Don't forget to include a way to contact you!!!!

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill

Congratulations to Alessandra rf for winning this Giveaway! Thanks everybody for participating, let's hope we can have a bunch other giveaways in the near future, see you soon!

I hesitated to watch this as I was afraid it’d be another classic promo but .... I’m sold! This is amazing! Your advice is always on point 👌🏼

“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardour and attended with diligence.”

I paid a month of subscription to AMBOSS... best decision I have made this year

Failure is a part of learning 😍 Thanks for every single video Sir ☺️ Love from Afghanistan ❤️🇦🇫

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ” - Leonardo da Vinci

This is mind blowing I wish I had know Amboss since I was a med student.

I'll be the first: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” -Albert Einstein @santiago.aq

Amboss is such a great platform and I didn't even find a lot of the features you mentioned when I was using the five day trial. Really what else can someone expect from a website? Just amazing!

I like your channel. Good advice on preparation for USMLE studying technique and the good resources. Thanks, Maria.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. When people suggest you follow your passion or bliss, they are in fact referring to the same singular concept: excitement. The question you should be asking isn’t “what is my passion” or “what are my goals” but rather “what would excite me?”

“We walk away from our dreams afraid we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.” -William Forrester

Literal tienes un video para todas mis dudas y problemas en cuanto al USMLE. Desde el proceso (en tu canal en español), materiales y tecnicas de estudio eficientes, como mejorar mi ingles, hasta como ayudarme como dejar de procastinar. SI paso con buen puntaje será en gran medida por tu canal. Saludos !

“We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.”

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the change that we seek.

First! Can you make a video on how you would go about learning for med school in house lecture exams? Imo, question banks are important but what would your schedule look like in trying to get LEARN the material from lectures (without taking notes, in reference to your step 2 video) and then doing question banks? I haven't seen a video fron you specifically talking about dealing with lectures so I am very interested to know your approach. I've seen you whiteboarding in some videos. Is that your approach to lectures...but what about not taking any notes? Thank you!

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela rolandojimenez159

Hi Santiago! I just found your channel and realized you are a medical student in Colombia too! I wanted to ask you how can I use AMBOSS but orientated to the basic subjects of medicine? ( I'm currently in second semester at UNAL) I find the USMLE approach really appealing but since I will be taking the test in a few years, I would like to focus and use the platform mainly for basics (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, histology, pathology). Thank you so much and I love your channel!! Ps: those USMLE scores are astounding, congratulations! I really hope I can get those scores too

“Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.” - Mason Cooley @isamarfj

“I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” ― Ray Dalio

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ” - Leonardo da Vinci

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." -Albert Einstein rolandojimenez159

The only source of knowledge is experience

U are very sincere and helpful.thank u from the bottom of my heart.

“Knowledge is life and a cure” Imam Ali (AS)

I purchased amboss and the first approach that I have was overwhelming, but I’m agree with you about all the integrated tool that the platform has to offer. To me I also have usmle rx and as you said on the video wasting time looking to many resources can be catastrophic on the journey on the steps but to me I think you need to take a few hours dissecting the content on amboss to get used on the platform.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

"Let difficulties know that you too are difficult" Mohammed Ali

"Never let fear of failure stop you from doing what you love"

,El amor es paciente, es bondadoso. El amor no es envidioso ni jactancioso ni orgulloso. No se comporta con rudeza, no es egoísta, no se enoja fácilmente, no guarda

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. ...

John Wooden: Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

85% in Amboss with 1k+ Qs done is one of the highest Ive seen ! !

