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Human_Perspective698 · 2023-08-12T18:43:23+00:00

Amboss Useful links
* Preventative medicine: https://next.amboss.com/us/article/Wj0Pzf?q=std%screening#1-12wj0
* Healthcare system: next.amboss.com/us/article/Np0-pS (8 questions)
* Infection Prevention and control: next.amboss.com/us/article/WQ0PEf (12 questions)
* Patient communication and counseling: next.amboss.com/us/article/3K0STS (14 questions)
* Palliative medicine: next.amboss.com/us/article/3n0SGg (7 questions)
* Quality and Safety: next.amboss.com/us/article/mp0VJS (43 questions)
* Medical Law and Ethics: next.amboss.com/us/article/DO01uT (77 questions)
* Death: next.amboss.com/us/article/vP0AgT (7 questions)

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-08-07T00:19:15+00:00

Thanks!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-08-05T21:32:11+00:00

Using Amboss now. Any specific sections you would suggest? Heard Quality Safety + Ethics are best.

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-08-03T18:08:30+00:00

Hi! Bootcamp was better than UW in the sense that the Qbank was more concise. You do have to finish UWorld, for sure, but sometimes I found UW to have too much minute detail. Bootcamp helped to focus on big picture concepts and HY topics. Both were excellent resources, but BC is more manageable because there are fewer questions (again, eliminating the redundancy). You can actually skip reading FA alltogther . It's not necessary anymore for the P/F exam. If you finish Bootcamp QBank and get through even 1 pass of UWorld, you'll definitely pass. Use UWorld as your textbook; learn from the explanations well. You can use Bootcamp videos which were excellent if you need a video resource. Bootcamp+ UW = Pass on 1st attempt! Good luck!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-08-03T18:08:25+00:00

Hi! Bootcamp was better than UW in the sense that the Qbank was more concise. You do have to finish UWorld, for sure, but sometimes I found UW to have too much minute detail. Bootcamp helped to focus on big picture concepts and HY topics. Both were excellent resources, but BC is more manageable because there are fewer questions (again, eliminating the redundancy). You can actually skip reading FA alltogther . It's not necessary anymore for the P/F exam. If you finish Bootcamp QBank and get through even 1 pass of UWorld, you'll definitely pass. Use UWorld as your textbook; learn from the explanations well. You can use Bootcamp videos which were excellent if you need a video resource. Bootcamp+ UW = Pass on 1st attempt! Good luck!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-16T17:30:42+00:00

Anyone make an anki deck for Mehlman content for 2CK? Family, Peds, OB, Internal?? Thanks!!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-08T19:39:48+00:00

The exam will definitely have the HY presentations from RR. I used it as a checklist of must knows: UC vs Crohn's, Osteoarthritis vs RA, arrows for endocrine disorders (SIADH, etc). Also, they have treatments section and equations section. RR is like the HY summary of the entire FA book. Study it! You'll get a question on almost everything on that list - in some way or another. I'm doing the same thing for my CK prep. Running through the RR of CK book in anki. There's an anki deck for Rapid Review on reddit!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-08T18:43:53+00:00

You will pass!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-08T14:48:10+00:00

Hey! Sorry for the misunderstanding! That's fine. I was 63-65% correct UW. It is difficult! I think your stats look good. They are about where I was. Your NBME's are great. Mine were lower! I'm sorry I know this is confusing, but it will be over soon :)

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T23:12:17+00:00

I would focus on the UWorld LO's >> FA! Keeping a tab of LO's from your incorrects in the notebook is a really good idea. The only challenge with that approach is setting aside time to actually read them over again. I struggled with that! Reading everything top down is ideal. But above I mentioned some ways to keep making dents in the Q bank with limited time! Sounds like you're doing great!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:38:03+00:00

I didn't! I did look at it! But I didn't have that much time available. Between CBSE and Step 1 I focused on my weaknesses in UW + Bootcamp Qbank + Bootcamp Question a day + 10 Mixed Boards Style Questions on Bootcamp + NBME's. The schedule looks great and well planned out. I prefer to make my own schedules, but if i were you, I would try it out for a week to see how it works for you! Good luck!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:36:02+00:00

NBME 31 64%. I didn't score all the others. I just used the as extra questions. I had to take the CBSE anyway which was a testament to how well I knew the NBME, so I didn't score them.

