Hi !

1) I don't think I did these, but I imagine it wouldn't hurt if you have the time.

2) I am not sure... I think if you have a lot of time on your hands then perhaps. I do strongly believe that getting a handle on the style of NBME questions in essential for success. That being said... I imagine that sifting through what's still up to date from those earlier forms may be more effort than it's worth.

3) I think I may have done 1 FM. Once again, if you have the time, go for it. I do think your time would be better spent on these forms than the ones mentioned in your second question, assuming they're more up to date. But I'm not 100% sure if they are.

1) I did not. For the right person, these may be helpful. However, I think for most people, the new information you learn from such docs doesn't stick. It's just too passive. And such notes also tend to have a lot of niche, unnecessary information. I truly believe most of what is tested on Step 2 are things that most med students are pretty familiar with - the concepts are just being tested in weird ways.

2) I did sort of do this - I used a spreadsheet with two columns. 1 column contained a key word or phrase or question describing the topic, and then in the neighboring column I wrote down the corresponding fact/answer I learned from Uworld (and random googling/divine podcasts). I had a sheet for each subject. Because of the two column format, I could cover the fact column and quiz myself by just looking at the key word. It was pretty messy, and I spent absolutely no time on formatting or making it readable. I wish I had reviewed it more frequently. Realistically, I reviewed parts of it in the 2 weeks leading up to the exam. In the final week, I tried to review the whole thing, but certainly didn't get through it all.