As a Step 1 tutor, I am often asked what to do between the summer of first and second year.
Reviewing old systems and material is fine. Don’t try and do new systems over the summer. The amount and depth of material is pretty staggering for M2 year.
I usually suggest to students who absolutely have to get ahead and that haven’t done a lot of microbiology, antibiotics, and immunology yet to really focus on those areas. They’re both pretty abstract, memorization heavy, and require multiple passes through before the material makes sense.
Sketchy Micro and Brosencephalon’s micro and immuno deck make a solid way to incorporate concepts and then drill details. Once you get through all those, Kaplan questions will help you apply and understand the material at a deeper and clinical level.
If you have any follow up questions I can help you with on this front, please comment below.