END-OF-YEAR 1 TRANSITION + READINESS
YEAR 1 | PAGE 20D - CUMULATIVE REVIEW, BASELINE ASSESSMENT + YEAR 2
BRIDGE — BASELINE, NOT DEDICATED
At the end of Year 1, external-style assessment is diagnostic: identify which foundational domains are durable and which need repair before systems integration accelerates. School cumulative exams, practicals/OSCEs and faculty feedback remain primary evidence. Do not use one early score as a prediction of eventual Step 1/COMLEX performance.
H. OFFICIAL / EXTERNAL-STYLE READINESS TOOLS — NBME CBSSA
Comprehensive Basic Science Self-Assessment: establishes a baseline and reports strengths/weaknesses across foundational content.
H. OFFICIAL / EXTERNAL-STYLE READINESS TOOLS — USMLE sample experience
100+ official sample Step 1 questions plus the interactive testing experience for format familiarity and integrated reasoning.
COMSAE Phase 1 - DO
NBOME self-assessment aligned with the COMLEX-USA Level 1 blueprint; use school policy and trends, not a single result.
I. TWO-WEEK YEAR 1 -> YEAR 2 BRIDGE — Step 1
Build a domain heat map from school exams + Qbank + external-style baseline: strong / maintain / repair.
I. TWO-WEEK YEAR 1 -> YEAR 2 BRIDGE — Step 2
Choose only the top 2-3 weak domains. Re-teach mechanism -> targeted questions -> new mixed questions; do not reopen every course.
Step 3
Maintain strong domains with brief spaced retrieval so weak-area repair does not create new forgetting elsewhere.
Step 4
Enter Year 2 with one active error log, one primary Qbank and a short weak-domain list - not a backlog of unwatched resources.
J. YEAR 1 READINESS PROFILE — Mechanisms
Explain core anatomy/physiology/biochem/immunology/pathology relationships without notes.
J. YEAR 1 READINESS PROFILE — Transfer
Solve mixed clinical vignettes and predict graph/image/lab changes from first principles.
Performance
Complete practical/OSCE/OMM tasks safely at the level expected by the school.
Retention
Prior blocks remain retrievable during cumulative questions instead of requiring complete relearning.
YEAR 1 -> YEAR 2 MASTERY GATE
- Advance with a clear strengths/weaknesses map and remediation plan. Year 2 should integrate strong foundations, not require relearning them from scratch. VIDEO-FIRST | SCHOOL-EXAM + BOARD-EXAM MASTERY