HIGH-YIELD STEP 1 + COMLEX REVIEW
YEAR 1-2 | PAGE 14D - PHARMACOLOGY BOARD TRANSFER + READINESS
CURRENT EXAM EMPHASIS
USMLE currently classifies Pharmacology at 10-20% discipline overlap, while 60-70% of Step 1 items assess application of foundational science. Current USMLE sample-question guidance specifically emphasizes drug MECHANISMS OF ACTION. The board layer should therefore test causal reasoning, not rebuild an exhaustive formulary.
F. HIGH-YIELD PROFESSIONAL-EXAM VIDEOS
| # | Video | Time | Why | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics - Dirty Medicine | high-yield | Compressed board review of PK/PD relationships after the deep model is secure; useful immediately before question sets. | Open → |
| 2. | Autonomic Nervous System: Receptors & Physiology - Dirty Medicine | high-yield | Rapid alpha/beta/muscarinic/nicotinic pattern recognition and predictable organ effects for timed vignettes. | Open → |
| 3. | P450 Enzyme System: Inducers, Inhibitors & Subtypes - Dirty Medicine | mnemonic | Memory compression for common CYP interactions after metabolism and exposure logic are understood. | Open → |
| 4. | Antiarrhythmic Pharmacology - Dirty Medicine | exam review | Fast class/mechanism/adverse-effect discrimination after cardiac electrophysiology has been learned deeply. | Open → |
| 5. | Diabetes Drugs: Oral Agents & Insulins - Dirty Medicine | exam review | Mechanism + signature adverse-effect review for a high-frequency endocrine pharmacology cluster. | Open → |
| 6. | Dopamine Pathways, Antipsychotics & EPS - Dirty Medicine | exam review | Links dopamine pathways and receptor blockade to therapeutic effects, EPS and other classic adverse-effect patterns. | Open → |
G. PRACTICE + READINESS - INTENTIONALLY NOT VIDEO
| Resource | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| UWorld Step 1 | Primary vignette-transfer layer for MOA, receptor effects, PK/PD, antimicrobial targets and integrated pathophysiology. | Open → |
| AMBOSS USMLE | Targeted repair after misses; use small mechanism/drug-class sets before returning to mixed blocks. | Open → |
| NBME CBSSA / CBSE | Official-style calibration. Repeated pharmacology misses should define the final review list. | Open → |
| TrueLearn + NBOME Level 1 | DO learners: COMLEX-formatted pharmacology application within the current Level 1 blueprint. | Open → |
G. PRACTICE + READINESS - INTENTIONALLY NOT VIDEO — PROFESSIONAL-EXAM MASTERY GATE
Board-ready means you can infer a drug mechanism from physiologic changes, predict effects before looking at answer choices, solve PK/PD relationships, and explain why each distractor fails the receptor/target or clinical clues. Use high-yield videos to repair specific misses; use NBME/COMSAE trends to judge readiness. VIDEO-FIRST | SCHOOL-EXAM + BOARD-EXAM MASTERY