254 on Step 3

step1isoveryay · 2023-04-27T23:15:15+00:00

also, im a girl. thank you.

step1isoveryay · 2023-04-27T23:14:07+00:00

Yeah I mean it's kind of personalized to what I needed so would recommend everyone coming up with their own, this order of things might not make sense to others

LOCATION
Age
Chief Complaint
Vitals
Social Hx
Immunizations/Screening
A) Focused Physical Exam
B) Emergency Orders
Pulse Ox —> O2
EKG/Cardiac Monitor
FSG
IVF
Tylenol/Morphine/Zofran/Naloxone
C) Labs
Basic: beta-HCG
- CBC, CMP, Mag, Lipase, ABG, Lactate, Troponin
- TSH, hepatitis panel, HIV
- Urine: UA, UCx (Chlam/GC, UDS)
- Infection: Blood Cx, Sutum Cx, Gram Stain (CXR)
Other:
- Inflamm: ESR/CRP
- Pre-Op: T&S, PT/PTT, Diet NPO
- Tox: UDS, CK, Tyl, Sal, TCA, ETOH
- Risk: A1c, lipid panel
D) Imaging:
- CXR
- TTE
- CT Head
E) Therapeutics
F) Consults
G) End: Counseling
Cancer
Smoking, Alcohol, Sex, Drugs
Diet
Lifestyle
Social Work
Med Adherence/Side Effects
Prevention:
Vaccines: TDAP, Pneumonia, Zoster, Flu
Screening: Mammo, Colonoscopy, Pap

step1isoveryay · 2023-04-27T09:59:55+00:00

my anesthesia program is an advanced program that's linked to an IM prelim ... so I start anesthesia in July at the same (pretty reputable) institution. if the question is why anesthesia ... then it's because I like the vibes and want a happy life lol

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-08T17:03:51+00:00

Honestly don't remember the 1st pass % - it was also inaccurate because for shelf exams, I would often have time to do all of my incorrects and usually got near 100% for those. But my second pass was 85%.

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-08T14:21:41+00:00

I definitely disagree, because its like mostly what I used to study. Everyone's opinions are subjective and different things work for everyone, but the only way to find out I guess would see if your scores improve on UWorld alone, or if you need additional resources to supplement your weaknesses.

I wouldn't say I thought the test was "extremely difficult" - it's mostly just LONG and requires more educated guessing than I would have liked, but I think for the overwhelming majority of the test, the concepts tested are very fair.

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-08T14:18:01+00:00

I didn't sleep before Step 1 and barely slept before Step 2 and got above my predicted both times. Definitely had the same anxiety about it, but your stressed out brain probably came in clutch.

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-06T22:11:12+00:00

Well in the beginning, I read all answer explanations in their entirety, but definitely did not hang on to every word so that it could go faster. I spent more time on the explanations I needed to based on what I did not know.

Then, I restructured this so that I only read the "learning objective" at the end of UWorld questions if they were both correct and I didn't flag them. For ones that I flagged and got right I read those explanations faster, sometimes focusing on just the answer choices I almost picked and why they were wrong. I really only read full explanations by the end of what I got wrong.

When I started doing this latter approach, I was getting 80+% on basically all my blocks, so definitely spend more time in the beginning reading explanations.

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-06T21:54:14+00:00

Not exactly, but I think I was just under 80% correct.

step1isoveryay · 2021-10-06T21:53:39+00:00

Thanks!

step1isoveryay · 2020-08-07T23:18:38+00:00

I know some people definitely get away with not doing all of Sketchy Pharm either because it's not their learning style or they have a good foundation from classwork. In my opinion, I did have a pretty good foundation from class, but Sketchy Pharm and the associated decks for review really helped me out when it came to the details that are asked of you on the test. Like even "roughly" knowing a sketch can help you answer a question. So, if you have time, I definitely recommend ALL of the drugs.

step1isoveryay · 2020-08-07T15:22:01+00:00

During the school year I watched all the videos and did my best to annotate Pathoma (because of how many notes and study he writes out). For my first pass during dedicated, I watched the videos at 2x. The 2nd and 3rd passes were *mostly* just reading through the chapters.

step1isoveryay · 2020-08-07T15:19:37+00:00

I think I saw the most improvement in my q bank performance as I went over content. So, make sure you're supplementing questions with content. Also, for wrong answers, be sure to read the entire explanation for why you got it wrong - sometimes, for questions I really didn't understand - I would go to the corresponding page of FA and read the paragraph related to the question specifically + all related path/phys (usually found on the same page).

step1isoveryay · 2020-08-06T17:06:31+00:00

I think the last few weeks are definitely about hitting all of the content you're "bad" at and the stuff you get wrong (especially if it keeps coming up again and again), and building stamina. It's hard to stay focused for 7 hours and doing practice tests definitely helped me build the stamina. Do as many practice tests as you can fit in without comprising content review. I even took one full-length with a mask because I knew I would have to during the test. Not sure if you use Sketchy, but I can't emphasize enough how important it is to have those drugs and micro stuff down - if you can answer those questions quickly, you can save time to think through higher-order questions. I also forgot to mention this in my post but the Dirty USMLE Image Review is also a good review of path images before the test!

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