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For the commute, the gym and the tired-eyes hours: only the episodes that earn their place.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published
Not all of them. For Step 1, use the free PDF of over 127 high-yield episodes sorted by subject and organ system, when your UWorld is stuck around 60% or when one system keeps costing you NBME questions. For Step 2 CK, use the free PDF of the episodes to finish in your last month before the exam. Either way, it supports your main resources. It never replaces them.
Read this firstDivine Intervention is enormous. Hundreds of episodes, every topic, every Step. And most of it isn't your priority.
Here's why it's still on my list. For Step 1, Divine is the best video and audio podcast to use when you're bored and you just need a refresher. His pronunciation of things makes him non-boring. It's unique, and it makes the point stick.
So the job is not to listen to everything. The job is to listen to the right episodes at the right time. I've put both lists in free PDFs.
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Both PDFs are free. Neither one replaces your main resources.
The Divine Intervention Step 1 PDF holds over 127 high-yield episodes, organised by foundation subjects and by organ system, each one linked to the original episode. You open the system you're on and play only those.
PDFDivine Intervention Step 1 PDFFree, in 2 places: usmlevault.com/free-resources and University on usmlevault.com.Open the free resources page → · Open University →
The PDF names 2 moments. Outside them, it's what you play when your eyes are tired.
Your primary resources stay the same: the First Aid Guide, Mehlman, the FA Foundation Anki and UWorld, system by system. Divine sits beside them. What else to study when you're bored →
▶Divine Intervention · USMLE Step 1 playlistHis own Step 1 playlist on YouTube. Use the PDF to pick from it.Want a day-by-day schedule that tells you exactly what to study next? The Vault builds it around your exam date.
Build my schedule on usmlevault.com/schedule →
For Step 2 CK, I have a PDF of all the Divine Intervention episodes you need in the last month before your exam. It holds his high-yield podcasts. You should definitely do it.
PDFDivine Intervention Step 2 CK playlist PDFFree. Also on usmlevault.com/free-resources and in University on usmlevault.com.Open University on usmlevault.com →
Pair the last month with the Step 2 CK NBME Booster AnkiNBME 9 to 16 and the Free 120, turned into cards, system by system. Opens straight into the deck.
Open the Step 2 deck →The rule I used for Step 2: listen to a system's episodes the night before you review that system, and pair it with Dr. High Yield for fast recall in the morning.
▶Divine Intervention · USMLE Step 2CK playlistHis Step 2 CK playlist on YouTube. ▶Dr. High Yield · all videosThe morning-recall pair.Where Divine sits in the whole Step 2 CK plan, with the other 5 resources: Step 2 CK: everything I used to score 254 →
The rest of the Step 2 CK resources, by when to use each: 10 YouTube videos for Step 2 CK → · The resource stack →
Things to study when you're bored — switch the format, don't stop.
Things you can study in the gym — Step 1 and Step 2 CK.
How to use YouTube for Step 1 — without the rabbit hole.
The 7 free sheets — and when each one comes in.
Step 2 CK — the 6 resources behind a 254.