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USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 8 min read

How Do You Pick The Best Answers On The USMLE® and COMLEX®?

While there are a lot of “tricks of the trade” to getting multiple choice questions correct, the old adage “practice makes perfect” is the rule to live by. In our experience, students we mentor that see a minimum of 10,000 unique practice questions prior to an…

Consensus opinion provided by Jesse Cole, MD (AOA); Nick Lorenzo, MD (AOA); S Huntly Plantz, MD (AOA), Scott Dulebohn, MD, Bill Gossman, MD; and Martin Huecker, MD (AOA), March 25, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 3 min read

How Do You Score Well On USMLE®, COMLEX®, Shelf, and Board Multiple Choice Tests?

All of us have been taking multiple-choice tests for years before getting into medical school or residency training. If we were not good at them, we probably would not have made it into medical school. However, the further you go in your training, the stiffer …

Nicholas Lorenzo, MD, Neurologist, AOA UNMC, Co-Founder www.emedicine.com, www.pearlsreview.com, and The McGraw-Hill Pearls of Wisdom Board Review Series, March 24, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 2 min read

How Does Your USMLE® Step 1 and 2 Score Stack Up?

The USMLE® Step 1 and USMLE® Step 2 are the first and second board exams offered by the United States Medical Licensing Examination. They are arguably the two most important exams a medical student will complete as they typically determine your chances of obta…

Consensus opinion provided by Jesse Cole, MD; Nick Lorenzo, MD; and Bill Gossman, MD, March 24, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 2 min read

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Consensus opinion provided by Dan Mountcastle, MD; Phillip Hynes, MD; and Nick Lorenzo, MD…

March 23, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 2 min read

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March 23, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 6 min read

What Study Habits Will Lead To The Best Grades And Scores On The USMLE® Step 1-3 or COMLEX® Step 1

On the first day of medical school, our dean showed up with a very large medical dictionary. He whacked it down loudly on the podium, which really got our attention. He then told us the “good news” that over the next four years, we only needed to commit 10% of…

Consensus opinion provided by Jesse Cole, MD [AOA]; Nick Lorenzo, MD [AOA]; Bill Gossman, MD; James Hughes, MD; and S Huntly Plantz, MD [AOA], March 23, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 18 min read

How to Pick the Best Answers On The USMLE® and COMLEX®

Lauren Brewer is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.…

Consolidated opinion of Steve Leslie, MD; Associate Professor, Division of Urology, Creighton University; Nick Lorenzo, MD; AOA Graduate and Co-Founder of eMedicine; Jesse Cole, MD, AOA Graduate and Co-Founder of eMedicine; and S. Huntly Plantz, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (retired), AOA and Co-Founder of eMedicine, and author of 38 textbooks, including several multiple-choice question books., March 18, 2021
USMLE® & COMLEX® Test Strategies, 7 min read

What Are The Common USMLE® and COMLEX® Question Types?

The question types and difficulty level varies from USMLE®/COMLEX® 1 to 3. The entire exam is based on single-time questions. Generally, a patient clinical vignette is followed by four or more choices, options A, B, C, D, and sometimes E.…

Consensus opinion provided by Dan Mountcastle, MD; Phillip Hynes, MD; and Nick Lorenzo, MD, March 18, 2021