Talks about the USMLE Step 1 and the transition to the wards were given at the annual AMSA conference by Dr. Tao Le this past March 2007. We posted PDFs of the slides for your reference. Please see links below.

Cheers,
The First Aid/USMLERx Team

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1: The Really Short Version
First Aid for the Wards: The Really Short Version