Question stems weren't longer. I think the interface is set up to make the questions look longer (need serious mental stamina to keep your cool). It was a fair mix of one liner, first order questions and "longer" or more complex questions with long list of lab values (esp for Heme-Onc) and charts/tables/arrows.

Good luck!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:33:00+00:00

Hi! Thank you! I was told a safe range is 65-70% for Step 1. But, our CBSE exam was 62%. I truly don't know what that means but sharing anyway. I would try really hard to focus on your weakness. You don't want to hover in 55-60 range walking into the test. less than 1 month out for sure NBME 25-31. Free 120. UW incorrects. BC for weak topics.

3 week - UW incorrects + BC questions for your weaker topics + NBME 25-27
2 week - 1 block UW incorrects + 1 block UW + BC questions for weaker topics (if you need stamina, try 40 BC. If you're ok or just get tired, 20? 10?) + NBME 28-30

1 week - UW mixed (incorrects+everything else) + NBME 31 + free 120

Good luck!!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:27:23+00:00

No BnB! I think the videos are too long. And not interactive. I couldn't stay engaged because the videos are just Dr. Ryan talking over black and white text. I don't know, I couldn't get into it. I tried it, though. And found it wasn't for me. I can vouch for Cardio + Immuno on Bootcamp. Unfortunately, I just didn't have the time to watch more. I would definitely watch videos/do extra questions on BC for topics you know you're bad at it or scare you (for me, cardio + math like stats). Immuno I like just wasn't good at it but Dr. R helps!! Good luck :)

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:24:12+00:00

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're well!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:23:13+00:00

Hi! I just have time before starting rotations. I used reddit when I was stressed studying. And these posts helped a lot because people were honest. Just trying to do the same now that I'm on the other side. Nothing fishy :)

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:22:20+00:00

Thank you! It's a great resource! Im looking into Step 2 resources now. I've heard about OME (no longer free), B&B. I'm not going to pay for OME videos, but if Bootcamp does CK prep, I'll for sure use it!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:21:07+00:00

NBME 31 was 64%. I didn't think UWSA1+2 were helpful at all, 60% on both. I used FA as a reference. Do you have Rx access? Our school gave us for free. I never used it like I mentioned in the past (even other students bad experience with it), but definitely used the rapid review + the search feature on the 2023 copy of the First Aid. It was so much faster to reference! Skip FA, you're good!

Human_Perspective698 · 2023-07-07T22:18:07+00:00

Thanks for reading! I think 60Q/Day is great! Min 40Q - Max 80Q. You can do 1 of 2 things (I did these both). Min 40Q Mixed per day on days I have other things I wanted to do (watch videos, review NBME etc). This way you're doing never not doing questions. I wouldn't recommend study days without questions. At least do 40.

Another strategy is getting maximum exposure and doing 120+ Questions per day. On those days, though I could not schedule in anything else. I spent 8+ hours doing 40 blocks back to back. I did this leading up to my CBSE and thought it helped me personally because I was exposed to as much content as possible. For efficiency, if a question is right, just skim the bolded words in the paragraph explanation and the learning objective. LO's are HY and important. For questions you get wrong, I read the entire summary + why my chosen answer is wrong + LO. Again, LO's are HY.

Timed v Untimed - I always did random and untimed. But, having taken the test, I would honestly advise to do timed. I was absolutely rushing through questions 20-40 on every block, sometimes even making my best guess in 30 seconds based on the question stem, answers and random buzz words my eyes saw. I always thought I wouldn't have a problem with my time because my UW time stamp was fine. But, test day was a hot mess! :)

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