Do you think just ripping uworld is the move?
First Aid rapid review section and uwolrd
Do you mind sharing what you first started doing when you started studying? I am 1 month in studying and have just been doing high yield on anking with some medschool bootcamp videos
Nothing novel or fancy. Just went by system through Boards and Beyond, Pathoma, and Dirty Medicine. Then did Sketchy for bugs/drugs. Took all my notes in FA. Cranking through UWorld and listening to Goljian and Pathoma chapters 1-3 on repeat. Also staying up to date on my Anki deck for my UWorld incorrects. Doing 80 new questions + 40 incorrects a day. I have Amboss too but don't really use it often. And doing UWSA/NBMEs every few weeks.
At what point did you say you started looking at uworld questions? I am very bad with anki and only know how to use pre-made decks.
Once I finished going through all the systems; however, I do not recommend that and would change the way I did it if I could go back. My recommendation is do UWorld with the system you are studying. Then once you are done with all the systems, you've finished one full pass of UWorld. Then I'd reset my UWorld and do them again on random.
And how long did you study in total for this exam? Would it be okay if I just did uworld questions without making an Anki for them?
Thank you I appreciate that, definitely will start ramping things up with anki
So let me ask you this, as somebody who really doesn't like making his own flashcards, is there any alternative to being able to review the wrong answer choices? I have uworld but in pdf format with questions followed by the answers
If there is an alternative, I'm not aware of it. You could use the UWorld Notebook or Flashcards and take notes/flashcards that way? I've been supplementing with Pathoma, Dirty Medicine, and Boards and Beyond for my weaker areas.
What about manually marking questions I struggled with and then going back to them after the first pass of uworld?
Sure, you just have to figure out what works for you and stick to it.
Is 5 months doable to study for this exam? And 3 of those 5 months to do Uworld questions?
No. Unless most of that time is no school and no work.
So what would be doable?
It took me ~14 months. Most people take 6+
Messaged you privately!
I think you are underestimating the amount of material on this exam. Take an NBME and see where you are and go from there.
I’m studying for step 2 right now, and some days even doing 20 can be a struggle. When I have nothing but studying to do, without any work or school, going to be on 60 is pretty pretty tough.
I understand, thank you for this. So what do you do when you arrive at a uworld question and don't know the medical content behind the question? Do you use the explanations to help you explain it or or do you watch supplemental videos?
Would you say the question types on the CBSE are more similar to NBMEs or UWorld questions? Or unique in its own category?
Way more similar to NBME. A lot of the question were simple one liners. It’s not like you world where they give a bunch of background.
This was the case in the past but the July 2022 exam had some long vignettes and deviated a bit from what was seen in previous NBMEs. It will be interesting to see what it looks like in the future.
you want that 3717 to go away
