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title: The Study System That Made Me a Doctor | Sketchy Webinar
description: "Free live webinar, Oct 22 at 7pm ET: a Mayo Clinic ortho resident shares the 3-phase study system behind his 265 on Step 2."
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FREE LIVE WEBINAR
# The Study System That Made Me a Doctor: How I Actually Studied
WHEN
Thursday, October 22 · 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 4pm PT
**Can't make it live?** Register anyway. We'll send the recording straight to your inbox.
Studying hard but still not acing exams? It's probably not because you're a bad test taker. You're likely falling short in one of three phases: learning it, retaining it, or applying it. The good news is that each one is a trainable skill.
JR Smith, MD, built a simple system around all three and used it through every exam and rotation in med school. It carried him to a 265 on Step 2 and his top-choice match: ortho surgery at Mayo Clinic. He's broken it down on his [YouTube channel, Evolving Medic](https://www.youtube.com/@EvolvingMedic). Now he's going a level deeper in a free live session with Sketchy.
**Format:** 60 minutes total. A 45-minute session followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
\+ **Learn:** where Sketchy fits for a faster, stronger first pass
\+ **Retain:** how he beat the forgetting curve with daily reviews that kept old material fresh from his first block to Step 1 and into rotations
\+ **Apply:** why test taking is a trainable skill, and how he trained it with practice questions
WHO IT'S FOR
**MS1s and MS2s** who study hard but still aren't getting the exam scores they expect.
**MS3s and MS4s** who are on rotations with little time left to study for shelf exams and Step 2 CK.
Studying hard but still not acing exams? It's probably not because you're a bad test taker. You're likely falling short in one of three phases: learning it, retaining it, or applying it. The good news is that each one is a trainable skill.
JR Smith, MD, built a simple system around all three and used it through every exam and rotation in med school. It carried him to a 265 on Step 2 and his top-choice match: ortho surgery at Mayo Clinic. He's broken it down on his [YouTube channel, Evolving Medic](https://www.youtube.com/@EvolvingMedic). Now he's going a level deeper in a free live session with Sketchy.
**Format:** 60 minutes total. A 45-minute session followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
\+ **Learn:** where Sketchy fits for a faster, stronger first pass
\+ **Retain:** how he beat the forgetting curve with daily reviews that kept old material fresh from his first block to Step 1 and into rotations
\+ **Apply:** why test taking is a trainable skill, and how he trained it with practice questions
WHO IT'S FOR
**MS1s and MS2s** who study hard but still aren't getting the exam scores they expect.
**MS3s and MS4s** who are on rotations with little time left to study for shelf exams and Step 2 CK.
GIVEAWAY
Register for a chance to win a **Sketchy t-shirt!**
*\*No purchase necessary. Open to US residents only. One winner will be selected at random from all registrants on October 23, 2026.*
[Save my spot](https://info.sketchy.com/study-system-webinar-oct-2026#register)
## Meet your speaker
JR Smith, MD
Third-Year Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Mayo Clinic
JR is an ortho resident at Mayo Clinic with plans to go into sports medicine. A former Duke University track and field athlete, he earned his MD at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and stayed for residency. He created [Evolving Medic](https://www.evolvingmedic.com/) to share practical learning strategies, mentorship, and career advice with students and physicians. Outside the hospital, he's a husband to Madison and dad to Khari and Titus.
[Save my spot](https://info.sketchy.com/study-system-webinar-oct-2026#register)
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