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Portrait of Rami, a Beirut junior doctor with a highlighter in his teeth

Exam study teacher

Seven study methods, and a plan for every exam

I’m Fadi. I’m a junior doctor in Beirut, and I teach medical students how to study for big exams. Watch my study plans, get my planners and flashcards, or take a course.

Seven methods, ten study plans

  1. Finals month5pieces3plans
  2. On placement3pieces2plans
  3. Drugs3pieces2plans
Pick a piece to see what uses it

Flashcards Small cards you test yourself on, sorted by how well you know them in 6 plans. The templates

Exam planner A week-by-week plan that counts back from the exam date in 3 plans. The planner

Past questions Old exam questions done under time, then marked honestly in 4 plans. The review sheets

Ward questions Questions you ask yourself about what you see on the ward in 2 plans. The cards

Walk and recall Saying a topic out loud from memory while you walk in 3 plans.

First read One calm read of a chapter before you make any notes in 3 plans.

Spaced review Coming back to a topic after one day, one week and one month in 3 plans.

The study plans

Newest first. Each one has a video that walks through it.

  1. A printed exam planner beside a tablet and highlighters

    14 min

    A study plan for the last four weeks before finals

    How I lay out the final month: one plan, past questions every other day and spaced review.

    • Exam planner
    • Past questions
    • Spaced review
  2. A balcony with a plastic chair, a textbook and a drying towel

    12 min

    How I learn a whole system in one week

    Cardiology in seven days: one calm read, then cards, then review on days one and seven.

    • First read
    • Flashcards
    • Spaced review
  3. A stethoscope and a white coat on a waiting-room chair

    9 min

    Turning a ward round into revision

    The questions I ask myself on every ward round, and saying them out loud on the walk home.

    • Ward questions
    • Walk and recall
  4. A night desk with a lamp, thick textbooks and a flashcard box

    11 min

    Past questions without the panic

    Doing old questions under time, marking them honestly, and turning every mistake into a card.

    • Past questions
    • Flashcards
  5. A seaside promenade at dawn with joggers and a rocky sea stack

    7 min

    A plan for nights when you are too tired

    Twenty minutes of cards and one short walk. Enough to keep going on a hard week.

    • Flashcards
    • Walk and recall
  6. Hands sorting index cards into three piles on a desk

    10 min

    How I make a flashcard worth keeping

    One question, one answer, and why I rewrite every card I get wrong twice.

    • Flashcards
    • First read
  7. Hands sorting index cards into three piles on a desk

    13 min

    Drugs, a deck a day

    Pharmacology, the subject everyone dreads, split into small decks and brought back on days one, seven and thirty.

    • Flashcards
    • Spaced review
    • Past questions
  8. A stethoscope and a white coat on a waiting-room chair

    10 min

    Studying on placement with one hour a day

    Ward questions in the day, one hour of cards at night and a weekly plan that fits round shifts.

    • Ward questions
    • Flashcards
    • Exam planner
  9. A printed exam planner beside a tablet and highlighters

    8 min

    Your first week of a new exam

    Read the syllabus, make the plan, and do one calm first read before any notes.

    • First read
    • Exam planner
  10. A steep stone stairway with a cat and bougainvillea at evening

    7 min

    What I do the day before an exam

    Past questions in the morning, a walk and recall in the afternoon, and nothing new after six.

    • Walk and recall
    • Past questions

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