Step 3: Daily Schedule

Daily Schedule

In keeping our programs small we are able to focus on each student’s progress throughout the program.

No lectures, all higher order thinking tactile-classroom learning style. 

Our days are divided into three main components:

1.  Morning Pharm drill.
2. ★System Based Supplemental Instruction™ (SBSI) replaces the traditional lecture style of reviewing the Clinical Sciences. Here students analyze and explore complex and fundamental high- yield topics. During this time we review Surgery, GI, Rheumatoid, OB/Gyn, Renal, Endocrine, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, Neurology, Heme/Oncology, Psychiatry, and Biostats. 
3. Question group: here we assess how each student integrates information into the questions and if they are able to note the distractors in the questions and use critical thinking when answering board-style questions. We work on timing, critical thinking, and processing during these sessions too. 

 

★System Based Supplemental Instruction™ (SBSI)

Supplemental Instruction has proven results in:

• enabling students to increase long-term retention
• develop strategies for understanding and comprehending the material
• develop strategies for grasping more challenging areas of study
• allows the student, together with the SI Instructor, to pinpoint areas where the student still needs assistance in understanding the material
• enables students to master course content while they develop and integrate effective learning and study strategies

When Class Lets Out

Class is dismissed at 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Instructors are available for one on one sessions (we do not cap sessions) between 2:30 and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

Detailed schedule and guidance on how to spend out of class time are provided.

Weekends

Dr. Forough does an incredibly informative Cardiology presentation. Depending on her schedule (she is a practicing Cardiologist), you may have class scheduled the first Saturday for 3 hours. If no class is scheduled you have this Saturday free, however, we do recommend you do questions and prepare some of your SBSI topics and Pharm for the next week.

Second and third Saturdays are scheduled with 9 hour Mock Boards (8 blocks). 

Second and third Sundays students are required to review their Mock Board questions and prepare for their individual post-mock board session with the instructor on Mondays.

To accomplish the full benefit of our program students are required to attend all sessions and complete homework daily.