Focused solely on Step 2 without doing research on the side, etc.In medical school, half the battle is learning how to study and, more specifically, what to study.Kept up with Anki throughout clerkships.Only about 20% of the questions felt “easy”.Lots and lots of experimental questions that threw me off in time management.What I remember most was how much longer it felt compared to Step 1 and how horrible I felt afterwards.Going to keep this short because frankly I can’t remember much about this day other than that I wanted to forget it….Difficult questions, great for learning, but again take this with a grain of salt because UWorld often tests on lower yield concepts and you have to know what information to tease apart (focus on more high-yield concepts).It’s not the best learning tool and also over-predicts your score (at least for me).I personally thought the NBME exams were easier than UWorld questions, but they were definitely more representative of the real exam in terms of difficulty.Luckily, the Anking decks are always well organized by tags. During dedicated, I unsuspended Anki cards related to questions I missed on UWorld or on subjects I was weak on.I only kept up with Anki for my first few clerkships (Neuro, Internal Medicine, OBGYN) because I realized that it was only helpful for pimping on wards, but not as helpful for the shelf exams.Anki/Anking Step 2 Deck – Time permitting.If something was in UWorld but wasn’t in Amboss, I considered it low yield.The tables and diagnostic algorithms are gold! The ethics section was particularly helpful for the exam and I was able to answer several questions because of it. Because my Internal Medicine clerkship was 8 months ago, I wanted a way to review for Step 2, so I also watched the IM podcasts/videos 1-4 which you can find on Youtube!.MCC death, diseases, prognostic factors Ep 97.But otherwise, it is a great review and Divine is so engaging and hilarious! My only critique is that some of the information is out of date and you won’t know that unless you pick it up. I had heard many positive things about this podcast and decided to make the time for it, at least the high yield podcasts.Divine Intervention Podcast – Supplemental. To be honest, I’m not sure how much it helped and I think Anki would have been a better use of my time in terms of reviewing and long-term retention. I made time before the exam to review all my notes. I took notes on questions I missed or concepts I wasn’t familiar with, most of which were the zebras I talked about.I would focus less on these zebras that UWorld tests you on and focus on the horses that you learn about on clinicals. Clinical experience gives you knowledge of the common presentations of diseases and treatments. UWorld often tests on low-yield information, like atypical presentations or rare complications of a common disease.For those at my school however, our clerkships were all cut short by a total of 5 months due to COVID, so we had less time to study for the shelf and prepare and less learning opportunity in the clinical setting. I agree that your clinical experiences throughout clerkship and studying for the shelf combined with UWorld is sufficient. I heeded the advice and focused on UWorld.
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