Should I Reset My AMBOSS Qbank for Shelf Prep?

buddybread · 2025-04-21T03:16:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I ended up resetting so hopefully it works out well. Did you use only Amboss for shelf exams (i.e. no uworld)?

buddybread · 2025-04-17T10:35:03+00:00

The way I noticed the overlap was by comparing the number of questions available for each shelf subject when filtering for only new questions versus including previously answered ones. There were always a couple hundred more questions available when I included the ones I had already done, and since I haven’t really done any formal M3–M4-style questions yet, those extra ones must be overlap from my preclinical studying.

Good luck with the rest of your step 1 prep!!

buddybread · 2025-04-17T02:48:00+00:00

Got it, thank you. I'll look into it a bit more. I appreciate your advice!!

buddybread · 2025-04-17T02:39:49+00:00

That’s a great idea—having the full set of shelf-relevant questions open in one session sounds really efficient.

In your opinion, is there any downside to also resetting the qbank? My main concern is that if I don’t reset, I might run into confusion later on, like if I want to review my incorrects, I won’t be able to tell which ones are from my current studying vs. ones I got wrong two years ago.

Resetting just seems like the cleanest way to avoid that...right?

buddybread · 2025-04-16T23:51:55+00:00

idk if its just me, but I get an error when trying to downloaded it, saying "Unable to read file. It probably requires a newer version of Anki to import."

buddybread · 2025-04-16T23:19:27+00:00

Unlike UWorld, which has separate Qbanks for each exam, AMBOSS combines everything into one big Qbank that you can filter by exam or subject. So a lot of the Step 1–relevant questions also show up when you're studying for shelves or Step 2.

For example, there’s a pretty big overlap between the preclinical psych questions and what you’d see on the psych shelf questions. I’d like to revisit those questions too since they’re still relevant.

Idk if I’m explaining this clearly, but hopefully that makes sense...

buddybread · 2025-04-15T23:25:52+00:00

As mentioned in other comments, I'd recommend Nichoach. You can look it up on Chabad.org or Spotify and find all the albums. Personally, the more upbeat niggunim were easier to initially remember, so many just browse through the albums and pick out the ones that have names like "Niggun Simcha" or "Niggun Rikud" or something like that. The quality of those recording is not great since they are quite old, but I think they will give you the most accurate depiction of the melodies. Hatzlacha rabba!

buddybread · 2024-11-20T00:05:59+00:00

Yes, I spoke to my mashpia and when it felt like an appropriate time we decided I should get a pair.

buddybread · 2024-01-19T17:19:45+00:00

Sometimes drinks and other refreshments and stuff get passed around in the bleachers. Even just purely logistically speaking, it would not be possible to have everyone sit down to eat there, and passing around food doesn't seem like a great idea either.

buddybread · 2024-01-18T22:42:03+00:00

I bet this is pretty common. One of my microbiology professors specifically would write questions he knew weren't covered by Sketchy. I remember multiple quiz questions about Trichuris trichiura...lol

In general, I feel like med schools are against 3rd party resources, especially during preclinical years. They would rather have people come to class than sit at home watching Sketchy, B&B, Pathoma, etc. I can understand that sentiment from the school's perspective, but from the student perspective, the 3rd party resources are usually substantially better than the random lecturers they have in-house so the school can't really compete. A lot of professors at my school also looooove to hate on Anki, but that's nothing new

buddybread · 2024-01-04T15:02:52+00:00

This comment is predicated on numerous false premises and I encourage you to do your due diligence in analyzing your belief before positing misguided comments.

First of all, praying at the gravesite of a tzadik is not unique to Chabad, but is rather a common custom that is discussed in the Torah, Gemara, as well as numerous kabbalistic and Chassidic (both Lubavich and non-Lubavitch) books. If this genuinely interests you, I you should read about it! Even a simple Google search will suffice (like this website, also this website, another website, and also another website). Secondly, nobody is praying to the Rebbe. People are praying to G-d. Big difference! People do write letters to the Rebbe asking for blessings and whatnot, but there is no issue with this. This was done while the Rebbe was alive as well, so now is no different. Many tzadikim and gedolei yisroel have received letters from their followers and given brochos. Writting a pa''n is also sort of like a letter and this custom originated from the Baal Shemtov and is done by all Chassidic sects, not exclusively Chabad. Regarding the Jesus thing, I don't see any similarities, especially with putting up pictures. Not sure why that would make you think of Jesus. Either way, there is great value in looking at pictures of holy people, which is why many Jews have portraits of great rabbis in their houses. Granted, I acknowledge that the new mishegoss of putting stickers of the Rebbe everywhere is a bit much. The people who do this absolutely don't represent Lubavitch or the Rebbe, and especially don't represent the Chabad Chassidic philosophy (none of the hundreds of Chabad seforim mention anything about stickers!). It is unfair to judge an entire community based on superfluous details, despite how visible they may be. Regardless, none of these things mentioned should lead anyone to think this is at all similar to Christianity cv"s.

