# Reproductive, Start to Finish, in 7 Days

> How to study reproductive for Step 1 in 7 days: micro first, then active reading of First Aid pp. 630–676 on the First Aid Guide, Mehlman, FA Foundation Anki, and UWorld with the RPSR method. Then endocrine.

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## Questions this guide answers

- **How do I study reproductive for Step 1 in 7 days?** Give reproductive 7 days, not 6, if you have 10–12 hours a day. Day 1: the 14 repro organisms from the Micro pill in the First Aid Guide. Day 2 to Day 3 morning: active reading of First Aid pp. 630–676 with the MCQs on every page. Day 3 afternoon to Day 4 morning: the Mehlman repro playlist. Day 4 afternoon: the FA Foundation Anki repro deck. Days 5–7: UWorld repro with the RPSR method. Then endocrine: repro first, endocrine second.

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USMLE Vault · Step 1 · Reproductive
Reproductive, start to finish, in 7 days
The system endocrine is built on. Get the hormones right here, and endo opens on familiar ground.
47 First Aid pages 14 organisms 235 MCQs 7 days
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published 22 October 2026
How do I study reproductive for Step 1 in 7 days?
Give reproductive 7 days, not 6. Day 1: the 14 repro organisms. Day 2 to Day 3 morning: active reading of First Aid pp. 630–676 with the MCQs. Then the Mehlman repro playlist, the FA Foundation Anki repro deck, and UWorld repro on Days 5–7. Then endocrine .
Read this first
This is only for you if you have roughly 10–12 hours a day for studying, and you're an intern or a graduate.
Working, or studying 5–8 hours a day? Keep the same order and stretch the days. Step 1 while working →
It's 47 pages, from embryology to breast cancer to the prostate. That's why it gets the extra day, and it sets up the hormone story you'll need for endocrine, which comes right after it.
Repro first, endocrine second. That order is fixed on the schedule, and this page ends where the endocrine page begins.
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Start here · before page 1
Reproductive: micro and pharm first
Repro starts with its own organisms: 14 organisms . Repro has no Pharm pill, because the drug map does not split out repro drugs, so its pharm is a check of the High-Yield Pharmacology PDF on Day 1 and the drug pages (pp. 673–676) on Day 3. These are the full guides.
Microbiology
Repro micro: the 14 organisms → The repro list, grouped by class, with the WRWRT method worked on 1 organism
Microbiology by system → Why micro is 9 short lists, 1 per system, and how to run each one
Sketchy Micro in 6 days → The WRWRT method in full, if these organisms are new to you
Pharmacology
The High-Yield Pharmacology PDF → Look for any repro drugs before you read. Free
Pharmacology in 48 hours → The FWRT method and the whole drug map, system by system
All of antibiotics in 90 minutes → The drugs for the STI organisms: 1 video, then the cards
The NBME Booster pharmacology deck → Every NBME pharmacology question as flashcards, for your final week
Open Reproductive in the First Aid Guide → The Micro and Pharm pills are at the top of the system in the First Aid Guide. Free for your first 3 days.
Where this system sits
The order: easy systems first, cardio last
Reproductive is the 4th system, after the 3 easy ones (renal, respiratory, GI), and right before endocrine. Repro → endocrine is a fixed order. Cardio comes last. Tap a system to open its guide.
1 Renal 6 days · the easy one, start here Open →
2 Respiratory 6 days · same method as renal Open →
Before it: Biochem nutrition, 1 day, right before GI · where it sits
3 GI 7 days Open →
4 Reproductive You are here 7 days Open →
Before it: Biochem carb and lipid metabolism, 1 day, right before endo · where it sits
5 Endocrine 6 days Open →
6 Immunology 5 days Open →
Before it: Biochem cellular, molecular and amino acids, right before heme-onc · where it sits
7 Heme-onc 6 days Open →
8 MSK 6 days, no derm Open →
Before it: Dermatology, 3 days, after MSK · the derm block
9 Psychiatry 5 days Open →
Before it: Genetics and ANS, right before neuro · genetics
10 Neurology 7 days Open →
11 Cardiovascular 7 days · always last Open →
Biochem is never a block of its own: each piece sits right before the system that needs it. The whole method, once: how to study any system →
