1.) Student Q & A forum - the OME sets up a panel of 3rd years to come during a noontime lunch session. They share their various study regiments, tips, and survival skills. 2nd years are invited to attend and can ask any questions serious or ridiculous. This is probably the most helpful thing UB can offer.
2.) 2nd year class meeting with Dr. Nielsen - you'll receive a thick survey packet that collates all the student responses of the preceding class regarding Boards studying experience (eg. did you use a prep course? did you feel the student panel was helpful? did you study in a group or alone? did you move the date of your exam? etc) Most students found this survey extremely helpful.
3.) Evening reviews for 2nd years - runs 2 hours once a month to hit on organ systems as a big crash-review throughout second year. Nonmandatory and helpful to remind you that the liver, heart, collagen exists even if you may not remember it…
4.) End of year USMLE prep course - 2 weeks long but may change this year. Basically for 2 weeks straight profs come and lecture on a different subject each day…kind of a quick overall review of basic Step 1 topics. UB's still working on this as this course is nonmandatory and has low attendance. It perhaps needs more student input…(how about gleaning high yield material from First Aid?)
5.) UB Board Patrol - email hotline. (That would be us). email moc.liamg|lortaPdraoBBU#moc.liamg|lortaPdraoBBU and the five of us who run the hotline (students will rotate each year) will try to get back to you within a week with a collection of our perspectives. We'll also post the class-relevant answers on this forum.
