“These issues can likely be mitigated and managed with proper methodology. Because methodology does matter — especially when studying and learning in med school.”
You Need This Med School Study Habit
“There are a couple of components to retrieval practice that’s important if you’re going to do it correctly, If you’re doing a self-test, it’s important to check for depth, breadth, and accuracy.”
Transform Your Studying With Retrieval Practice
In part one of a two-part miniseries, Ryan Orwig and Dr. Jim Culhane analyze the benefits of retrieval practice versus more passive study methods.
More Common Test-Taking Mistakes Med Students and Doctors Make on the Boards
In this episode, Ryan and David discuss more common mistakes students and doctors make on medical board exams, including predicting, partial true versus partial false, and code-failure misses.
Don’t Miss These 3 Podcast Episodes When Preparing for the USMLE, COMLEX, or Other Board Exams
Looking for actionable strategies to improve your studying and test-taking skills for the USMLE and other tests? Check out these three episodes of Inside the Boards where our founder, Ryan, goes over the practices we teach in our STATMed Study Skills Class and Boards Workshop.
In Their Words: Former Students Share How STATMed Changed Their Entire Approach to Med School
In this podcast, alumni from the STATMed Study Skills Class dive into the top 10 reasons STATMed Learning can help in med school.
“Frameworking, retrieval practice, and the ASA changed my life.”
I was getting by in med school, but it was a lot of brute force and brutal hours. Definitely ‘study harder’ and not ‘study smarter,’ and maybe it was not sustainable. I’ll never know because I took the STATMed Class between 1st and 2nd year. My efficiency and mastery went through the roof, and I had time to have a life. Frameworking, retrieval practice, and the ASA changed my life.
Drinking from the Firehose — How Two Students Learned to Overcome Information Overload and Keep Up in Med School
We’ve always heard that if studying and learning in undergrad is like sipping from a water fountain, then learning in med school is more like trying to take a drink from a firehose.
On the STATMed Podcast: More Test-Taking Errors Med Students and Doctors Make on the Boards
In this podcast episode, we dig deeper into the top 13 test-taking errors to avoid when taking medical board exams and other tests.
Advice for Board Exams: Don’t Get Derailed by Mystery Clues
I see it all the time — a client will read the prompt and vignette for a board exam question, and as they do, they’ll notice one, two, three, or even four clues that they recognize and have associations with. It seems like everything’s going well. But then — the Mystery Clue appears! So, here’s some of my best advice for board exams: let the mystery be.