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How to Answer USMLE Like a Pro? [Even When You Don’t Know the Answer]

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This course will help you how to answer USMLE like a pro, this is even when you don’t know the answer. This is my perspective as an examiner of an exam in the USA as a question author, where I have learned so many things that happen behind the scenes. I have shared this perspective in this course where you can dissect the question, use the process of elimination, and eventually come with the correct answer. Ultimately this is what matters to ace like a PRO!

What Will You Learn?

  • - Familiarity with the exam questions
  • - Interactive session for the real exams
  • - How to answer USMLE Step questions
  • - Trick to eliminate the distractors
  • - How examiner thinks
  • - Answer based on psychology & elimination

Course Content

Introduction to the Course

Recall-Type Questions on the USMLE: Rare but not irrelevant
While the USMLE has evolved to test higher-order thinking and clinical reasoning, recall-type questions—those that test pure factual memory—still appear on occasion. These are straightforward “What is...?” or “Which of the following is...?” style questions, where success depends largely on direct memory of a fact, rather than application or analysis. How Common Are They? These types of questions are relatively rare on Step 1 and Step 2 CK, and even more so on Step 3. However, they are not completely absent. You might see 5–10% of your exam composed of such items, especially in areas like microbiology, pharmacology, or biochemistry.

Application Type Questions – The Question you would see on USMLE
Application-type questions are the most common and high-yield format on all USMLE exams. Unlike simple recall questions, these items require you to apply your medical knowledge to a clinical situation, often involving diagnosis, management, pathophysiology, or pharmacology in the context of a patient scenario. How Common Are They? Expect the majority of your exam—up to 70–80%—to be made up of application-type questions. These are the bread and butter of USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3. They reflect real-world clinical reasoning and decision-making. What They Look Like: These questions typically involve: A clinical vignette describing a patient Symptoms, signs, labs, or imaging A question that asks for the next best step, most likely diagnosis, most appropriate treatment, or underlying mechanism

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Yeafi Awal
3 days ago
On my first attempt, I had some technical issues which seems could be related to browser &/or actual background technical but on the second attempt, I could watch everything smoothly and complete.
[First time message displayed on screen: At times, the screen showed sorry video can not played due to privacy. ]
Content and practice questions are great to jump start!
If I do come across the same issue again, I will forward the screenshots to the team to take a deeper look into it.

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