EXPERIENCE TOPDOC COACHING
Promising subscribers personalized guidance every step of the way. Review our proven formulas for success below.
BOARDS
Step
Discover: We spend time to learn about you. By identifying your strengths and weaknesses, we create your personalized study schedule. This customized program will optimize both your study strategy and results.
Refine: We then reassess your progress, refining your custom program based on performance. Importantly, we coach you on the highest yield strategies and topics to maximize points.
Master: Upon completing a practice exam, we review the test together. We coach you on how to master the art of identifying the concept the examiner was testing and finalize the steps needed to obtain your desired score.
Perform: We dedicate additional time to work through high yield questions to reinforce specific topics and exam strategies.
WARDS
Clerkship and Shelf
Overview: We coach you on the intricacies of the clerkship on which you are about to embark, reviewing the history taking and physical exam skills vital to your success. So you can stand out as an elite student doctor who is an effective member of the team, we teach you the subtle differences between the performances of the "pass" vs "high pass" vs "honors" student. Further, we create a personalized study plan with shelf resources specific to your learning style to optimize your performance on the clerkship and the shelf.
Perform: Throughout our Clerkship and Shelf Course, we can dedicate additional time to work through high yield questions to reinforce specific topics and exam strategies.
AOA/GHHS
Overview: We discuss the criteria by which members for the most exclusive honors medical societies are often chosen. We then coach you on characteristics of excellent physicianship and how you can better serve your patients as a servant leader, making you both a finer budding physician and optimizing your likelihood of acceptance in the process.
RESIDENCY
Career Development
Overview: What story do you want to tell when you apply to residency? In our Professional coaching sessions, we learn about you and the story you want to share when you are interviewing for the specialty and program of your dreams. By fully understanding your personal and professional goals, we create a focused plan for your medical school journey and help you formalize your story every step of the way.
Our Professional services span a wide range of topics including but not limited to optimization of preclinical years, specialty exploration, organizational participation, effective leadership techniques, clerkship track preferences, research, and specialty niche development.
Your success is our mission, and we leverage our expertise so you can share the story you want come interview day.
Residency Application
Explore: We discuss exactly what program directors are looking for as they review your residency application. We then help you organize your accomplishments in a manner that is most conducive to effectively sharing your story.
Purify: Once you have drafted your experiences, we work with you on the syntax and diction of your writings to create your final draft.
Interview: Upon finalizing your application, we coach you on how to perform both on interview day and pre- and post-interview socials. The second half of the session is dedicated to a formal practice interview, where you receive direct, valuable feedback to hone your skills.
Personal Statement
Outline: We discuss what program directors look for in the personal statement and the formula for success. After learning about your background and experiences, we help you create an outline that sets you up for success.
Polish: Once you have drafted your personal statement, we refine your draft both conceptually and grammatically to obtain a final draft that best shares your story.
Rank Order List
Overview: We discuss how the algorithm operates. Then, we delve into the pros and cons of your top programs and create a rank order list that maximizes your chances of matching at your favorite residency.
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