Subtitles: Sketchy Micro

The next time you sit down to study Neisseria meningitidis , do not just watch the rocket ship take off. Read the subtitles. Understand why the rocket is there. And watch your micro scores soar. Are you using SketchyMicro subtitles in a unique way? Share your strategies in the med school forum—your workflow might just save someone’s Step 1 score.

| Cue in Sketch | Subtitle Text | | :--- | :--- | | The blue/green water | "The greenish color represents pyocyanin , a green pigment that damages respiratory epithelium." | | The floating bottle | "The bottle labeled 'Scented Water' represents the exotoxin A that inhibits EF-2." | | The man with the earring | "The earring symbolizes the organism is a piercing pathogen—aggressive in neutropenic patients." | Sketchy Micro Subtitles

Students often get lost in the Pseudomonas sketch because there is a water tank, a green bottle, a man with a woman, and a hospital bed. Without subtitles, it is chaos. With subtitles, you see: The next time you sit down to study