine ( 3 years )
Florida
Family Medicine
Michigan
Psychiatry
Pennsylvania
Pediatrics
New Jersey
Neurology
Pathology

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USMLE Total Cost (50 to 60 lakhs)
Step 1 5-6 lakhs rupees (Including
Uworld subscription).
Step 2 5-6 lakhs rupees (Including
Uworld subscription).
OET 1.2 -1.5 Lakh rupees.
USCE 15 to 20 Lakh rupees.
Applying For Speciality Programs 10 to
15 Lakhs
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USMLE Total Cost
UNITED STATES CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE AND APPLICATION FOR
SPECIALITY PROGRAMS
USCE can cost up to 15 to 20 lakh
rupees
It includes USA visa , ticket, stay , food,
hospital fee, housing fee and other
expenses.
We need another 10 to 15 lakhs for
applying in different speciality programs
so that we can match into one of the
program.
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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Content

Step 1 Major Resources Step 1 Minor Resources

First aid ( Gold standard) Dr Randy Neil (Biostats and Genetics)

Boards and Beyond Lectures (Best Overview and overall Map
Resource) Dirty Medicine ( Pharmacology )
Uworld ( Gold standard )
Kaplan (Pharmacology)
Pathoma
Sketchy Micro
Kaplan Series (older method but we can
keep it in mind)
Mehlman Pdfs

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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Content
Step 1
1) First complete first aid with board
and beyond lectures.
2) After that ,start Uworld As early as
possible to practice the concepts in
first aid.
3) We can do the Uworld in many ways
Tutor Mode , Time mode
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System wise , Random
Best option to go through Uworld is in Time
mode and System wise .We can also make
U world flash cards and notes in the Uworld
notebook which we can revise later.
4) Do sketchy micro day by day , for
example ( Daily go for 3 bacteria )
5) After completing Uworld, go for NBMES
to access yourself
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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Content

Step 1

6) Continue revising first aid as well as u 9) Assess your preparation as according

World notes to the Nbmes percentage .

7) Give Nbmes for self assessment as 10) 67 to 70 % is a good percentage in

well as keep reviewing your mistakes to Nbmes and after doing multiple Nbmes
make your preparation better day by day. with good percentage, we can opt for the
test.
8) We can also do anki flash cards daily
as it is a personal choice, Anki improves
our knowledge by space repetition.

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 USMLE Step 1 Best Time Frame

Best Time To Give Step 1

Start preparing from 3rd year and give at

the mid or end of 4th year (Best Time).
Our goal should be giving step 1 before
MBBS.
To give Step 1 before MBBS, we have to
skip some ward and classes as suitable
to a person schedule to make time for
Usmle Step 1.

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 USMLE Step 2
Step 1 passing score 196
Step 2 Step 2 passing score 214

Our major focus is step 1 in todays 60 to 70 % Step 2 is Step1 content.

Webinar but the sources for step 2
Do the step 1 preparation in the best
preparation are
possible way, We just not have to pass the
First aid step 1 book step 1 but also, we must score very good
marks in the step 2 to improve our chances
Uworld
of match.
Amboss library
Step 1 is pass/fail
Anki flashcards
Step 2 is a scoring exam (245 above is a
Divine Intervention Podcasts very good score for IMGs)

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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Motivation
Study Motivation
We must have a strong reason to
complete steps journey because it is a
long and hectic pathway, and many
people give up in the mid of the journey.
Find a reason ,why you should do it and
what will be the pros and cons of giving
step 1
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Full Time Frame Of Steps Journey
It nearly takes 3 to 4 years and
sometimes longer to complete all the
steps and match for residency.
We have to keep the patience in time of
uncertainty and keep doing our
preparation so that we can complete the
process.
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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Motivation

Study Motivation USMLE

Remember that we must have a strong USMLE is residency exam.

reason to go through all the steps.
A reason is what gives us motivation and
desire to complete the pathway.
Ups and Downs are the part of journey.
PLAB is just a licensing exam.
PLAB is also a good option because it
involves less study , less money and less
uncertainity but in the long term Usmle is
a better option.

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 USMLE Step 1 Preparation Motivation

SUMMARY

To get USA Residency IMGS apply for residency positions in the

Complete month of september.
Step 1
Important Thing ;
Step 2
Oet Apply for Step 1 as soon as possible
Usce after your preparation is complete, don’t
Complete your cv and apply for match in the month
doubt yourself, you can do it.
of september in residency programs, through out
USA to increase your chances of matching. Don’t use too may resources, just stick
with the few (UWFAP)

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 Salary of
Being a doctor is very respected profession the United
an States.
During residency after excluding all kind of taxes, annual
American salary of American resident is 48000 to 50000 dollars which
translates into 2100-dollar salary biweekly or 4200 dollars
Resident in a month.(After removing all taxes it is 4200-dollars ,other
wise gross salary is 6000 dollars per month)

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 Salary of
Being a doctor is very respected profession the United
an States.
After completing residency and some years of experience,
American salary of US doctors increases rapidly. It can range up to 2
lakh-3.5 lakh dollars annually, Remember this salary is for
Doctors American doctors after they complete their respective
speciality and some experience, not during the residency.

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 Pros of
Being a doctor is very respected profession the United
being an States.
Being a doctor In United States guaranties us the best
American possible training in the world
Being a doctor in the United States give us opportunity to
Doctor grow financially as well as academically in shorter time due
to their best system designs.

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 Pros of Being a doctor in United States , after completing our
being an residency to practice medicine in most other countries of the
world.

American Being a doctor In United States allow us to do many extra

things with residency as many residents continue their
Youtube journey as well.
Doctor Being a doctor in the United States give us opportunity to
compete in the best environment.

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 Cons of
• Loneliness
being an • Far from family
•
American •
Different people than your own home country
Language barrier

Doctor •
•
Religion practice
Islamic culture and values

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 ECFMG Registration for Step Exams

ECFMG Registration
Join
To know about all the process for getting
NMCITES USMLE FORUM
registered with ECFMG
Watch the video on Youtube It will provide information about all the
ECFMG Step By Step Registration Usmle steps and in this Facebook group
Process you can discuss your problems with the
I hour 36 minutes in length medical students, and they can guide you
in the best possible way.
I will also upload this presentation into
NMCITES USMLE FORUM as well so
medical students can understand better
about all this important information.

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 The way to get
started is to quit talking
and begin doing.
Walt Disney

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 Any
Questions
will be
appreciated !
Shehryar
Haider
(Facebook
id)

Thank you, I hope that u had

understood the most of it.
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