Dr. AP | Action Potential Mentoring, LLC

This year, my mentees matched: Cardiothoracic/Thoracic Surgery (Integrated path), Gen Surg, Triple board certification Peds + Neuro + Developmental, Interventional Radiology, Derm, FM, IM, OBGYN, Anesthesia, PM&R, Child Neuro, Ophtho, Neurology & Psych. What a year #MedTwitter

The students who match into competitive specialties aren't smarter. They identified their weakest subject earliest, hammered it hardest, and stopped spending time on what they already knew. Ruthless prioritization is a skill most students never develop.

5/5 Your Anki should reduce your UWorld over time. Not increase it If it's keeping "something" you've seen twice into "keep up" → you're doing it wrong Students who carry their system straight into UWorld - they do fewer reviews, retain more, and their Anki isn't piling up You already know when your reviews are not up to par. Let me show you what a working system actually looks like - and DM me "ANKI" - and we'll walk through what's breaking your retention, and what reviews actually translate into scores.

I’ve seen hundreds of Anki setups. The ones that plateau all look the same: Overloaded. Passive. Broken. If yours feels like a graveyard, this is why 🧵

4/5 Most med students forget 80% of what they cram within 30 days. APM students? 92% retention at 6 months Not luck. Not genius. A neuroscience-backed retention system I built from mentoring 2,100 students to 270+ USMLE scores.

3/5 There’s a threshold most students ignore: Past ~50 new cards/day, your brain shifts from encoding → just trying to keep up That’s where retention starts to fall apart.

2/5 If your Anki feels overwhelming or ineffective, it’s usually not one mistake. It’s a cluster of small system flaws compounding daily:

Medical school teaches you to be a doctor. It does not teach you how to build a career. Those are two completely different skill sets — and the gap costs people years. Here's what I wish someone had told me🧵

What separates top-quartile med students from everyone else? It's not just how hard you study — it's HOW you study, and WHO is guiding you. I'm Dr. Austin Price, a vascular surgeon and attending physician in South Florida, mentoring a group of medical students ready to dominate their class exams, board exams, and shelf exams. If you're serious about getting to the top — 💬 DM "WIN" and let's get to work. ⬇️ Drop a 🏆 in the comments if you're grinding toward top quartile this year. #ActionPotentialMentoring #MedStudentLife #MedSchool #Usmle #ShelfExams #BoardExams #MedStudentMentor #VascularSurgery #MiamiDoctor #MedStudentMotivation #TopQuartile #FuturePhysician #MedTwitter #MedStudentCommunity

Ever felt like you're not reaching your potential? What are you doing to change that? If you're not taking conscious action, guided by mentorship of someone who has already reached the goal you are setting for yourself, you're not pushing the limits. The biggest risk isn't failing. It's reaching the end of your life wondering what would've happened if you ACTUALLY tried. Bet on that.

Nobody tells you this about dedicated Step prep: The burnout doesn't come from studying too much 🙅‍♂️ It comes from studying without a plan. When every day feels like you're just grinding through content with no finish line in sight — that's when the wheels come off. Build a day-by-day schedule. Trust the schedule. Let the schedule carry you when motivation runs out.

Nobody told me this about graduate school: The technical skills are the easy part. The hard part is learning to manage uncertainty, ambiguity, and long periods without external validation. You have to become your own compass. Most programs don't teach you this. Seek it out!

Dermatology questions on the USMLE can be brutal. Bullous diseases that look identical. Skin cancers that blur together. Random neonatal rashes you forgot existed. In this session, I break down the derm conditions that confuse medical students the most and shows a simple strategy to eliminate answer choices fast. If you have ever stared at a derm question thinking "Wait... what even is this rash?" This video is for you. 📚 youtu.be/sJ7qtwV9V4c #USMLEPrep #Step1Prep #Step2CK #MedStudentLife #PediatricDermatology #DrAustinPrice #ActionPotentialMentoring

Struggling with biochemistry pathways? Stop trying to memorize every step. Start asking: 'What is the purpose of this pathway?' • Glycolysis: make ATP fast (no oxygen needed) • TCA cycle: extract electrons from fuel • Beta-oxidation: break down fats for fuel • Urea cycle: get rid of toxic ammonia When you understand the WHY, the steps make sense. 🔖Purpose first. Details second

Medical school can feel like you are constantly wondering… Am I doing enough? Should I be doing research? How do people get publications already? How do you actually build a strong residency application? I get these questions all the time from medical students. In this session, I break down the real cliff notes of what I did throughout medical school. Publications, presentations, tutoring, networking, scholarships, and the biggest lesson that changed how I approached success. Nothing here is magic. But when you understand the strategy, everything becomes a lot more manageable. If you are in medical school right now and trying to figure out how to stand out for residency, this one will probably hit close to home. 🚀 youtu.be/BR17Fh_tquo #MedicalSchool #MedStudentLife #USMLEPrep #ResidencyMatch #FutureDoctor #DrAustinPrice #ActionPotentialMentoring

Be honest, do you know this one? 🫁 This is one of those pulmonology questions that trips up even the most prepared med students. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema look almost identical on PFTs — until you know exactly which one lab value to zero in on. If you're prepping for Step 1 or Step 2, this is not the place to guess. PFT interpretation shows up on both exams and the questions are designed to punish pattern memorization without understanding. 👇 Drop your answer in the comments — A, B, C, or D. Let's see how the community does. And if you're in dedicated prep right now and want someone to help you find exactly where your gaps are — DM me "READY" and let's talk. One conversation can change how the rest of your prep goes.

Nobody talks about the identity crisis that comes with achieving the goal. You worked toward something for years. You got it. And felt... empty? That's not ingratitude, that's what happens when the goal was a destination and not a direction. Get clear on the direction Goals become milestones, not endpoints.

@RoyCamilles Lololol broooooo ik same

@action_ap Would actually prefer if this was wiped from my brain

The complement system simplified Classical: triggered by antibody-antigen complexes Alternate: triggered by bacterial surfaces Lectin: triggered by mannose on microbes All three converge at C3 → C3a (inflammation) + C3b (opsonization) Terminal: C5b–C9 = MAC → punches holes in gram-negative bacteria 🔖C3 is the hub. Know what comes before and after it