But to those students on-site, know that you will have to participate to some degree. Each class starts off with a session about test taking strategies and techniques. Francis or sometimes another doctor filling in, like Dr.
Chacko or Dr. Parth will pick a few random exam questions and demonstrate some test taking technique. The idea behind these morning workshops is to teach you how to be smarter and more efficient in how you take the test , and not just prepare for it from a knowledge-based perspective.
Francis hammers on his theory of finding the concept or clue in the vignette and quickly eliminating incorrect answer choices. So many other courses focus on substantive review and provide little, if any, attention to strategy. So it is refreshing to see a course teach you how to take the test in addition to just what you need to know for the test.
I found many of Dr. In my opinion, these morning sessions added some of the biggest value in this course. You still need to learn the hard material, and that is where most of the rest of the day is spent.
This part of the course is a fairly traditional lesson, with Dr. Francis employing a whiteboard in class. You follow along in your lecture notes, and take your own notes as you listen to Dr. Again, Dr. Francis is a great lecturer.
He not only has a clear mastery of the subject matter, but he is also a skilled teacher. He can be loud and expressive at times, and this helps to keep otherwise dry and difficult material at least somewhat interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this portion of the class as well. Learning the hard content is one of those necessary evils, and Dr. Francis does a great job. For those students learning at home through the on-demand course, the PASS Program also offers some high quality on-demand videos.
All of the course formats provide you with access to these video-based lessons for roughly 6 months after your normal class ends except the self-study on demand package, which simply provides a straight 6 months of access. These video lectures are very similar to the class sessions, but offer onscreen text, graphics and hand drawn notes. Francis appears in the bottom right corner of the screen and lectures on the topic, while on screen notes from the lecture handout and his occasional hand drawn notes on the whiteboard take center stage.
These videos are very much like the class sessions, but a bit more polished and with the added digital features of onscreen graphics. While I found these videos to be well thought out, they were not the best I have seen. But that is mostly because of the production value and format of these videos.
They just feel dated and old school, whereas the other prep companies have more updated delivery formats. The content of these on demand video lessons is otherwise on point though. I liked the PASS Program practice questions and found them to be very realistic of what you will see on gameday. Accompanying all of the on-demand videos, there is a short quiz to test your knowledge of the material on the topic. After you are done, you are given solutions to the quiz questions in video form. I really liked this feature and found it to be helpful.
In fact, I wish every question they offer had a video made and recorded in the online portal. Beyond the video explanations, I liked the text-based explanations as well, though not as much as other courses. This is a contrast to the traditional question bank style of learning, but they have that too.
New monthly pricing is very affordable making this a great option to get started with your USMLE prep. Their video content is decent as well, although it could still use some improvement. Expect lots of practice questions, self-assessments, and a handy mobile app. Not every USMLE course is created equal, and not every quality program is a good fit for every student. But the right combination of study habits, a well-designed curriculum, and plenty of practice will undoubtedly set you up for success on exam day.
We would love to hear from you and get your perspective as well. We take actual student feedback and integrate it into all our reviews. The USMLE Step 1 is an eight-hour, computerized exam that assesses whether you understand and can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine. This exam is designed to ensure you know the science within clinical contexts to safely and competently practice medicine under supervision.
Some residency programs are very competitive, such as dermatology, plastic surgery, otolaryngology, orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery. In , US candidates had a mean score of , with a standard deviation of Meaning that almost two-thirds of these candidates scored between a , and a It usually takes about three to four weeks for your test results to be ready once your test date passes.
In most cases, when there is any national US holiday, expect a delay of a week. Once your test results are available, you will be emailed instructions on how to access your USMLE score report.
Your score report will be available for one year. We recommend candidates to take up to five or six weeks of dedicated study time — with hours of prep every day. Help When You Need It: There is a great team of instructors that are ready and willing to help with any question you have. Entertaining Lectures: Francis is a teacher that knows how to motivate students. His classes will keep you engaged and even excited at times. Check out his same lecture below to get an idea of exactly how he teaches.
This ensures you get just enough information but overwhelmed. There are no refunds after the start of the class. Lectures videos are generally done on a whiteboard, and slides using Powerpoint. In Person Programs 1 one-on-one tutoring session per week 5 Week , 2 one-on-one tutoring sessions per week 12 week Unlimited Lab Use Live On-Site Monday-Friday morning test-taking strategy workshops 2 NBME practice exams Self Paced course access and recorded lectures for the duration of the course plus 3 months after the last day of class Access to recorded Morning Questions for the duration of the course plus 3 months after the last day of class.
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