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USMLE

exam · in 15 sources (2018–2020)

Sources by year: 2018: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 12

Also known as: United States Medical Licensing Examination

Threads

Also named in the threads: Ali streams on Twitch (2020) · Ali promises daily Twitch live streams from August (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

United States (13) · United Kingdom (7) · Anki (5) · Notion (6) · Twitch (2) · COVID-19 (3) · scoping the subject (2) · Zoom (2) · London (2) · Foundation Programme (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-04-14 · Study With Me in the French Alps - USMLE Preparation — announcement: Ali: Asked to share his USMLE notes in Notion, Ali says he will share them when they are good enough, though copyright is an issue with sharing them publicly. — creator comment
    • Ali starts preparing for the USMLE, the medical exam taken by US medical students, because he is toying with the idea of applying to the US for residency. (hedged) — 00:02:00
  • 2020-07-03 · I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update — Ali: While travelling Ali planned to prepare for the USMLE, the US medical licensing exam, partly because he likes exams and wants to relearn medicine, but mainly to keep open the option of moving to the US. — 00:05:20
    • The process apparently takes about two years: Ali hopes to take the USMLE between December 2020 and February 2021 and maybe be in America around 2022. (hedged) — 00:18:09
    • Ali's current plan: prepare for the USMLE, which he has started, ramp up once his job ends in August 2020, then aim for an emergency medicine residency in America, always subject to change. — 00:31:36
  • 2020-07-13 · What We Learnt In 2 Years of Being Doctors - Deep Dive with Molly Hunt — Ali is thinking of specialising in emergency medicine. — 00:26:22
    • For finals Anki decks Ali recommends the USMLE decks, especially AnKing version 7, which suits most medical schools even if you are not taking the USMLE. — 00:28:44
  • 2020-08-06 · My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections — Ali: A move to America would take at least two or three years of applications and Ali has not fully decided on it; for the next few months to a year he will prepare for the USMLE, the US medical exam. — 00:03:42
  • 2020-12-13 · Love, Money and Relationships - Answering your Assumptions — Ali is having second thoughts about moving to America. — 00:28:27
  • 2020-12-17 · Stress, Regrets and Inspirations - Q&A with Kharma Medic — Ali: Studying for the USMLE with Anki, Ali knows what a flashcard says when it is phrased that way but could not say in real life what microscopic polyangiitis is: he has no way of integrating its 18 flashcards into a coherent picture. — 00:12:25
    • Ali has made a half-hour video on why he is interested in residency in the US; in essence, he thinks it would be more of an adventure. — 00:19:12
  • 2020-12-31 · I WAS WRONG - How I Set Goals — Ali: One of Ali's goals is to train in emergency medicine and maybe work abroad, outside the UK. (hedged) — 00:08:14
  • …and 18 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2019

  • 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — Ali does not wish he were a doctor in America: if he wanted that, he would take the USMLE and go, but he does not want that kind of life. — 00:21:53

2018

  • 2018-06-12 · Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout — Ali thought about taking the USMLE, which his mother really wanted, but decided against it because he really likes the UK and because of medical technology. — 00:16:36
    • To work in medicine in the US after medical school in the UK you must take the USMLE, the biggest barrier, and have references, Ali says. — 00:25:28
    • The UK MLA will be like the USMLE, Ali says: an exam every final-year medical student takes, probably written and multiple choice, which might set national rankings; the full details are not known yet. (hedged) — 00:38:54
  • 2018-08-20 · Studying Medicine in Eastern Europe - A comprehensive guide — Abdullah: A European medical degree is accepted throughout the EU, where doctors can work without passing entrance exams; the UK will have the UK MLA, and for the US there is the USMLE. — 00:30:24