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For IMGs who would rather watch than scroll tonight. All free, all Step 1.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published
My 6: Neil Randy's psychiatry playlist, Neil Randy's biochemistry, Dirty Medicine's ethics, and Mehlman's heme-onc, immunology, and microbiology with pharmacology. Everyone watches Neil Randy for biostats, but his psychiatry playlist is what brings the real difference. Run Neil Randy as revision, in the weeks before your NBME, with First Aid open. Watch Mehlman's videos, not his PDFs.
Want the best video for every page of First Aid? Scroll down ↓
Read this firstThe pattern with YouTube for Step 1: the good stuff is free, it's already out there, and almost nobody uses the right part of it. Students watch the famous playlist and skip the one that would have moved their score.
So here are the 6 playlists I'd give you, with what each one is for and when it comes in. Then the full 10, for when you've done these.
If a whole playlist is too much for tonight, start with my 90-minute antimicrobials video. It wraps up all of the antimicrobials in 90 minutes. Watch it once at the start of your prep and again 1 week before your exam. How to use it →
▶Antimicrobials in under 90 minutes!UsmleMatch, my channel2 are Neil Randy, 1 is Dirty Medicine, 3 are Mehlman. All 6 are free. Playlists are for whole systems. For a single topic, the First Aid Guide already has the best video on the page. How ↓
These are not the same kind of playlist, so they don't go in the same place.
The Neil Randy PDF, free in UniversityHis whole library, system by system, so you know which video to run before each NBME.
Open the PDF →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 →
Playlists 1 to 6 above, plus these 4. Watch them whenever you'd otherwise scroll.
The biochemistry, microbiology and pharmacology playlists strengthen your foundations. This is the biochem one.
▶Mehlman Medical · Biochemistry / GeneticsPlaylistWhenever you're bored, go through this playlist. There are multiple important, high-yield questions that he's solved, and they're very nice.
▶Dirty Medicine · Video Question BankPlaylistA very good one. Open the system you're on.
▶Top NBME Concepts (USMLE Step 1)Rahul Damania, MD · playlistDr. Nandan Joshi reads the entire First Aid line by line with you. If you want someone to read First Aid with you, that's also good.
His read-along playlist reads the 2022 edition of First Aid, so keep your own edition open beside it.
▶USMLE || First Aid 2022 - Read With MeDr. Nandan Joshi · playlist, system by systemPlaylists are for whole systems. For a single topic, you don't need to search at all.
Try it on Renal, freeFirst Aid Guide · Renal: the videos, what each page tests and the MCQs, page by page.
Open Renal free →
YouTube instead of brainrot — single videos, first year, the week before.
5 channels = 0 paid courses — which channel, in which phase.
Biostatistics and ethics — where the ethics playlist fits.
How to use YouTube for Step 1 — without rabbit-holing.
The YouTube channels tier list — every channel in one place.