Second Day

I stuck mostly with the plan I put forth last night. Instead of gym at 6, I went at 9. I did bench, squats, ran around campus, then changed, went to lab, came home, did nothing for a little while, and now I finished assessing what I want to my studying to look like. Here is what I came up with so far:

Study Resources:

1.       Books

a.       Books I know are useful and should be read:

                                                               i.      Goljan Pathology

                                                             ii.      Dubbins EKG book

                                                            iii.      First Aid – Organ Systems

                                                           iv.      First Aid – General Principles

                                                             v.      Robbins Basic Pathology

b.      Books I have

                                                               i.      BRS Series

                                                             ii.      Kaplan Medessentials Review Book

                                                            iii.      First Aid High Yield

                                                           iv.      Pre-Test

                                                             v.      Thomson and Thomson Genetics

                                                           vi.      Rapid Interpretation of EKGs

                                                          vii.      High Yield Series

                                                        viii.      Made Ridiculously Simple Series

c.       Other books

                                                               i.      Step up to Medicine

                                                             ii.      TAUS Method Step 1 studying

2.       Audio & Video

a.       Dr. Najeeb Video Lectures

b.      Goljan Audio Lectures

c.       Kaplan Video Lectures

d.      Doctors in Training Video Lectures

3.       Online Services

a.       Kaplan High-Yield 18 month license

b.      Firecracker

4.       Question Banks

a.       USMLE WORLD Step 1 Qbank

b.      USMLE Flash Card Questions

c.       First Aid Q&A For Step 1

Vision:

What is it that I want to get accomplished in the next 4 months?

What can I do to help make the biggest impact in the coming year and on the Step 1 exam?

Using vision, try to plan out what you can do with the study materials that you have. Make an everyday goal for studying that also falls in line with research, working out, and fun!

Ok, I know I want to start reading some books. I want to make some headway into them… but I also need a way to make notes out of them so that I can revisit the information later and learn from them.

I think I can do 20 pages a day out of most books… I think the book I will start with is BRS Physio.

Then 20 questions per day on Firecracker…

I could also do a lesson on the High Yield Step 1 course too! Yeah!

I would also love it if I could get some headway into Dubbins… 20 pages too.

After Dubbins I can start on Goljan Pathology!

While reading from these sources and writing notes, I can use First Aid and Kaplan medessentials to fill in some further information gaps that will really complete my learning.

On the weekends, I can listen to three Goljan lectures a day and take notes on them while listening to them. I can review two of those lectures on Sunday and the other two on Monday.

When I am done with all of the Goljan lectures I can move on to Dr. Najeeb videos, and then later to Kaplan video lectures, and then finally Doctors in training.

The next step I need to conquer is to plan out my studying for the rest of the week. I would like to do this tomorrow. For now, I'd like to plan my day to include this new study plan.

Tuesday, August 27th 2013

1. Wake up around 6:30 am.
2. Take a shower, brush teeth, face routine.
3. Make breakfast, make food for the day, get out of the house by 7:30 am.
4. Temporarily park behind the med school. Drop off food and backpack in lab.
5. Park at Publix. Take bike and gym bag to gym by 8:00 am.
6. Gym from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.
7. Exercise Routine:
1. Arms
1. Barbell preacher curls
2. Hammer Curls
3. Wrist Curl
4. Reverse Wrist Curl
2. Shoulders
1. Military presses (ant delt)
2. Barbell Shoulder Press (ant delt)
3. Lever Seated Rear Delt Row (post delt)
4. Barbell upright row OR Cable lateral raises (lat delt)
3. Leg adductors & Abductors
1. That machine
4. Pull-ups
1. 4 sets of how ever many you can do.
5. Crunches
1. Crunch machine OR Marbell Push Sit-up
2. Hanging leg raises
3. Dumbbell 45 deg side bend OR Ab Twisting Machine
6. Boxing (20 min)
7. Shower! Change clothes
8. Lab from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
1. Go to EMIG meeting at 12:00 pm!
1. Listen to lecture & answer e-mails during presentation.
9. Lunch break: 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm.
10. Study at the Med Library from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm
1. Finish up writing e-mails! Don't take longer than 30 minutes doing so.
2. Read 20 pages of BRS Physiology
3. Do 20 questions/day on Firecracker
4. Do 1 lesson from Kaplan High Yield Step 1 course
11. Leave for home at 10:00 pm.
12. Eat, clean your face, brush your teeth, change into PJs.
13. Read Dubbins until sleepy.
14. Go to bed by 12 am.

My meal plan got a little side tracked today. I was pretty hungry. I will try to fill those hungry gaps with protein shakes. I realize that might be the better thing to do. And so, meal planning for tomorrow:

- Egg whites with sofrito + oatmeal.

- After gym - Protein shake

- Salad

- Cereal with protein shake

- Cottage cheese w/ fruit and nuts

- Protein shake

and I think that's it until home...

Here's to tomorrow!

V