Duration: 5months = 2 MONTHS (1st reading) + 1 month 15 days (2nd read) +1 month DAYS (3rd

read) 8 days (4th read) +4 days (MTB step2) 3days (MTB step3) 3 days for NBME
Materials Needed: Kaplan series
MTB STEP2
MTB STEP3
U-WORLD SERIES
Derm net (atlas )
FIRST READ: 2 months (approximate)
In 1st read, one should read system wise. E.g Cardiology, gastroenterology Etc. When one system
is finished, don't rush to the next system. Rather read it from MTB step2. This will cover MTB along
with. (Remember, MTB in CK is equivalent to First Aid in step 1, rather MTB is a little bit more
important)

Medicine: 6 weeks
Cardiology 5 days (4+1)-4 days for Kaplan and 1 day for MTB
Gastroenterology and HePatology 5 days (4+1)
Pulmonology 4 days (3+1)
Infectious Disease 4 days (3+1)
Nephrology & Electrolytes 4 days (3 +1)
Endocrinology 3 days (2+1)
Rheumatology 3 days (2+1)
Hematology /Oncology 3 days (2+1)
Neurology 4 days (3+1)
Emergency Medicine 4 days (3+1)
Preventive Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-1 day
Opthalmology-1 day
Rdaiology-1 day

Surgery: 6 DAYS (4 +2 days)

Pediatrics: 5 days (4 days +1)
Gynecology+ Obstetrics: 1 Week (3+2 days of Kaplan +2 days of MTB)
Psychiatry/ Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 4 days (2+1 days for Kaplan + 1 day of MTB)

SECOND READ: 45-50days

In second read, in addition to revising Kaplan and MTB 2, one should add to U world. Do read the U
world notes shared on forum before reading U world. That will improve U world scores; Read a
question and if the answer is right; dont read the explanation; just read the summary; if the answer
is wrong; go through the explanation and summary.
Medicine:
Cardiology 4 days (3 days for Kaplan and MTB & 1 day for U world)

Gastroenterology and Hepatology 4 days (3+1)

Pulmonology 2 days (2+1)
Infectious Disease 3 days (2+1)
Nephrology & Electrolytes 3 days (2+1)
Endocrinology 2 days (1+1)
Rheumatology 3 days (2+1)
Hematology /Oncology 2 days (1+1)
Neurology 3 days (2+1)
Emergency Medicine 4 days (2+ 2 days of U world of Emergency visit)
Preventive Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-& Opthalmology-1 day
Rdaiology-1 day
Surgery: 4 DAYS (3 days of Kaplan /MTB +1day of U world)
Pediatrics: 4 days (3days +1)
Gynecology+ Obstetrics: 6 days (2+2 days of Kaplan +2 days of U world)
Psychiatry/ Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 4 days (2+1 days of Kaplan / MTB+ 1 day of MTB)

THIRD READ: ( 1 month)

In 3rd read, one should revise kaplan and U world . U world takes verylesstimein3rd read as all the
questions are known by that time. So just read the notes uploaded in the forum or read your own
highlighted points and solve the questions and go ahead.
MEDICINE: 18 days
Cardiology 3 days
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 4 days (3+1)
Pulmonology 1 days
Infectious Disease 2 days
Nephrology & Electrolytes 2 days
Endocrinology 1 day
Rheumatology 1 days
Hematology /Oncology 1 day
Neurology 2 days
Emergency Medicine 3days
Preventive Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-& Opthalmology-Rdaiology-1 day
Surgery: 3 DAYS
Pediatrics: 3 days
Gynecology+ Obstetrics: 4days
Psychiatry/ Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 2 days
>MTB STEP2 CK: 3-4 days
>Read complete MTB CK in 3-4 days in continuity

MTB STEP 3: ( 2-3 days )

This is not essential, but if you read it, it will increase your total score by 15 marks. Spend 2-3 days
in reading it .It is same as MTB step2 with some addition
NMBE: After reading the MTBs , take 2 NBMEs; if you score >250 , take step 2 in the next 10 days;
otherwise delay the date
FOURTH READ: ( 1 week)
After NBME, take 7-8 days in reading all subjects from Kaplan
MEDICINE=3 DAY S
SURGERY-1 DAY
PEDs-1 days
GYN/OBS-1 day
Psychiatry/BS-1 DAY
FINAL MTB:
Read MTB in 3-4 days and Take exam On 5th day
DERM NET:
Keep one day for derma net- this is a web site that has pictures of skin manifestations of all systemic
diseases. Highly useful ; will take just 7 hours to go through, but will really help with exam as a lot of
diagrammatic questions come. www.dermnet.com
NOTE: Most of times, people get scores either equal or more than NBME score in real exam. So
dont take exam until you get 250 or more in NBME

Article by:
Waqas Nawaz , MD