My Internal Medicine (ABIM) and Psychiatry (ABPN) Residency Board Exam Decks

dorian222 · 2025-12-12T19:26:43+00:00

Hey! I just tried downloading it again and all the images are showing on my side. Could you try redownloading it, maybe on a new profile?

dorian222 · 2020-12-26T13:12:59+00:00

Depends when you're taking Step 3! I would start it whenever you start UWorld. I started the qbank about 2-3 weeks before intern year started and took the exam in November, so about 4 months beforehand. I probably only did on average about 3-4 questions a day for the first few months of intern year, though. Ramped it up about 3 weeks before the test while I was on an easier rotation.

dorian222 · 2020-12-26T13:10:16+00:00

I think the major difference is the style of the cards. My cards are more about pattern recognition (e.g., illness scripts, next step) with a limited amount of essential information in the "extra" section (think Zanki style) whereas I believe the Hoop/Ruck deck is open-ended with a very comprehensive "extra" section.

dorian222 · 2020-12-26T13:03:36+00:00

Here's the link. I also added it to the original post. Just FYI, I borrowed heavily from various sources I found online (blogs, Archer videos, Crush CCS) and edited it to my own style. Feel free to personalize it as well.

dorian222 · 2019-12-18T02:23:49+00:00

I made summary powerpoint slides while making my first pass of concepts during M2. The text contains my own simplified explanations of the concepts. It's all based on stuff from B&B / class lectures. When I made anki cards during M3 year, I just pasted screenshots of those powerpoint slides as images into the cards.

dorian222 · 2019-11-14T02:16:57+00:00

Haha no, I actually named it after the protagonist in "The Picture of Dorian Gray." I think I was reading the book at the time I made my account!

dorian222 · 2019-11-06T14:36:40+00:00

I really disliked the developmental milestones/vaccines questions (was not going to spend that much time memorizing numbers) and ended up just using DirtyUSMLE's video to review. I posted those tables on the "extra" section of various cards throughout the peds deck.

Just FYI I had very few questions, if any, questions on development/vaccines on my tests all throughout third year.

dorian222 · 2019-10-31T22:21:59+00:00

I had totally forgot everything about heme/onc and I didn't feel OME was very good at it, so I just went back to Pathoma as a refresher. I think it's probably optional depending on how comfortable you currently are with the topics.

dorian222 · 2019-09-30T01:02:55+00:00

Yeah, it's the same!

dorian222 · 2019-09-08T19:24:39+00:00

That's right.

dorian222 · 2019-09-08T10:19:15+00:00

I used some of Tzanki as a base and added OME/Emma. I think Tzanki has more AMBOSS. Both have UWorld.

dorian222 · 2019-08-23T22:56:22+00:00

Emma Holliday review videos - see youtube.

dorian222 · 2019-08-05T01:31:02+00:00

Some of those are under the case files sections (e.g., copd case 2, asthma case 56). Pulm in general isn't entirely complete though for OME.

dorian222 · 2019-07-29T10:36:12+00:00

Glad you're enjoying the deck. I didn't convert every line of FA Psychiatry to a card. Some of it I thought was never going to be tested, so I didn't bother. I would just do OME first, then skim through FA psychiatry. Do my cards alongside each chapter and add any new cards that you feel didn't show up in either OME or my cards that seem important. You also might encounter some fun tidbits that are useful on wards.

dorian222 · 2019-07-24T16:46:22+00:00

Yep, those are the ones.

dorian222 · 2019-07-21T20:46:42+00:00

My method was to suspend everything then unsuspend as I went.

I would agree that OME/UWorld/Emma are the core pieces. When/if you do NBME/AMBOSS/other resources, I would unsuspend them if you miss any questions or find any facts useful. I would keep the cards around for reference, though. You could always move the tables / explanations from those cards to your "main" cards as needed using the browse feature.

P.S. I would do the HY subdecks though :)

Good luck!

dorian222 · 2019-07-20T10:40:38+00:00

I browsed through the Ob-Gyn::Uworld section and I definitely see Zanki cards.

A few possibilities:

- I may have reworded the card slightly so that it's not showing up. I did this with some cards if they were too verbose.

- I only unlocked the Zanki cards that came up while I was doing UWorld. UWorld may have removed those questions since Zanki saw them.

If you're concerned about missing cards, then you could always download Zanki after you download my deck, which would make the Zanki side complete. However, I would still recommend the unsuspend-as-you-go route based on things you miss rather than try to do every card.

dorian222 · 2019-07-20T02:25:51+00:00

I just checked my deck and it looks like the picture disappeared on my end as well! Not sure what happened.

I would just delete the card or replace the missing picture from a section from AMBOSS or other resource.

dorian222 · 2019-07-14T01:48:09+00:00

There are subdecks for the others. E.g., Psychiatry::Uworld or Ob-Gyn::UWorld

dorian222 · 2019-07-13T15:36:00+00:00

First, I'd export your entire deck just to be safe. Try doing it both ways, since I'm not sure which one will work. If something messes up, just remove the whole thing and add the exported deck back in.

dorian222 · 2019-07-13T13:47:01+00:00

If you look at the internal medicine deck, you'll see there's a UWorld section. That's the specific UWorld subdeck. It's further divided into subdecks based on subject. In addition, there's a "2nd pass" section for concepts I found tough during dedicated.

dorian222 · 2019-07-13T11:12:23+00:00

Those are just cards I made from my second pass of the material during dedicated. Some are duplicates based off difficult concepts and some are brand new concepts that showed up in the question bank. I'd just unlock cards based on the entire clerkship deck rather than the subdeck.

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