Week 1: Dermatology: 5%, Infectious Disease: 6%, Hematology: 5% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus: Dermatology | Focus:Dermatology | Focus:Dermatology and Infectious Disease | Focus:Infectious Disease | Focus:Infectious Disease and Hematology | Focus:Hematology / Practice Test / Catch Up | Focus:Practice Tests |
Dermatology:Acneiform eruptionsDisease & disorders of the hair and nailsEnvenom- ations and arthropod bite reactionsKeratotic disorders | Derm neoplasmsPapulo- squamous disordersPigment disordersSkin integrityVascular abnorm-alities Vesiculo- bullous disease | Other dermatologic disordersInfectious diseases (Derm) Infectious Disease:Bacterial diseaseFungal diseaseMyco- bacterial diseases | Parasitic diseasesPrenatal transmiss- ion of disordersSepsis / systemic inflamma- tory response syndromeSpirochetal diseases | Viral diseases Heme:Auto- immune disordersCoagulat- ionCytopeniasCytoses | Hemoglo-binopathiesImmuno- logic disordersHeme neoplasms, premalign- ancies and malignanc- iesCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 2: Pulmonary: 10%, ENT: 7% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Pulmonary | Focus: Pulmonary | Focus:Pulmonary | Focus:Eyes | Focus:Ear / Nose | Focus:Oropharyngeal / Practice Test | Focus:Practice Tests |
Pulmonary:Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasesInfectious disordersRespiratory neoplasms | Pleural diseasesPulmonary circulationRestrictive pulmonary diseases | Sleep apnea / Obesity hypoventi- lation syndromeOther pulmonary disorders | Eyes:Conjunctival disordersCorneal lacrimal disordersLid disordersNeuro- ophthalmo- logic disordersOrbital disordersRetinal disordersTraumatic disordersVascular disordersVision abnormal- ities | Ear/Nose:External earInner earMiddle earHearing impairmentOther abnormal- ities of the earForeign bodiesNeoplasmNose / sinus disorders | Oropharyngeal:Orophary- geal disordersCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 3: Genitourinary: 5%, Reproductive: 7% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Genito- urinary | Focus:Genito- urinary | Focus:Reproductive | Focus:Reproductive | Focus:Reproductive | Focus:Reproductive / Practice Test | Focus:Practice Tests |
Genito- urinary:Bladder disordersCongenital and acquired abnormal- itiesHuman sexualityGenito- urinaryInfectious disorders | Genito- urinary neoplasmsNephro- lithiasis / urolithiasisPenile disordersProstate disordersTesticular disordersUrethral disorders | Reproductive:Breast disordersCervical disordersOvarian disordersUterine disordersVaginal / Vulvar disorders | Contra- captive methodsHuman sexualityInfertilitySexually transmitted infections / Pelvic inflamma- tory diseaseTrauma | MenopauseMenstrual disordersNeoplasms of breast and reprod- uctive tracts | Complicated pregnancyCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 4: Cardiovascular: 13% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Cardiology | Focus:Cardiology | Focus:Cardiology | Focus:Cardiology | Focus:Cardiology | Focus:Cardiology / Practice Test | Focus:Practice Tests |
Cardiology:Cardiomyo- pathiesConduction | Congenital heart diseaseCoronary artery disease | Hyper- tensionHypotension | Lipid disordersTraumatic, infectious, and inflamma- tory heart conditions | Valvular disordersHeart failure | Vascular diseaseCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 5: Gastrointestinal System/Nutrition: 9%, Renal: 5% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:GI | Focus:GI | Focus:GI | Focus:GI | Focus:Renal | Focus:Renal / Practice Test | Focus:Practice Tests |
GI:Biliary disordersColorectal disorders | Esophageal disordersFood allergies and food sensitivit- iesGastric disordersNutritional and vitamin disorders | Hepatic disordersMetabolic disordersGI neoplasmsPancreatic disorders | Small intestine disordersHerniasInfectious diarrhea / ingestion of toxic substances or foreign bodies | Renal:Acute disordersAcute kidney injury (acute renal failure)Chronic kidney diseaseEnd-stage renal disease | Congenital Renal disordersFluid and electrolyte disordersRenal neoplasmsCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 6: Endocrine: 7%, Musculoskeletal: 8% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Endocrine | Focus:Endocrine | Focus:Endocrine / MSK | Focus:MSK | Focus:MSK | Focus:MSK | Focus:Practice Tests |
Endocrine:Adrenal disordersDiabetes mellitusHypo- gonadic | Endocrine neoplasmsParathyro- id disordersPituitary disorders | Thyroid disorders MSK:Chest / rib disordersCompart- mentDegenera- tive diseases | MSK infectious diseasesLower extremity disordersMSK neoplasms | Rheumato- logic disorders | Upper extremity disordersSpinal disordersCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 7: Neurology: 7%, Psychiatry/Behavioral Science: 6% |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Neurology | Focus:Neurology | Focus:Neurology | Focus:Neurology / Psychiatry | Focus:Psychiatry | Focus:Psychiatry / Practice Test | Focus:Practice Tests |
Neurology:Closed head injuriesCranial nerve palsiesEncephal- opathic disordersHeadaches | Neurology infectious disordersMovement disordersNeurology neoplasmsNeurocog- native disorders | Neuro- muscularPeripheral nerve disordersSeizure disorders | Vascular disorders Psychiatry:Abuse and neglectAnxiety disordersBipolar and related disorders | Depressive disordersDisruptive, impulse control, and conduct disordersDissociative disordersFeeding and eating disordersHuman sexualityObsessive – Compulsive and related disorders | Neuro- develop- mental disordersPersonality disordersSchizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disordersSleep-wake disordersSomatic symptom and related disordersSubstance related and addictive disordersTrauma and stressor related disordersCatch up if necessary60 questions block exam, timed 60 minutes | Three 60 question block exam, timed 60 minutes per block |
Week 8: Questions/Review ONLY |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:Questions / Review | Focus:REST |
Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: Five 60 question block exams, 60 min. each block | Practice test: NONE, REST |