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. ” - Leonardo da Vinci

Great video- When questions are poorly written it makes them particularly difficult. LOL! :) It also makes them less valuable for practice as the real exam questions are not poorly written. This is particularly important for those with English as a second language. In addition, no current Q bank explains how a question is to be done, nor the concepts involved. Providing more statistics, graphs, data, explanation, and references is a great marketing tool for medical students and this is the approach of all of the major Q banks. Information/data is a magnet for a medical student's eyes. Students typically do not know where and when to draw the line and stop, hence they waste a great deal of time. Q banks that provide more only encourage this. As an example, I have a neuro H&P note written by a student that is three pages long, while a note written by a Chief Resident on the same patient is 1/3 of a page long. Training your information filters for relevance and pertinence (index of suspicion) needs to begin day one, and the explanations and references in the Q banks do not direct you on that, in fact the more verbose they are the worse they are at directing you in that way. Often students are frustrated by how little information they are provided in a vignette, or how it is provided. Most often they think it is designed in some way to fool them. That is definitely not the case on USMLE, but it is true in some commercial Q bank questions. Ask yourself why you are given certain information while other information is not given. The answer to that will reveal how you are being tested on medical thinking more than your possession of knowledge. While some seem to feel information and memorization is the challenge and the point, it is not. You are expected to have the knowledge, that's why your school certifies you to take USMLE (you passed their exams), you you are tested more on understanding it and using it. In addition, looking up information is a skill to be developed. I find frequently that students, left to their own devices, don't know what to look up to understand what is in a vignette they are reviewing. Frequently it is a single word and they don't realize that. They will study everything the Q bank provides, as well as their review book, and some medical web site, then com back and still not understand what is in front of them in the vignette. I have seen this frequently even in top performing students. I call it dilutional study. It is exacerbated by Q banks that provide "more". It's easy to spot when pimping a student or resident. Ask them a question, the length of their answer is proportional to their ignorance, they may know information, facts to regurgitate, but their understanding is poor. The longer their answer and the more information it contains, the less credit they get for their response. I will usually ask them "What is the most important/relevant thing you said?" to give them a second shot. The one that answers with a single word or short phrase understands the most. The one that says "I don't know" either lacks confidence or is simply honest, if honest they should have answered with an applicable concept they understand (concepts trump knowledge every time), so zero credit. If they lacked confidence they need encouragement, but that's another matter. Question (clinical vignette) based (case based) learning should begin on day one of medical school, not just for exam preparation. Classically I see numerous KZfaqrs explain the concept of "X" (some physiology, pathology, disease, etc.), and they present only facts to be memorized and no concepts at all. I feel they may not actually know the concept, or even what a concept is vs information. They do not describe how to use concepts to answer questions about things you have never read about or seen before, nor have any applicable facts memorized. Frequently, the masses will want to follow some particular student's methods because it is working for them, while that person may have very different aptitudes. This used to apply just within a school where top students would sell their notes, now with the internet it has simply exploded. People will often follow a student (non-expert) like zombies. They are blindly following anecdotal evidence, an individual's personal experience, and that's concerning when considering those followers are going to practice evidence based care. Maybe this is why today we see too many doctors advocating, and even selling, non-evidence based therapies...and in some cases facing criminal charges over it. Patricia Derges? If you have to ask "What is high yield?" you aren't understanding medicine. As a medical student, you need to train to teach yourself efficiently, become an efficient self-correcting learner. A question should be done in a minute and 15 seconds or less, certainly no more than a minute and a half. Review of the question should take similar time. Think about that. Yes, even the "difficult" ones. Think about when you are a resident working 80 hours per week, studying and preparing for your cases, while still studying for exams and doing questions every day. More resources, expanded resources, or more in depth resources are not necessarily better, in fact they can be worse if you do not develop the skill to use them efficiently.

Excelente video! me viene perfecto ya que ayer compre la librería de amboss por un año y hasta ahora me estoy familiarizando con la estructura de la pagina.

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” Andre Gide @dineina

Imagine how good things could get if only you did what needed to be done

1. "The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." -John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Fantastic! [I never once wondered if your adorable ancestors were Native or Arabian! Love the name!]

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." -Dr. Seuss rolandojimenez159

, La fe no hace que las cosas sean fáciles, pero hace que sean posibles.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it's your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life. Charles Bukowski

“I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be a teenager, but actually I think it’s tougher to be in your 20s because you’re expected to be a grownup and expected to earn your own living and be successful and I think you feel like a kid still.” - Nigel Col @obysstamp

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." -Steve Martin rolandojimenez159

“Winning is fun… Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point.” - Pat Summitt @isamarfj

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.- the feeling of studying for long hours!!

