Sketchy Pharm Document

[Janne Desir]

Yasstarted shooting off ideas about what we could do differently. She talked about how this is not going to stop us from moving on and that whatever I needed she would be there by my side to make sure I had the best environment and space to focus and zone in for my next attempt. While I sat there nodding my head, on the inside I still felt like a complete failure. I felt like I was the one holding us back, like I was messing up all of our plans and our lives together.

Later that night, we got home and Yas started to create a study checklist/calendar that would allow me to cover all the material from First Aid (FA), Pathoma and Sketchy multiple times before my exam. She designed the study plan to focus on my weaknesses (biochem, pharm, cardio and micro). I felt like that is what I was missing from my study process.

First, I want to talk about what my study process was like before and how that held me back from unlocking my true potential and then touch on how I changed my approach to increase my score by almost 10%.

I also incorporated anatomy concepts from a document called 100 Anatomy USMLE Concepts. Anatomy has always been my strong suite, but adding these concepts into my study schedule allowed me to review the high yield anatomy (like that Colles fracture we all forget about).

The only way to get my mind off of the questions I missed was to occupy my mind with some other kind of stimulus. What better stimulus is there than Netflix? Over the course of the next three days, Yas and I (and Lulu the cat) binge watched TV shows, movies, cupcake challenges. We enjoyed some comfort food and a few games of 2K. The gloomy, rainy weather made it very easy not leave the house.

I can honestly say that the past seven months have been a humbling journey. From taking the Becker course for eight weeks (total bust in my opinion, as Yas has probably discussed), to moving to Miami and staying 5 months longer than anticipated. I learned a lot about myself. I learned that I can bounce back. I learned to not compare myself to others and to focus on the end goal. I also learned to never give up, even when faced with failure over and over again. If its something worth having, its worth working for, because that feeling of succeeding is like no other.

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