Professional Documents
Culture Documents
o Before
reading
any
topic
from
other
books,
make
sure
that
you
have
a
GENERAL
IDEA
OF
WHAT
IS
IN
First
Aid
(eg.
charts,
graphics,
algorithms,
mnemonics,
ect).
So
you
know
the
essential,
and
do
not
invest
much
time
in
not-high
yield
things.
o If
possible
start
doing
QUESTIONS
SINCE
THE
BEGINNING
as
you
progress
with
the
subjects.
Help
in
focalize
high
yield
concepts.
Make
annotations
of
those
concepts
in
FA.
You
know
what
you
don`t
know
Now
I
felt
a
little
better
with
my
knowledge,
but
I
had
some
MENTAL
HOLES,
some
concepts
that
I
knew
I
understood
but
couldn`t
remember
easily.
But
I
knew
in
what
book
to
find
the
answer
fast.
The
objective
in
this
period
was
to
MAKE
THE
CONCEPTS
MORE
CLOSE
TO
MY
MIND.
At
the
same
time,
after
the
intensity
of
the
previous
period,
here
try
to
Material
o FA
(second
time)
o Doctors
in
training
(DIT)
2014.
o UW
(second
time)
Time:
2
months,
8
(+/-
2)
hours
per
day,
resting
one
day
per
week.
UW
second
time
correct
%
:
82%
UWSA2
online
:
252
NBME
15
online
:
234
Recommendations:
o Try
to
finish
UW
and
review
the
wrong
answers
until
you
do
not
have
any
wrong
answer.
So
the
majority
of
concepts
are
understood,
or
unless
WRITTEN
on
your
First
aid.
o Again,
your
FA
would
be
your
best
friend.
o
You
know
what
you
know
Now
is
when
I
felt
more
confident.
There
were
less
MENTAL
HOLES,
the
principal
concepts
were
learnt,
but
there
were
some
RELATIONS
BETWEEN
THEM
that
needed
to
be
INTEGRATED,
eg.
some
concepts
in
FA
that
you
didn`t
know
could
have
a
relation.
Here
is
when
it
got
trickier.
Here
is
when
POSTING
&
DISCUSSION
were
fundamental
for
contrasting
what
I
have
learned
(before
that
I
didn`t
post
so
much
because
I
felt
I
could
find
answers
just
reviewing
the
books;
my
doubts
were
easily
solved
just
doing
that).
Material
o FA
(third
time,
until
the
exam)
o NBME
offline
o Posting
and
discussing
in
the
group.
o BRS.
Just
questions,
especially
in
my
weak
point
according
to
NBMEs.
(Behavioral,
physiology,
histology,
anatomy)
o Cards.
Time:
1
months,
8
(+/-
2)
hours
per
day,
resting
one
day
per
week.
NBME
13,
12,
11,
7,
6,
5,
4,
3
offline
:
between
235
-
251
Recommendations
o I
started
adding
some
friends
(in
fb)
that
also
were
at
the
same
stage
of
study,
so
the
discussion
was
really
useful
and
the
answers
were
reached
without
too
much
delay.
o I
pasted
my
own
Memmory
Cards
(made
of
paper)
on
all
my
bedroom,
bathroom,
kitchen,
and
living
room.
The
pasted
the
concepts
that
even
understanding
the
concept
needed
MEMORY
to
be
fixed.
(eg.
pharyngeal
arch
embryology).
o BRS
questions
are
really
direct,
without
to
much
statement.
Perfect
when
you
don`t
have
time
to
waste.
You
don`t
know
what
you
know
(you
know
it
naturally)
At
this
time
I
started
felling
almost
ready
for
the
exam.
All
the
questions
were
asking
any
concept
that
I
watched
at
some
time.
The
objective
here
is
to
PREPARE
FOR
THE
EXAM,
in
terms
of
resistance
(8h
practice
exams)
and
review
some
algorithms
or
charts
just
to
refresh
the
knowledge.
Material
o FA
(third
time,
until
the
exam)
o NBME
16,
17,
18
o Cards.
Time:
2
weeks,
8
(+/-
2)
hours
per
day,
resting
one
day
per
week.
2
weeks
before
exam
NBME
17
241
9
days
before
exam
NBME
18
262
NBME 16
241
In
NBME
17
and
16,
I
felt
that
did
with
some
back
pain
and
with
the
time
at
limit.
NBME
18
was
most
steady.
Recommendations
o Focus
in
weak
point,
some
of
them
just
some
memory
failures.
o Practice
8h
exams,
eg.
1
online
NBME
+
2
blocks
of
offline
NBME.
o Practice
your
breaks.
In
my
case:
5`,
5`,
10`,
25`,
5`,
10`.
o Day
before
exam,
I
didn`t
study
nothing.
I
ran
6km
and
swam
in
the
sea.
So
I
did
rest
well
all
night.
o UW
and
NBMEs
prepare
you
well
for
the
pattern
of
questions
in
the
real
exam.
At
the
end,
I
could
say
that
the
first
part
is
really
PAINFUL.
It
is
tons
of
information
without
knowing
what
is
high
yield
and
not.
Do
not
stress.
Perseverance
is
the
mother
of
success.
There
are
no
tricks,
only
perseverance.
Repeat
and
repeat
concepts.
No
pain
no
gain
So
be
prepared.
Ral
Montaez
(from
PERU,
the
country
where
Machu
Picchu
is
set)