WelcometoMedSchoolCoachTutoring
Thankyouforallowingustobeapartofyourjourneytobecomingaphysician.We’reveryexcitedtobeginworkingwithyoutoachieveyouracademicgoals.ByjoiningMedSchoolCoach,you’veenteredagroupofpeoplewhoarewhollyrootingforyoursuccess.Wewantnothingmorethanforyoutomeetandexceedyouracademicgoals.Welookforwardtoseeingyoubecomethebestphysicianyoucanbe.Whateveryourtestgoalsare,wewillhelpyouthroughit!Belowisthelistofstepsforyoutogetstartedonthisjourney.
1. EntranceSurvey:a. Pleasefilloutthissurveybyclickingthelink:https://goo.gl/forms/npKDPfeXtLJK6SVe2b. Note:Thisformmustbefilledoutpriortousassigningyouatutor
2. Howweschedulesessions:a. Yourtutorswillemailyoutheiravailabilityusinganadd-oncalledAssistant.to.Clickthe
timethatworksforyouandtheeventwillbescheduledinbothofyourcalendars.3. Howwehostsessions
a. WeuseZoomvideoconferencingwhichallowssimultaneousvideo,chat,voice,whiteboardandscreensharefunctionality!
b. Pleaseseethepage4:ZoomTutorialDocument4. Resources:
a. IfyouarestudyingforStep1orStep2,werecommendthefollowingasastartingpointforyourstudying:
i. UWorld:TheGoldStandardQBankii. FirstAid:TheGoldStandardBookiii. WealsolikePathoma,Firecracker,SketchyMedical,KaplanQBank,andUSMLE-
RXQBank
Afewadditionalnotesaboutourservice
1. SessionLength:Eachsessionlastsatleast1hour,butmanyofourtutorsfinditbeneficialtohavelongersessions.Youandyourtutorcandecideonthetutoringsessionlength.Sessionslengthsareroundedtothenearestquarterhour(ieifyoursessionlasted1hour42minutes,it’llberoundedto1.75hours)
2. SessionType:Wehavemultipletypesofsessionstohelpyouimproveyouracademicperformance(seepage3:SessionDescription).Youcanrequestanytypeofsessionyou’dlikewithyourtutor
3. ChangingofTutors:Ifyoufindthatyouandyourtutordon’tgelduringyourfirstsession,justletusknow!Wecanalwaysreassignyouanewtutor
4. MultipleTutors:Wehavemultipletutorswhocanhelpyou!Ifyouneedmoresessionsorsessionsclosertogetherthanyourcurrenttutorcanoffer,letusknowandwe’llassignyouasecondtutor.Sometimesweassignyoutwotutorsrightawaytohelpimproveyourscore
5. Score-ImprovementGuarantee(onlyapplicableforstudentsontheSilverorGoldTutoringPackage).Toqualifythefollowingmustbecompletedpriortobeginningtutoring:
b. Priortoyourfirsttutoringsession,youMUSTascreenshotofyourmostrecentNBMEwithyourname,testdate,score,[email protected].
c. Afteryoufinishyourtutoringhours,youMUSTtakeanNBMEexamwithin1weekof
yourfinaltutoringsessiond. Ifthescorehasn’timproved,submitanotherscreenshotwithyourname,testdate,
score,[email protected]. We’llgetyousetupforanadditional10tutoringhoursatnocost
5. Money-BackGuaranteea. Wewantyoutosucceed,period.Ifyouarenothappyoryourtutoringisnotgoinghow
you’dlike,justletusknow.Wewillrefundyouallunusedhoursofyourpackage(eachhourusedischargedat$225/hr)
6. ContactInformationb. Ifatanytime,anissuearises,pleasedonothesitatetoemail
info@medschoolcoach.comorcontactourDirectorofTutoringDr.Sumarsono@[email protected]
MedSchoolCoachTutoringSessionDescriptionWeunderstandthateachstudentlearnsdifferently,thereforewehavedevelopedthreemaintypesoftutoringsessionstobestmeetyourneeds.1.ContentCenteredSessionsIncontent-centeredtutoringsessions,weprovidehigh-yield,interactivediscussionsregardingyourtopicofchoice.Duringthishour,weusedynamicPowerPointpresentations,filledwithdiagrams,algorithms,andcasescenariostohelpcreatebetterunderstandthematerial.Someslidesshowbasicschematicsofpathophysiology.Otherslidesareblankthatallowyourtutortowriteonusingtheirwritingtablet.UnlikeotherPowerPointlecturesyoumaybeaccustomedto,thesesessionsprovidehighlyinteractive,individualizedpresentationscraftedtomeetyourspecificneeds.2.Two-WayQuestion&AnswerSessionsTheQ&Atutoringsessionsareatwo-waystreetofquestions/answers.Inthesesessions,studentsbringupanytopicsaboutwhichtheyareuncertain.Thetutoranswersthesequestionsverballyorvisuallyonyoursharedscreen.Inadditiontohelpingyouunderstandyourquestions,yourtutorprobesyourknowledgeregardingavarietyoftopicsbyaskingyouquestions.Bydoingthis,heorsheidentifiesyourgapsofknowledgeandturnsthemintostrengths.Studentsmayinitiallyfindthesesessionsintimidatingbecauseitexposesareasofweakness,butthiscriticalprocessisimperativetoachievingyouracademicgoals.ThismannerofQ&AisfrequentlyusedduringtheMS3clerkshipstoassessyourfundofknowledge.Thesesessionswillteachyoutothinkquickly,receiverapidfeedback,andequipyounotonlyforyourUSMLEStep1,butalsoforyourMS3clerkships.3.QuestionBankCoachingSessionsEvenifyouknowadiseaseprocesswell,answeringstandardizedtestquestionscanbedifficultbecausethetest-makersdesigntrapstofoolyouintochoosinganincorrectanswer.Thus,questionbankcoachingprovidesyoutheskillsettoavoidthesetraps.Inthesesessions,thetutoraskstoseepriorquestionsyougotincorrectandtowalkthroughyourthoughtprocess.Afterward,yourtutorhelpstoidentifymisstepsinlogicandcriticalpiecesofknowledgerequiredtocorrectlyanswerthequestion.Additionally,yourtutorprovidesyounewQBankquestionstowalkthroughinreal-time.Bysimulatingyourthoughtprocess,yourtutorcangiveimmediatefeedbackandendowcriticaltest-takingstrategies.SessionWrap-Up:Teach-BackSummaryAllthreestylesoftutoringwrapupwithStudentTeach-Back.Sincethesesessionscoveralotofmaterial,wefindthatstudentteach-backprovidesawayforourstudentstosynthesizeandbetterretaintheknowledge.TheTeach-Backprocessmanifestsdifferentlydependingonthestyleofsession.IfyoureceivedtheContent-CenteredTutoring,thelastslideasksyoutore-explainthebasicconceptsofthepresentation.InQ&ASessions,thetutorasksyouthesamequestionsyouaskedthroughoutthesessionandtheonesyougotincorrectduringhisquestioning.IntheQBankSessions,thetutorasksyouwhycertainchoiceswerecorrectorincorrectandwhattest-takingstrategiesyouused.SessionRefresher:Atthebeginningofeachsession,studentscanrequesta5-minuterefreshertodiscussthecontentcoveredduringtheprevioussession.Thismaymanifestasarapid-fireQ&Asessionaskedbythetutororgoingthroughtutor-madeflashcards.Wefindthatintervalrecallisanothercriticalmethodofcommittingdifficulttopicstomemory.
ZoomClientTutorial–updated3/29/17
1. Gotohttps://zoom.us/2. Fillinyouremailaddressandclick“SignUpFree”
3. Aftercreatingyouraccount,yourtutorwillberesponsibleforsettingupyourZoomMeetings.YouwillreceiveaninvitationfromyourtutorintheformofaURLorlink.AfterclickingtheURL,youwillbedirectedtothefollowingscreen.TheZoomInstallershouldautomaticallydownload,butifitdoesnot,thenclickthebuttontomanuallydownloadtheinstaller.
4. Onceinstalled,thevideofeedshouldbegin.Notethedockatthebottomortopofyourscreenwithmultiplebuttons.
a. Note:thisiswheretheprogramslowsforafewseconds.Pleasejustwaitforafewmomentsastheprogramsetsupthefeed.Zoomwillaskwhichvideoand/oraudiodevicesyouwishtouse,selectyourpreference.
5. ClickingShareScreenwillallowyoutosharescreenswithyourtutor.Youhavetheoptionto
sharethedesktop,whiteboard,iPhone/iPadoranyofyourdocumentswithyourtutor.a. Pleasenotethatonlyonepersoncansharetheirscreenunlessbothpeoplehavedual
monitors.b. Pleasenotethatsomeanti-virussoftwarewillrequireyoushutoffallfirewallsifyou
wanttosharescreenwithwhatisonyouriPad.c. IfyouareusingaPCandaretryingtoshareyouriPad,youwillneedtodownloadtheir
specificdrivertoallowforApple’sAirCast.
6. Oncebothyouandyourtutorareintheroom,yourtutorwillbeginrecordingthesession.7. Duringyourmeeting,youmaychoosetopresstheannotatebutton,whichcausesanotherdock
toappear.Anyofthesefunctionsmaybeusedtowriteonthesharedscreen.
8. Oncethemeetingisover,pleasegoto“More”,then“EndMeeting”.
9. Astheprogramcloses,Zoomwillautomaticallypackagethemeetingintoamp4fileandsaveitonyourtutor’slocalharddrive.Yourtutorwillgiveyouacopyofthesessionwithin24hours.
10. Afteryou’vehadyourfirstmeeting,Zoomwillbeavailableasadesktopprogram,whichallows
youtojoinorschedulefuturemeetingsthroughtheapp.
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