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The plan Repro in 7 days, hour by hour
Repro runs in 1 fixed order. Here is every day, block by block.
Clock times assume an 11-hour day: 9 AM–1 PM, 2–6 PM and 7–10 PM, with lunch and dinner in the gaps. Shift the clock to your day. Keep the order.
Day 1 · Micro + the pharm check A short day: 14 organisms
9–9:15 AM Watch How to do the Reproductive system , the University walkthrough.
9:15 AM–1 PM Micro: the 14 repro organisms, WRWRT. Watch, recall, watch the gaps, read the Sketchy PDF.
2–4 PM Test: the First Aid Guide MCQs for all 14 organisms. Any miss → that organism again.
4–5 PM Pharm: open the High-Yield Pharmacology PDF and find any repro drugs. Any notes there, you do next to pp. 673–676 on Day 3. Day 1 ends here.
Day 2 · Active reading First Aid Guide, page by page, MCQs on every page
9 AM–1 PM pp. 630–641 · early embryology, teratogens, placenta, twinning, pharyngeal arches, genital embryology, sexual differentiation
2–6 PM pp. 642–654 · gonadal descent, anatomy and histology, Sertoli and Leydig cells, spermatogenesis, oestrogen, progesterone, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation, puberty
7–10 PM pp. 655–666 · sex chromosome disorders, placental disorders, ectopic and molar pregnancy, hypertension in pregnancy, vulvar and vaginal pathology, PCOS, endometriosis, ovarian tumours
Day 3 · Reading, then Mehlman
9 AM–1 PM pp. 667–676 · breast pathology, penile and testicular disorders, BPH, prostate cancer, then the repro drugs
2–6 PM Watch How to watch Mehlman Medical videos (10 minutes), then the Mehlman OB-GYN and repro playlist from the top, in order.
7–10 PM Mehlman, continued. Pause before he answers and answer it yourself.
Day 4 · Mehlman, then Anki
9 AM–1 PM Finish the Mehlman repro playlist. Any gap → that First Aid Guide page, the same day.
2–6 PM FA Foundation Anki · Reproductive , 205 cards. Answer before you flip.
7–9 PM Finish the deck. Then open the First Aid page of every card you hesitated on.
Day 5 · UWorld repro Unused · reproductive only · tutor mode · 20 questions a block
9–9:30 AM Clear today's due FA Foundation Anki cards first.
9:30 AM–1 PM Blocks 1–2 (Qs 1–40): solve both in tutor mode, log each score, then review every bookmark in First Aid.
2–6 PM Block 3 (Qs 41–60): solve in tutor mode, log the score, then review every bookmark in First Aid.
7–10 PM Re-read every First Aid line you highlighted today.
Day 6 · UWorld repro
9–9:30 AM Clear today's due FA Foundation Anki cards first.
9:30 AM–1 PM Blocks 4–5 (Qs 61–100): solve both in tutor mode, log each score, then review every bookmark in First Aid.
2–6 PM Block 6 (Qs 101–120): solve in tutor mode, log the score, then review every bookmark in First Aid.
7–10 PM Re-read every First Aid line you highlighted today.
Day 7 · UWorld repro + Anki revision The last 2 blocks, then the finish check
9–9:30 AM Clear today's due FA Foundation Anki cards first.
9:30 AM–1 PM Blocks 7–8 (Qs 121–160): solve both in tutor mode, log each score, then review every bookmark in First Aid.
2–6 PM FA Foundation Anki revision: the repro cards you missed on Day 4. Then check the 3 finish rules below.
Same pages, 5 angles. Micro, then active reading, then active application, then active recall, then UWorld. Every step hits the same 47 First Aid pages from a different direction. The method behind every system →
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 →
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Day 1 Micro of repro, from the pill
Open the First Aid Guide → Reproductive in the Vault ( what the First Aid Guide is ) and tap the Micro pill. It opens the exact repro list, and nothing else .
Reproductive in the First Aid Guide on usmlevault.com: its First Aid pages, MCQ count, the micro and pharm pills it has, and the How to do Reproductive video.
Micro · 14 organisms · the WRWRT method. W atch the sketch at 1x with no notes → R ecall the whole story in your head, in order → W atch again only the gaps at 1.5–1.75x → R ead the Sketchy PDF for that organism → T est with the First Aid Guide MCQs for that organism.
Bacteria · 7 N. gonorrhoeae C. trachomatis T. pallidum H. ducreyi Gardnerella E. coli S. agalactiae (Group B) Viruses · 5 HPV HSV HIV CMV Hepatitis B Parasites · 1 Trichomonas vaginalis Fungi · 1 Candida albicans
