Course Structure
- Target audience: senior medical students and new graduates who aspire to pass the USMLE.
- Max number for attendance: 25 (first come first served, if meet the requirements for attendance)
- Course duration: 6-12 months on average
- Teaching Material : Dr Baroud unpublished textbooks (2nd edition) & other popular books on the subjects
- Teaching Model: PowerPoint, live (face-to-face) lectures
- Course structure: 25 organ system/disciplines covering both steps together (integrated model of teaching), which means integrating basic sciences with the clinical application . This teaching model avoid unnecessary repetitions of the clinical information. There will be 857 PowerPoint slides & 7175 revision MCQs. After each session, there will be revising quizzes to consolidate the learnt material. At the end of each organ/discipline, there will be mock examination followed by feedback & discussion about the best answering techniques. At the end of the whole course, there will be 10- 12 Comprehensive Mock Examinations. The table below shows the approximate number of the PowerPoint slides & the MCQs for each organ system/discipline.
Organ System
- Neurology
- Cardiology
- Pulmonary
- Hematology
- Gastroenterology
- Hepato-biliary
- Nephrology
- Urology
- Endocrine
- Gynaecology
- Obstetrics
- Biochemistry
- Infections
- Rheumatology
- Locomotor
- Dermatology
- ENT
- Allergy/Immunology
- Psychiatry
- Addict/Toxicology
- Epidemiology
- Genetics
PowerPoints
- 30
- 105
- 50
- 58
- 58
- 31
- 27
- 23
- 33
- 25
- 11
- 47
- 39
- 29
- 30
- 30
- 33
- 25
- 45
- 40
- 28
- 15
MCQs
- 184
- 334
- 406
- 227
- 293
- 141
- 188
- 131
- 280
- 296
- 125
- 172
- 175
- 195
- 129
- 159
- 143
- 69
- 313
- 27
- 6
- 79
Course Registration
- Course date: TBA
- Course reservation: 1% of the total tuition fee and to be done 3-months before the begging of the course (first come first served, provided other requirements are met). FAQs
- The first 3 lectures: these are free to attend. If the candidate decides to continue the course, the reservation fee will be part of the total tuition fee which must be paid within one week after the third lecture.
- Cancellation after the 4th lecture: refund 100% of the tuition fee (minus the reservation fee )
- Cancellation after the 5th lecture: refund 75% of the tuition fee (minus the reservation fee)
- Cancellation after the 6th lecture: refund 50% of the tuition fee (minus the reservation fee)
- Cancellation after attended the 7th lecture: NO refund.