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A collaboration between the Medical School Headquarters and BoardVitals, Board Rounds for the USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX Level 1 is here to make sure you are as prepared as possible when you wa...

An 18-y/o college freshman presents with increased social anxiety. He wants to make friends but is afraid of being rejected. What's his diag...

A 36-y/o male presents to the hospital because he fears his heart may be "skipping a beat." His workup and history are normal, so what's cau...

A 15-year-old boy has a history of torturing and killing animals. He has also exhibited violent behavior towards other students at school. W...

A 52-y/o female presents with short, reoccurring episodes of chest tightness, pounding palpations, shortness breath, and severe anxiety. Wha...

A 20-y/o student presents with anxiety, but her other symptoms suggest her diagnosis may not be so straight-forward. If it isn't GAD, what c...

Using our knowledge of cranial nuclei and some spacial awareness, which cranial nerve nuclei receives fibers from the carotid baroreceptors?...

More glossopharyngeal neuroanatomy! This gland is innervated by the efferent autonomic fibers of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Name that gland...

Where does the branchial motor component of the glossopharyngeal nerve originate? Join us and see how well you know your neuroanatomy.

Can you accurately identify the various functions of the trigeminal nerve and its major divisions? Follow along to test your knowledge of ne...

A 32-y/o woman with acute cholecystitis has a past medical history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Which substance is likely to be found in...

A 46-y/o female has RUQ pain and distension following surgical repair of a splenic laceration. Which process most likely resulted in her cur...

A 62-year-old female presents with impared taste and drooping on the right side of her face, but her hearing is normal. Where is the probabl...

A 28-y/o female presents with a painful, lower-abdominal mass two days after a c-section. What is the most likely site of injury that led to...

A 70-y/o male has hypoesthesia of the trunk, hypoalgesia, and decreased temperature discrimination. Which diagnosis accounts for residual pa...

A 52-year-old female with renal failure has perioral numbness, paresthesias of the hands and feet, and muscle cramps. What metabolic finding...

What does this patient's decreased creatnine clearance and oliguria tell you? What risk factors are behind his condition? Would you give him...

This adult female with persistent fatigue complains of feeling cold. Listen to the lab values and look at the image in the show notes. What...

Infectious Disease! A young man presents with increasing SOB and green sputum. Sputum culture shows α-hemolytic gram positive cocci in chain...

A patient with a DVT has not been using his heparin, and now he's back with LLE weakness. What are his heart sounds, cranial MRI, and histor...

Session 33 This middle-aged male has hypertension and diabetes. Which cardiac abnormality is giving rise to his radiating, high-pitched, hol...

Crushing substernal chest pain, bradycardia, elevated troponin, and decompensating! What are the subjective and objective signs of myocardia...

Session 31 A 55-y/o heavy smoker is shown to have a peripheral, well-circumscribed mass with popcorn-like calcifications in the RUL. What is...

A 55-y/o heavy smoker is shown to have a peripheral, well-circumscribed mass with popcorn-like calcifications in the RUL. What is the lesion...

Session 29 Which of these neurotransmitters is mostly likely causing this patient’s galactorrhea and secondary amenorrhea? Where is it comin...

Session 28 A patient with a 2-month-old kidney transplant has elevated creatinine, fever, and tenderness at the graft region. What other fin...

Session 27 A patient with a history of arrhythmia is found to have atrial amyloid deposition on autopsy. Do you know what peptide is associa...

Session 26 A 20-year-old menstruating adult is tachycardic, somnolent, and hypotensive with GI symptoms and macular rash. What sort of organ...

Session 25 Dr. Karen Shackelford form BoardVitals joins us once again as we dig deep into a question about the hematopoietic and immune syst...

Session 24 We're joined by Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals as we talk about hepatitis and how antigens and antibodies appear and disa...

Session 23 We're joined by Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals as we tackle a neuro question this week. Maximize your Step 1/Level 1 prep...

Session 22 Today, we tackle a pathophysiology question related to pancreatitis. Once again, we're joined by Dr. Karen Shackelford from Board...

Session 21 Today, we’ve got some interesting case of a 14-year-old male with some malaise and abdominal pain. Once again, we're joined by Dr...

Session 20 Today, we tackle another maternal-fetal or pregnancy question. We're joined once again by Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals...

Session 19 Today, we have Dr. Karen Shackelford from Bard Vitals, joining us as we break down another question. Meanwhile, have a look at Me...

Session 18 As always, I'm joined by Dr. Karen Shackelford from Board Vitals. If you haven't yet, check out Board Vitals and use the promo co...

Session 17 Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals is joining me once again for another round of discussion. This week, we tackle a certain k...

Session 16 We're joined once again by Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals . This week, we discuss a case about an immigrant from Central...

Session 15 This week, we're joined by Dr. Karen Shackelford from BoardVitals. If you're looking for more prep with your USMLE Step 1 or COML...

Our psychiatry question is asking us to identify the description of behavior for our 38 y/o male patient. Follow along to test your knowledg...

Session 13 We have a great musculoskeletal question for today. As always, we’re joined by Dr. Andrea Paul from Board Vitals . [01:30] Questi...

Session 12 Today, we have a question regarding a 65 y/o patient with a GI bleed. Our job is to find where in the GI tract she is most suscep...

Session 11 Today, we discuss a more straightforward, neuro-anatomy question about the glossopharyngeal nerve. As always, we’re joined by Dr....

Session 10 This week, we're going to tackle respiratory stuff, specifically about cystic fibrosis. Again, we're joined by Dr. Andrea Paul fr...

Session 09 In our renal question today we are asked to identify the pattern we would see on electron microscopy. See if you can find where t...

Session 08 Step 1 and Level 1 love to test the mechanisms or side effects of medications that treat diabetes. Follow along to test your know...

Session 07 We often associate biochemistry with undergrad, but biochemistry is present in many specialties! Let’s dive into the types of bio...

Session 06 Today, we start our board content. We thought that there is no better way to start than with the heart. As always, I'm joined by...

Session 05 USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX Level 1 scores can play a major role in the specialty that you match in to. Let’s talk about the score th...

Session 04 Every year med students around the world prepare for their boards. Many of those students are making mistakes preparing for USMLE...

Session 03 Board Rounds is back with BoardVitals and Dr. Andrea Paul to discuss when you should start preparing for the USMLE Step 1 and COM...