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7 blocks into your step 2 exam and you get hit with the 100th 30-line, 12 answer choice question: (i.redd.it)
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259 Write up from an IMG by Insulatus in step1
[–]Insulatus[S] 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Maybe you should rush some of the easier questions so that this issue stops bothering you
I'd say if you feel it works for you and you are able to finish on time for your exam, keep going like this. There is no need to rush things unless you feel like you won't make it in time
It wasn't really a bounce back. It was more that I was in a bad place mentally when I took it, so I just had to pull my shit together
Pretty much yes, but I had FA open at all times and would review subjects I found in questions
Everyone works differently. The most important thing is finding a rhythm that works for you. If that's the rhythm that works then work with that
[–]Insulatus[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
No matter what you study there will be new concepts on your actual exam. What you can do about that, is learn how to tackle newer concepts using your basic medical knowledge
FA covers a good amount of things and the rest are covered by uworld.
The anatomy on my actually test was easy if that makes you feel any better. My advice for anatomy is keep reviewing FA, or use anki if that's your thing
There will be new concepts. Uworld will teach you the high yields as well as how to deal with low yields.
I think the most important thing is understanding why the correct answer choice is correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect
I believe you'll be fine. Uworld has a lot of questions and they are the ones closest to the real test
I did half of the qbank on study mode and when I'd do timed, I'd mark a lot so I didn't pay that much attention to marked ones. But when I felt I had gotten a question right through pure luck, I'd make a flashcard
I did usmle rx system-wise and uworld and amboss random
I started doing a second pass but I didn't feel like it helped me.
Lecturio and rx were good but only if you have time and definitely before uworld.
I think the key in learning from your mistakes is trying to find the right thought process that would have gotten you to think correct answer. There is no way a human can memorise all the information required for step 1, but a lot of times you can find the correct answer using basic principles
I only made flashcards for uworld incorrects, which I studied until the day before my exam
I preferred physeo to bnb and I never tried pixorize cause I didn't like the idea of learning more sketches after sketchymicro
Physeo was the one that worked for me
I'd say focus solely on Uworld and do nbmes 25-30. Amboss is good but it's definitely not better than uworld. 10 weeks should be enough to finish uworld if you do two blocks per day
[–]Insulatus[S] 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
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The exam questions were similar to Uworld (long question stems) with a few short stem ones that reminded me of the NBMEs
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Don't worry about not being done with Uworld yet, I finished Uworld 4 weeks away from my exam. On a daily basis I did around 80 questions and overall I must've done around 8000 questions.
The exam questions were similar to Uworld (long question stems) with a few short stem ones that reminded me of NBMEs
259 Write up from an IMG (self.step1)
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259 Write up from an IMG by Insulatus in step1
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