The 10-Day Biochemistry Study Plan features an organized approach to mastering one of the hardest topics new students face in medical school. As a streamlined resource, it will help you get through all the nitty-gritty details you need to know on metabolism, cellular signaling, and other dense topics.

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Make every day count with a comprehensive Biochemistry study plan created by AMBOSS physicians.

Each day features a list of topics and a Question Bank session to go through. Here’s how we recommend you get the most out of the plan:

  1. Carefully go through the topics listed in high-yield mode, and don’t get intimidated by the number of topics you see; we’ve only chosen the most condensed, exam-relevant information you need to know to score high on the exam.
  2. Follow that up with each day’s curated Question Bank question session. Questions are randomized across the topics covered that day but ordered by difficulty, going from easiest to most challenging, allowing you to gradually build up your knowledge and strengthen your diagnostic skills.

Of course, feel free to skip days or change the order as you see fit to better suit your needs.

Day 1: Cellular functions


Day 2: Inheritance & Development and Chromosomes


Inheritance & Development

Basics of human genetics

Basics of embryology

Chromosomes

Chromosomal aberrations

Down syndrome

Test your knowledge with Day 2’s Question Bank session here.

Day 3: DNA


Nucleotides, DNA, and RNA

Purines and pyrimidines

DNA replication and repair

Test your knowledge with Day 3’s Question Bank session here.

Day 4: Amino Acids and Proteins


Day 5: Signaling and Lipids


Signaling

Signal transduction

General endocrinology

Adrenal gland

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, sections: Summary, Pathophysiology, Clinical features, Differential diagnoses

Lipids

Lipids and fat metabolism, sections: Summary, Overview, Lipid transport, Fatty acid metabolism, Ketone body metabolism

Lipid disorders

Test your knowledge with Day 5’s Question Bank session here.

Day 6: Carbohydrates


Day 7: Inborn Errors of Metabolism


Inborn errors of metabolism

Test your knowledge with Day 7’s Question Bank session here.

Day 8: Vitamins and Nutrition


Vitamins

Malabsorption, sections: Summary, Definition, Etiology, Clinical features

Vitamin B12 deficiency, sections: Summary, Etiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical features

Folate Deficiency

Test your knowledge with Day 8’s Question Bank session here.

Day 9: Labs & Pharmacology and Hemoglobin


Labs & Pharmacology

Fundamentals of pharmacology, sections: Summary, Overview, Drug interactions and the cytochrome P450 system

Cheparentapeutic agents, sections: Summary, Overview, Effects, Side Effects

Laboratory methods

Hemoglobin

Erythrocyte morphology and hemoglobin, sections: Summary, Erythrocyte morphology, Metabolism of erythrocytes, Hemoglobin synthesis, Hemoglobin variants

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Test your knowledge with Day 9’s Question Bank session here.

Day 10: Connective Tissue and Inherited & Development Disorders


Connective Tissue

Connective tissue

Connective tissue diseases

Inherited & Development Disorders

Rare inherited syndromes

Lynch syndrome

Wilson disease, sections: Summary, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical features

Disorders of sex development, sections: Summary, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome

Test your knowledge with Day 10’s Question Bank session here.

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