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The Step 1 exam emphasizes clinical reasoning. You need more than facts.
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You have to know how they apply to patient care. You need to think like a doctor.

Study to Completeness

Understand medicine from patient to DNA with no gaps of understanding

Learn to Think Like a Doctor

Focus on physician-relevant knowledge, not rote memorization and trivia

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The best way to prepare for your Step 1 and Step 2 exams is to prepare to be a doctor.

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Case Study: CT Scan of the Lung

Scenario

A 66-year-old woman complains of shortness of breath 3 days after a total hip replacement. 

Physical examination is unremarkable. 

​Vital signs:

   HR         98
   RR          32
   BP          89/66
   Temp     98.9 F

Questions

1. What is the chief complaint and its differential diagnosis?

2. What is the most specific finding on the exam?

3. What else must be true about the patient to explain the ordered?
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4. What is the diagnosis and the medical prescription?

Who We ARe

Our world-class faculty founded Medical School Companion to better respond to a rapidly changing Step 1 exam that no longer emphasizes subject-based, rote memorization. Meet the team:​

Philip tisdall, md

medical director

mary ruebush, phd

director of curriculum

jack wilson, phd

physiology instructor

CLINICAL REASONING FOR SUCCESS ON STEP 1 + 2

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Our Core Philosophies

Remember that you are not just studying for an exam. This is the best preparation for practicing medicine. You will be rewarded many times over for learning your basic sciences the right way. As fourth year students will tell you, the best way to get ready for Step 2 is to get ready for Step 1.