Step 1 Live Crash Course | USMLE Wise
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Pass Step 1 in just 7 live days.

70 hours of live, high-yield instruction on Zoom, Nov 1–7, 2026, from a team of 270+ Step 2 scorers. Ask questions in real time. Finish the course, and if you don't pass, you get your money back.

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USMLE Step 1 Live Ultra High-Yield Crash Course
99.3%Pass rate
17,000+Students trained
270+Instructor Step 2 score
100%Pass guarantee
The real problem

Every year, brilliant students fail Step 1, and it's usually not for lack of effort.

They grind through UWorld, memorize First Aid cover to cover, and drown in Anki decks and random PDFs. Then test day comes: the facts they crammed don't surface fast enough, the look-alike answer choices blur together, and biostats and ethics quietly cost points they couldn't afford to lose.

They've poured hundreds of hours into low-yield material while missing what the USMLE actually tests.

They've memorized everything but never learned the test-taking skills that help them rule out wrong answers in time.

And the resources they're studying from were built for the old Step 1, before the post-2022 surge in ethics, nutrition, and biostatistics.

Scores don't rise with hours logged. They rise with precision, and with a mentor pushing you in real time.

Why this course works

Built around what actually moves your score.

7 live days. 70 hours. Zero fluff.

Every session targets exactly what the USMLE tests most. If it's not high-yield, it's not in.

Rebuilt for the 2026 syllabus.

Rebuilt line by line for the current blueprint, including the surge in ethics, nutrition, and biostatistics.

Question-powered teaching.

USMLE-style vignettes from minute one, so you train your knowledge and your test-taking at the same time.

The N+1 method.

Each lesson stacks on the last so recall becomes automatic, and it carries straight into Step 2.

Taught by 270+ Step 2 scorers.

You'll learn from doctors who beat this exam and reverse-engineered exactly how it's built.

Live. Interactive. No black boxes.

Every doubt cleared, live, every day. You stay accountable and coached, with lifetime access to every recording after.

Curriculum

7 days, 70 live hours, all 21 Step 1 subjects.

Sunday, Nov 1 through Saturday, Nov 7, 2026. Every session is recorded, with lifetime access.

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Day 1 · Sun, Nov 1

9.5 hours of live instruction.

General PathologyGeneral PharmacologyCardiovascular
02

Day 2 · Mon, Nov 2

10 hours of live instruction.

Biostatistics & EpidemiologyRespiratoryRenal
03

Day 3 · Tue, Nov 3

8 hours of live instruction.

EndocrineNeurology
04

Day 4 · Wed, Nov 4

9 hours of live instruction.

ImmunologyGenetics, Cell & Molecular BiologyHematology & Oncology
05

Day 5 · Thu, Nov 5

9.5 hours of live instruction.

Biochemistry & NutritionBacteriologyVirology, Mycology & ParasitologyInfectious Disease Pharmacology
06

Day 6 · Fri, Nov 6

9.5 hours of live instruction.

ReproductivePsychiatryEthics & Communication
07

Day 7 · Sat, Nov 7

9 hours of live instruction.

DermatologyGastrointestinalMusculoskeletal
Sessions start at 7:00 AM Eastern, every day
StartsEnds
New York (EST)7:00 AM5:00 PM
India (IST)5:30 PM3:30 AM
London (GMT)12:00 PM10:00 PM
Dubai (GST)4:00 PM2:00 AM
Nepal (NPT)5:45 PM3:45 AM
Pakistan (PKT)5:00 PM3:00 AM
Your instructor

Built by the world's most-followed USMLE expert.

Dr. Manik Madaan
Dr. Manik Madaan
260 on Step 1 · 271 on Step 2
800,000+ followers · 17,000+ students taught

I'm Dr. Manik Madaan, and I built this course because I had to learn Step 1 the hard way first.

When I was preparing, the content was completely overwhelming: resource stacked on resource, every one labeled “high-yield,” and not one of them telling me what actually mattered.

Only about 20% of what's in the traditional resources actually moves the needle.

The other 80% is outdated fluff that just slows you down, and Step 1 gives you very little time to dig for a fact that isn't worth the minute it costs you.

So I built the course I wish someone had handed me, live this time: seven days, only what the USMLE actually tests, with a mentor in the room to clear every doubt as it comes up. Students who were sure seven days couldn't be enough passed. Students who'd already failed once, and were terrified to sit again, passed too.

Since Step 1 is pass/fail, a clean pass is the whole win, and every week you save here goes straight into Step 2, the exam that actually ranks you.

How we compare

Side by side, here's what actually sets this apart.

USMLE WiseOther crash courses
New Step 1 syllabus alignment
Rebuilt line by line for the 2026 syllabus, including the ethics and nutrition surge
Often reuses older decks with partial updates
Focus
70 live hours, zero fluff, only what the USMLE repeatedly tests
Broad sweep, mixed yield, time dilution
Teaching engine
Question-powered: USMLE-style vignettes train knowledge and test-taking together
Lecture-heavy, QBank left for homework
Instructors
270+ Step 2 scorers who reverse-engineered the patterns
Limited experience and credentials
Accountability
Live daily sessions with real-time Q&A and built-in question drills
Passive watching, little pressure to execute
Pass guarantee
Finish the course and drills, don’t pass, full refund
No guarantee, or store credit only
Reported outcomes
20–40 point jumps on practice NBMEs
Modest gains over months
Step 2 bridge
N+1 consolidation leaves you with a ready Step 2 launchpad
No structured bridge beyond Step 1
What you get

Everything you need to pass, in one live cohort.

The 7-day, 70-hour live Step 1 crash course on Zoom
Lifetime access to every session recording
1,400-question Ultra High-Yield Step 1 2026 QBank, free for 90 days
Step 1 2026 Rapid Review + Comprehensive Notes, yours to keep
Private WhatsApp community with your cohort and mentors
$499

Today's price · $1,397 of value included

Sit day 1. Not satisfied? Full refund. Finish the course and don't pass? Full refund.
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Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

It's live on Zoom, Sunday, November 1 to Saturday, November 7, 2026. Sessions start at 7:00 AM Eastern every day, and you can ask questions in real time as we teach. Every session is also recorded, with lifetime access.
That's fine. Every session is recorded the moment it ends, so you can catch up or rewatch anytime, and you keep that access for good.
Honestly, both. If it's your first attempt, you get a clean high-yield map. If you're retaking, it resets the usual leak points: timing, reasoning, and ethics.
Longer chart and SOAP-style stems with distracting detail, more ethics and communication, immunology and microbiology up while pure biochemistry is down, and pathophysiology over trivia. Every lesson is rebuilt against these patterns.
We teach through USMLE-style vignettes from minute one. You learn the idea, solve a question, then break down the logic and drill the variations until it sticks, live, with a mentor clearing every doubt as it comes up.
Instructors who scored 270+ on Step 2, coordinated by Dr. Manik Madaan (271 on Step 2). The team reverse-engineered USMLE patterns across thousands of real items.
Just a notebook. Your enrollment includes 90 days of free access to our 1,400-question Step 1 QBank, and you can keep any QBank you already like alongside it.
Finish the sessions and the required drills, sit your exam, and if you don't pass, you get a full refund within 14 days of your score report.
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Save your seat for the Nov 1–7 live cohort and get the QBank, the Rapid Review notes, and the N+1 framework that carries straight into Step 2.

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