“I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, ‘Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.’” - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw @isamarfj

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” - Dr. Seuss

“If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential” ― Ray Dalio,

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. ”

Thank you What i need for this pandemic time

@isamarfj “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” - William W. Purkey

“If you don’t make time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a LOT of time dealing with a life you DON’T want.” - Kevin Ngo @obysstamp

"A believer never ceases to seek knowledge until death approaches him." -Messenger Muhammad pbuh

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.”

“Most people miss great opportunities because of their misperception of time. Don’t wait! The time will never be just right.” Stephen C. Hogan @isamarfj

@isamarfj “The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.” - Dalai Lama

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave your trail behind.

, El sabio de corazón habla con prudencia, pero a sus labios añade sabiduría.

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” - Mark Twain @isamarfj

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." -Dr. Seuss ig: @kashmeeragiga

“It always seems impossible until it is done.” Nelson Mandela @solnv

"He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all." William Osler ig: @nickosaurio

It's an amazing tool for studying STEP1~~

"I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally." -W.C. Fields rolandojimenez159

“The most important thing is to never give up, never give in to circumstances, believe yourself, and soldier on, no matter what’s in your way.” - Luka Modric @isamarfj

Hola, Santiago! Primero que todo quería darte las gracias por todo el contenido que subes tanto a tu canal personal como a Tutorias medicina interna, realmente son muy muy útiles y creo que aportan muchísimo a la comunidad de estudiantes. Además, quería hacerte una pregunta respecto a Amboss: Resulta que actualmente soy estudiante de 5to año de Medicina en Chile (dura 7 en total, los últimos 2 años son el internado) y me interesaba bastante utilizar amboss en mi estudio por todas las recomendaciones que haces. Sin embargo, actualmente al menos, no me interesa prepararme para el USMLE ni tengo contemplado dar los steps. Además, tampoco cuento con el dinero para acceder el Qbank ilimitado, sólo podría pagar la librería. Mi consulta es si crees que vale la pena pagar sólo la librería para aprender medicina sin apuntar a un exámen en específico o crees que el Qbank es indispensable. Muchas gracias de antemano por la respuesta!

“Decency and compassion Service over ambition Integrity over expedience Be a part of being bigger than yourself” @ismael.ahmad

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt @zohazehrarizvi

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" -Stephen King

“Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.” Orhan Pamuk

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Seuss rolandojimenez159

There will be haters, there will be doubters, there will be non-believers, and then there will be you, proving them wrong. They might try to shut you down, laugh at your ambition, but all they’ll ever see is what’s right in front of their face because they don’t posses your vision for what’s to come beyond.

"Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful." -John Green rolandojimenez159

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." -Dr. Seuss rolandojimenez159

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan @isamarfj

"Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always" Hippocrates

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." -Frank Herbert rolandojimenez159

Wow. Nice one.

"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world." -C.S. Lewis rolandojimenez159

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx rolandojimenez159

"Happiness Can Be Found Even In The Darkest Of Time If Only One Remembers To Turn On The Light. - Albus Dumbledore

“If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want” - Richard Yates @isamarfj

So no more link after the contest. I will google it but you should have left it up for those interested.

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything." -Gordon A. Eadie rolandojimenez159

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." -C.S. Lewis rolandojimenez159

Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. Hipokrates

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.' - Abe Lemons @dyl_john1036 Thank you!

Any video on how to improve or strategies for study time while in first year ?

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” - Chinese Proverb @isamarfj

“Just do it” -Nike @solnv

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you." -Rita Mae Brown rolandojimenez159

Can you do a video for the first year of medicine. And what the rescorces

"I had now found my first friend, and so my life was truly begun" (Moominpapa from the book "The Exploits of Moominpapa" written by Tove Jansson). @hidahila