Step 1 feels lighter when you do not study alone.
Individual, bilingual mentorship for international medical graduates (IMGs) who work, care for family, or need a plan that fits real life.
Spanish first. English when you need it. At your pace.
Illustrative example
Your schedule counts, too.
Illustration of a sample study week: short reviews before work, question blocks after a shift, one rest day and a review at the weekend.
- Before workA short review
- After your shiftA question block
- WeekendReview and reset
- Rest dayAlso part of the plan
Adjusting the pace is part of the plan.
The mentorship
You do not need another resource list. You need a pace you can keep.
When work, family and an exam in another language all compete for time, a standard eight-week plan can miss the mark. That is why the mentorship is individual: we start from your situation, sort what you already use, decide what comes next and leave room to check how it is going.
No promised outcomes. Just company and a clear next step.
It starts from your real week
Your available hours, your shifts and your rest days are the starting point, not an obstacle.
It sorts what you already have
Before adding resources, we look at which ones you use, which ones help and which ones you can drop.
It adjusts with you
When your schedule changes or something is not working, the plan changes. Adjusting is not failing.
How it works
How the mentorship works
Structure is built around your hours, not against them.
You complete the initial assessment
A seven-section questionnaire about your training, your routine, your resources and your goals. It takes 15 to 20 minutes.
The mentors review your answers
Dr. Fanny Suarez and Dr. Othmar Gil read your assessment to understand your starting point before talking with you.
We talk in a consultation
We contact you to arrange a consultation, answer your questions and see together whether the mentorship is what you need.
We build your plan with you
If you decide to continue, we build an individual plan together. That work happens outside this website, directly with your mentors.
About us
Two Venezuelan-trained physicians. The same path, side by side.
We are not here to sell a magic formula. We want to share a useful structure while we keep navigating the U.S. medical licensing process ourselves.
Mentors who are still on the path.
Dr. Fanny Suarez
MD · Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela)
Passed USMLE Step 1 in 2026 while working full-time. Now preparing for Step 2 CK.
Dr. Othmar Gil
Venezuelan-trained physician · @drothmargil
Pursuing U.S. medical licensure and bringing an IMG community together on Instagram.
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Methodology
A method that fits a real week
These are the principles we work with. The specifics are defined with you, based on your assessment.
A realistic schedule
A weekly calendar built around your work and your rest days. Rest is not what is left over: it is part of the plan.
Resources chosen, not piled up
We choose deliberately which resources to use and what for, instead of hopping from one to the next.
Questions every day
Daily practice in your question bank, with defined targets you can actually meet.
Spaced repetition
Coming back to what you learned at planned intervals, so it does not get lost along the way.
A monthly reflection
Each month we review what worked and what did not, and use that to set the next cycle.
A structured review of every missed question
Every mistake is reviewed with the same four questions:
- What concept was being tested?
- What clue in the stem did I miss?
- Why were the other options wrong?
- What kind of error was it?
Four kinds of error
- Knowledge
- I did not know the concept.
- Language
- I did not fully understand the stem in English.
- Pattern recognition
- I knew the concept but did not recognize it in the case.
- Execution
- I knew it but slipped while answering.
Initial assessment
The initial assessment
Before we suggest anything, we need to get to know you. The assessment tells us what your week looks like, what you have studied, with which resources, and what you expect from the mentorship.
- How long it takes
- 15 to 20 minutes. You do not need to create an account, and your draft is saved only on your device.
- Who reads it
- Only Dr. Suarez and Dr. Gil. We do not publish your answers or share them with anyone else.
- What happens next
- You receive a reference code, we review your assessment and we contact you to arrange a consultation.
The seven sections
- Academic profile and contact details
- Availability and weekly routine
- Prior preparation and study resources
- QBanks, NBMEs and current performance
- Difficulties and learning method
- Goals and USMLE history
- Mentorship expectations
Questions
What matters, before you start
If your question is not here, write to us at hola@steptopass.com.
Study with integrity
One rule, without exceptions.
No exam questions, recalls or remembered exam content. Study support, yes; confidential content, no.