Open Repro Micro → · The Sketchy Micro guide →
▶ How to do Sketchy Micro The efficient method, 15 minutes.
Pharm: Reproductive has no Pharm pill, because the drug map does not split out reproductive drugs. Before you start reading, open the High-Yield Pharmacology PDF and look for any reproductive drugs. If there are notes, do them next to the drug pages (pp. 673–676) when you reach them, not saved for later. The drugs make more sense next to the disease.
Never done Sketchy? Do the same list from First Aid and the First Aid Guide alone. The list does not change, only the source. Every system's micro and pharm →
Why micro first: when you reach the vulvar and vaginal pathology on pp. 661–662 and the testicular infections on p. 671, the organisms are old friends, not new facts.
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Before Day 2 What the First Aid Guide is, and why you read it
First Aid was written to remind you, not to teach you. Every line assumes you already understand it. That is why IMGs spend 3 hours on 1 page, Google half of it, and still remember nothing a week later.
The First Aid Guide on usmlevault.com puts the teaching back into the page. Every reproductive page (pp. 630–676) has the same 5 parts:
Focus On: what on this page is high-yield, and what to skip.
Concept Walkthrough: the page in the order you should think about it.
ELI5: each heading in plain English, with the trap the exam sets. What ELI5 is →
How is this tested?: Common Confusion → Core Concept → The Trap → Your Approach. See a real page →
Test Yourself MCQs on that exact page: 235 across reproductive (as of October 2026), with a Rule-out button so you practise elimination the way UWorld makes you.
Example: p. 664, Ovarian tumours. Focus On tells you what matters on this page: the tumour markers (AFP for yolk sac tumour, hCG and LDH for dysgerminoma), serous carcinoma as the most common malignant ovarian tumour, and the dermoid cyst (mature teratoma) as the most common in young women.
First Aid p. 664 (Ovarian tumors) in the First Aid Guide: Focus On, the ELI5s, the video guide, Concept walkthrough, Key takeaways, How is this tested? and Test yourself.
Why it works: you understand the page, then prove it with MCQs in the same minute. 60–70% of UWorld traces straight back to First Aid lines , so a page you truly understood is a UWorld question you already own.
Open Reproductive in the First Aid Guide First Aid pp. 630–676, page by page: Focus On, ELI5 and the MCQs on every page. Opens straight into reproductive.
Open Reproductive →
▶ How to use the First Aid Guide Watch once, before your first page.
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Day 2 → Day 3 morning Active reading: First Aid pp. 630–676
Active reading means that for every page you explain it, understand it, and do it. The MCQs are part of the reading. That is what makes it active. You do not move to the next page until all 3 are done.
Read Focus On for the page. Now you know what matters.
Run the Concept Walkthrough and the ELI5s. Explain each heading back in your own words, out loud. If you cannot say it, you have not understood it.
Read the actual First Aid page. It should now read like a summary of something you already know.
Solve the Test Yourself MCQs. Any miss → back to that heading before you turn the page.
Pace: 10–12 minutes a page, 4–6 pages an hour. Do not memorise. Understanding is the only job on these pages. Memory is the Anki step's job.
Day 2 · pp. 630–660 · embryology to pregnancy disorders (31 pages)
630–633 Early embryonic development, derivatives, teratogens, fetal alcohol syndrome
634–641 Placenta, twinning, umbilical cord, pharyngeal arches, clefts, genital embryology, sexual differentiation
642–646 Gonadal descent, female and male anatomy, histology, Sertoli and Leydig cells
647–654 Spermatogenesis, oestrogen and progesterone, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, hCG, lactation, puberty
655–660 Sex chromosome disorders, AIS, placental disorders, ectopic and molar pregnancy, hypertension in pregnancy
Day 3 morning · pp. 661–676 (16 pages)
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Author: Dr. Marish Asudani

Updated: 2026-10-22