"How I Scored a 260 on Step 1" in 2020!

Manik Madaan is an indian medical student ( at Kim’s Medical College, Bengaluru, India) who just ACE’d the USMLE Step 1. I enjoyed listening to his story because his enthusiasm for the exam is contagious.

Now you may think Oh he is a genius, blah blah, blah. He even studied for the USMLE without a designated review course or other structured help!

He came on today's episode to share how he has never been a genius but he just figured out how to prepare for his FIRST standardized American test!

As a current medical student in India, Manik has never travelled to the US but he is actively preparing to apply into US residency.

What I admire about Manik is his sense of direction and personal fortitude. You can hear it in his voice as he tells us exactly how he studied in this episode. He was always drawn to Psychiatry, and is looking forward to completing residency training in the field.

In this episode, Manik lays out:

1. The difference between active and passive learning

2. How to prepare for the USMLE outside of the US

3. How to approach  analyzing  questions for standardized tests such as the USMLE

4. How elimination helps with standardized test taking.

5. How he learned to adapt to the US way of testing even while studying medicine outside the US.

6. Why YOU should not be “afraid” of the USMLE

You can find him on Instagram at this handle : the_zen_of_cool . You can also find him youtube at https://www.youtube.com/c/ZenOfUSMLE . His youtube video of the same title already had 36, 000 view in under a month. You definitely know you want to grasp this knowledge like 36K other IMGs have!

Listen to to the full episode on the platform of your choice.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-img-roadmap/id1490731292 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45NNJ7ewtqynqyssbwm1xz

Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOGMzY2EwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1490731292/the-img-roadmap-podcast

RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-img-roadmap-GE0MMg