Idiawrites

I've gotten a lot of questions from friends and colleagues on how to prepare for USMLE step 1 examination so this is dedicated to those who are curious about the exam and those who are preparing for the exam. I'll be sharing tips and information that will help and hopefully make your journey easier. There'll also be sprinkles of my own personal experience and what I learned along the way Overview;  The USMLE stands for United States Medical Licensing Examination. It is an examination you have to write if you want to practice medicine in the United States of America and if you want to do a residency program in the US. This examination is written by IMGs and non IMGs, it's basically a rite of passage for anyone that wants to practice in the US. There are 3 steps to this exam. Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3. The focus of attention today is Step 1.   Step 1 is one of the most dreaded exams cause most people believe that it is very difficult and there's a pressure not to j...

            Trauma; according to the  English dictionary can be defined as an emotional wound leading to psychological injury, a second definition describes it as an event that causes great distress, both of these definitions I completely agree with. We’ve all had our share of traumas, I’ve had mine. I have experienced a few devastating events in my lifetime and I want to share what my thought process was during those difficult times and what I’ve learned. When something terrible has happened to us, we tend to self blame before anything else. We wonder and we think I must’ve done something wrong for this to happen to me. The things we tell ourselves, things that I’ve told myself in times like this include; “I wasn’t smart enough”, “I was too weak”, “I should’ve been more careful”, “I should’ve listened to my gut”, “why was I so naive”, “There must be something wrong with me”, “maybe I was unlovable and unworthy of being loved”, “It’s all my fault”. Yo...