USMLE Step 1 Question Bank Contributor (Deadline: Rolling)
Dr. Ted O’Connell, medical director at the Kaiser Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program and author of USMLE Secrets and the Crush series of board review books, has a scholarly writing and CV building opportunity he’d like to share with you. He is helping to develop board review questions for a free USMLE Step 1 question bank.
He is already working with over 200 medical students on this and is looking to broadcast the initiative more broadly.
He is looking for first through fourth year students, particularly those with an interest in writing and academic medicine, though anyone interested is welcome.
As students, you are welcome to participate at any level of involvement you like as there is not a minimum time commitment nor a minimum number of questions. You will receive recognition online for writing even a single question, though if you write 10 questions or more you will be identified as "Founding Contributors" to this free question bank. The development of this question bank will be a rolling project, so there is no deadline or end date at this point.
This project is an opportunity for you to add a scholarly activity to your CV while learning to write USMLE-style questions, and hopefully solidifying your medical knowledge in the process. The project can also lead to other writing opportunities for those who are interested. As this question bank will be completely free for all students to use, he does not have a budget to provide students with financial compensation for work done.
If you are interested, please contact Dr. O’Connell directly.
Here is his contact information:
Ted O'Connell, M.D.
Medical Director
Family Medicine Residency Program
Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
UC San Francisco School of Medicine
Office: (707) 651-3466
Ted.O'Connell@kp.org