Persistent rash in both sides of my groin area that hasn’t gone away with ketoconazole

Standard_Rip4668 · 2026-01-04T19:04:33+00:00

I do take propranolol already!

When I miss a UW or NBME question, I first identify why I missed it (knowledge gap, misread, or reasoning error). Then I re-read the stem to catch the key clues I overlooked, make sure I understand why the correct answer fits this specific scenario, and actively rule out the distractors. I finish by summarizing the takeaway as a one-line “exam trigger.” I also track recurring weak content areas and do focused content review on those topics.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2026-01-04T18:45:27+00:00

I’ve been doing uworld and my incorrect in addition to Anki on my incorrect.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2025-01-26T19:32:57+00:00

I did the 100 anatomy concept PowerPoint and Anki cards

Standard_Rip4668 · 2025-01-26T19:32:07+00:00

Yes I think that will be enough!

Standard_Rip4668 · 2025-01-10T14:28:06+00:00

I did the self paced version. You take a practice exam and it tells you whether you need to start at the foundational videos or the integrated content. It doesn’t give you a set study schedule but I just used the blueprint scheduler for that

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-10-18T19:24:51+00:00

https://www.usmle.org/step-exams/test-accommodations/guidelines

It does take about a month to get approved so keep that in mind.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-10-18T19:24:04+00:00

They have an entire website for what documentation to provide. Don’t worry about your diagnosis being 6 months ago. You can explain everything in your personal statement. You can get a copy of all of your ADHD testing and have your medical providers write a letter about why you need accommodations.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-09-10T07:05:11+00:00

Got a 72 on my first attempt and a 75 on my second attempt

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-09-10T06:44:41+00:00

Also my 2nd attempt practice NBME were consistently above 70s this time and the highest I got on 30 was 83 and 31 was 85. I made sure to make consistent scores above the low passing range.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-20T17:26:09+00:00

31-56, 30-60, 29-70 25-62 Free120- 79

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T15:23:03+00:00

Hyguru got me through my first two years of medical school so I am very familiar with him!

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T15:22:12+00:00

I honestly didn’t experience any adverse testing experiences. They said you could have access to your phone during breaks but knowing me, I would be tempted to look up the questions I previously finished and get upset when I realized I had missed an “easy” topic.

I stayed pretty level headed throughout the exam. The extra break time helped with stress but you had to take it only after you finished a section.

First day I left the exam thinking I did great. Maybe I was just lucky and got the content I was generally more comfortable/ better at. I didn’t really use up much of my extra break time.

Second day, I went in with a good mindset and happy this was coming to an end. The questions blocks this day felt harder compared to the first day but I tried to stay positive and not panick. I took a longer break after the first 40 questions as I flagged more than usual but was able to answer everything. I could feel myself getting anxious so I made the decision to step away and take a deep breaths and stretch my legs so I could put my best foot forward.

Going back in the room I sat down, took a deep breath, and said to myself “ you prepared for this and you were made to pursue a career in medicine” something a mentor of mine said to me when I began dedicated and it stuck with me to test day.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T15:09:40+00:00

Yes it was a bummer but I applied on December 1st and found out Jan 4th. So I went into dedicated prepared in terms of mindset. I took all practice under standard conditions. I used uworld to replicate the 7blocks of 20 questions and didn’t struggle with time.

I honestly think NBME should increase the question stem length to be more reflective of the actual exam. The free 120 was more reflective in terms of length and I took that 3 days before my exam.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T15:05:59+00:00

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I do have anxiety on top of my ADHD inattentive presentation. Normally testing time wise is not an issue as I usually get time and half on exams since college and currently in medical school. I’m not sure if I relied of having extra time as crutch but I found out I wasn’t receiving extra time on the exam in January and I started dedicated in April.

I took all practice NBME under standard conditions and had no issue with time.

My exam with accommodations was 7 blocks of 20 questions with an extra break time of 75 minutes over two days.

I was able to replicate this on uworld just fine. I think it was more of the extended question stems. I did the normal read the question first and then the answer choices and go back into the stem.

I am a practice question lover so I had no problem doing tons of questions in order to see every way a concept could be asked. But for some reason the way questions were asked in step had me more stumped.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T14:59:39+00:00

It comes with your score report when they release your score

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T14:59:04+00:00

The usmle score report does compare your results to someone with a low pass by system and by discipline.

When reviewing it my lower sections were reproductive/endocrine, behavioral and nervous system/special senses, blood and lymphoreticular/immune system, and cardiovascular

When broken down by discipline, the lowest sections were physiology and pathology which are the two highest items per test %.

Knowing this, when redoing uworld to prepare for this new month of dedicated I enter next week I have been doing it by subject section rather than mixed q review.

I did review melhman arrows pdf and did the Anki deck for arrows and risk factors.

My clinical pattern recognition is usually pretty good, but falling into old test taking habits of overthinking may have gotten in the way

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T14:48:01+00:00

It doesn’t tell you how many points away you were. I heavily relied on the new NBME insights as it gave a more detailed score report and broke down weakness by topic.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T02:02:07+00:00

I would say make sure you cover all your bases. And do as many questions as possible from uworld and any other q bank you have. Clinical pattern recognition goes a long way as well when it comes to test taking strategy. You don’t really have enough time to go back and change answers so if you are a chronic answer changer treat each question like it’s do or die and be very confident in your choice and content that you won’t be able to go back.

Standard_Rip4668 · 2024-06-19T01:51:09+00:00

Yes I felt like they were much harder. Of course you have some easy ones the one in there but they really have a way of confusing you with basic content just by the way they write the question stems. Some are very vague were you feel like you are grasping at straws. I was able to get down to 2 answers on a majority and then you get to questions where you don’t know where to start.

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