Straight Up Medicine (lol sorry)
This is the term for the blood pressure measurement taken when the heart is contracting.
What is systolic blood pressure?
The first solid couple from the class of 2026.
Who are Nick and Liz?
The name of the city in which I was born.
What is Hemet, CA?
This planet is the largest in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The beef that started Conner's excommunication from the group.
What is Alysha and Conner fighting over him being a Trump supporter?
The name of a medication that works by reducing the liver's production of glucose.
What is metformin?
A couple that infamously got together after breaking up a trio they were both once members of.
Who are Beshoy and Annie?
The name of my first ever fixation in medical school.
What is Jonathan Cummings?
This U.S. state is known as the "Sunshine State."
What is Florida?
Jessica Liu's object used in Colloquium that she gifted to everyone on her last day.
What is the wheel of emotion?
Damage to this area of the brain leads to expressive aphasia, where speech is impaired but comprehension is intact.
What is Broca's area?
The couple that got together and broke up during PD. This relationship was particularly odd bc it was giving incestual.
Who are Pasha Mazboudi and Monica Guirguis?
My favorite party from medical school.
What is the cardio-pulm party?
The first Olympics of the modern era were held in this city in 1896.
What is Athens?
The person that David Drum added to the group chat without asking anyone if it was okay.
Who is Bryan Maghan?
This bacterium, shaped like a corkscrew, causes Lyme disease and is transmitted by ticks.
What is Borrelia burgdorferi?
The couple that broke up just one week before one of them took Step 1.
Who are Amy Choi and Se Jong Choi?
The practice I would do in my youth that involved a hammer.
What is bashing my ankles with a hammer?
The first successful human organ transplant was performed in 1954, involving this organ
What is the kidney?
"Scali's rules" that were "essential" to pass Step 1. (Must obtain 3 out of 4.)
Completion: Achieve at least 75% completion of the UWorld question bank before engaging in a CBSSA.
Question Volume: Consistently tackle 120 to 160 questions daily.
Scoring: Maintain an average score of 63-65% across mixed question sets, essential for building stamina and comprehension.
Incorrect Pile: Reduce your incorrect pile to fewer than 400. Before the exam, aim for fewer than 250 incorrect responses to signify a robust understanding of the material.
This class of drugs inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by targeting penicillin-binding proteins.
What are beta-lactams?
These three individuals followed the host on Instagram and subsequently experienced devastating breakups.
Who are Sabina Wiley, Juan Santos, and Skylar Hartley?
The reason I missed the first day of 2nd grade.
What is because I got Typhoid fever?
This is the only continent where both lions and penguins can naturally be found.
What is Africa?
The person who infamously told Sana, "Hey, let me pour you a drink" at a party.
Who is Mohan Saxena?