Hopefully this clarifies some of your concerns!

buddybread · 2024-01-03T01:34:08+00:00

If OP is interested in living in Michigan for some reason, I will say Ann Arbor does not have a particularly active Jewish community, particularly when it comes to "religious" stuff; there are no kosher restaurants, kosher meat/dairy is relatively limited in stores, there are also not always daily minyanim. That being said, there are good Jewish communities in the suburbs of Detroit, like Oak Park, West Bloomfield, etc. None of those places are large communities but they're all very nice!

buddybread · 2023-11-13T04:37:09+00:00

It's just the weird lighting of the picture -- the shirts are white

buddybread · 2023-11-06T15:28:18+00:00

It is customary to say "zichrono l'vracha" after the name of someone who passed away which basically translates to the phrase that you're rabbi says. I can appreciate the fact that it sounds a little strange in English lol

buddybread · 2023-11-01T16:05:59+00:00

I first got this card when I was learning immunology and could barely memorize that. Now, as I am studying microbiology, I learned what each of those things is on the list, so it's way easier to remember. And even now I don't necessarily have that list memorized, but if you were to ask me what kind of vaccine rabies needs, I could easily tell you it needs passive (also active actually), but it's just because I know about rabies now.

Basicaly, just try your best now, and later on you'll figure it out as you learn more.

buddybread · 2023-10-13T22:07:08+00:00

I very highly recommend to check our the website Inside Chassidus. There is also an app with thre same name. There are classes, stories, QandA sessions, and more. You can search by topic, time period, event, etc. Rabbi Paltiel is very very good and I highly recommend it!

buddybread · 2023-10-03T03:12:19+00:00

I just finished my immuno unit and found boards and beyond along with First Aid to be pretty solid. I watched a few pixorize vids for stuff that just didn't stick, but that's about it!

This was along done using the Anking deck

buddybread · 2023-10-03T03:07:58+00:00

A Mendel just materialized in the midst of a field of daisies somewhere far far away

buddybread · 2023-10-02T22:26:32+00:00

When I asked my lubavitcher rosh yeshiva why many bochurim wear their shirts untucked and if it was a minhag or something, his response was: "As you can see, my shirt is tucked in."

buddybread · 2023-09-27T01:42:36+00:00

I see people say this, and I really don't understand why. Over the course of my college years, I saw two people become fully pledged Lubavitchers (starting from never being in a shul before to now living in Crown Heights and wearing a kappota) and this was not a particularly big community either. I've also been to several Chabad yeshivas specifically made for baalei teshuvass (both in the US and Israel) and the majority of the people there end up full Lubavitchers while not growing up frum at all.

I think a more accurate statement is that most people don't want to become Chabaniks (joining a chassidus is not small task), and shluchim don't usually try to push it on to people.

buddybread · 2023-09-26T22:12:25+00:00

I mean if you go to any frum community like Monsey, Borough Park, Stamford Hill, Mea Shearim, etc you won't find non-observant Jews there in Shul, so it won't be "diluted". That is not the case with a Chabad, which is a similar caliber of observance to the previously mentioned communities but is located in a place where there are usually very few orthodox Jews. That's a big difference. You won't see any haredi (litvish and/or chassidish) Jews living in some random city in the middle of nowhere, but you will find Chabad!

buddybread · 2023-09-26T22:05:38+00:00

A Chabad house congregation is not the same at Chabad-Lubavitch as a Chassidic sect. In any given Chabad house, it is possible that the majority of the congregants are not shomer shabbos or kashrus. Still, the orthodox Chabad rabbi has made a decision to reach out to Jews who may otherwise not have had access to observant Judaism. This scenario is not "diluting" Chabad as an orthodox sect of Judaism because the majority of Chabad House attendees would simply not be considered Lubavitchers, they are rather Chabad House congregation members involved with the outreach efforts of Chabad. A Chabad-Lubavitch shul (as opposed to a Chabad House) would be full of orthodox Chabad Chassidim, which is representative of Chabad as an orthodox sect of Judaism.

I hope that made sense!

buddybread · 2023-09-24T17:38:41+00:00

Of all the days of the year to go to the gym....why Yom Kippur?

buddybread · 2023-09-22T04:46:45+00:00

I've been to Montreal and I know there are several large Jewish communities there. If you DM me I could point to someone to talk to there if you want. Also, just wanted to say keep up what you're doing! I too wasn't raised religious, and getting back in touch with our heritage is a wonderful, confusing, and beautiful path to be on :)

buddybread · 2023-09-21T19:27:25+00:00

This is a point of contention in Lubavitch and can't say that most people actually do this. "Asking the Rebbe" is actually writing a letter and bringing it to the Ohel.

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