You have one of my favorite types of opportunities coming your way. You get to help your classmates, look good doing it, and make out like a bandit. Win. Win. Win Here's what you do… Bring your class the idea of putting together a group order of The Final Step. An order of … [Read more...]

Last night, I was scrubbing the plates and the pans, and one of the many tiny secrets to success hit me. Focus and concentration Are KEY to studying. You can study and study and study and wonder how come nothing is getting into your brain, but a lot of times it has to do with what’s going on in … [Read more...]

Every second counts. The entire game. The whole thing. Not just the beginning. Not just the end. The whole thing. You’ve seen plenty of basketball games come down to the last shot. Plenty of football games come down to the final drive with 2:00 minutes on the clock. Every second counts. … [Read more...]

A while back, I got called in to help a general surgeon on an emergent case. Typically, we don’t work with general surgery because they have residents. I work in plastics, OB-GYN, orthopedics, and a slew of other specialties but rarely general surgery. But, the residents have seminars and places to … [Read more...]

Here are a few questions from The Final Step: ​ 1) List two risk factors for cervical cancer. (Answer on page 137) 2) Is the ankle jerk reflex of lumbar or sacral origin? (Answer on page 164) 3) What is the best imaging for a thyroid nodule? (Answer on page 43) 4) What percentage of … [Read more...]