Post by jafri007 on Jul 24, 2014 22:31:47 GMT -5
Assalam –o-Alikum. I want to share my experience as many poeple said me to upload. Regarding STEP-1, it is the exam of your knowledge, and precisely speaking the exam of your concepts. The most important thing in preparation which I found is to have a study partner and practice multiple choice questions as much as you can. The single most important source of practicing mcqs is the U-WORLD. Do it as much times as u can because it will help u control over ur nerves and builds ur picking power of questions. And 1ST READ, 2ND READ, 3RD READ…I have already mentioned in my C.K experience that the number of reads can never assess ur performance in exams. If u r satisfied with this Read phenomena then go ahead with it, but I assure you that if you start practicing mcqs from the very 1st day, you will ace the exam in a very little time frame. And rest of the books, FIRST AID, KAPLAN, GOLJAN (I read only those topics from Goljan which I came across in u-world) and listened just pathoma video lectures.
Make 1st AID as a comprehensive book and note all the important things making sticky notes from all these sources including u-world. U-WORLD is somewhat deficient in CELL BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS so you might need KAPLAN-Q-BANK for these. And for the exam day as Dr.Steven Daughtery says “QUESTION STEM IS YOUR FRIEND AND ANSWER CHOICES ARE YOUR ENEMIES” , so hide the answers 1st, read the question stem and make the answer in your mind while reading the stem, look that answer in choices, if ur answer is there, mark it and go ahead. The main thing is the picking power from the question stem, and this power can only be mastered by practicing as much mcqs as u can esp from U-WORLD.
I did combine study with my friend for about 4 months after taking c-k, took my exam on 2nd april 2014, BUT u must gauge urself to judge how much time frame u need to master everything. And must take NBME-13 AND16 ONLINE ALONG WITH UWSA. If someone asks me to describe USMLE EXAM IN SINGLE WORD- I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PRACTICING MCQS (esp from u-world) AND MASTER UR PICKING POWER. Feel free to contact me anytime if you have any particular quieries.
Make 1st AID as a comprehensive book and note all the important things making sticky notes from all these sources including u-world. U-WORLD is somewhat deficient in CELL BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS so you might need KAPLAN-Q-BANK for these. And for the exam day as Dr.Steven Daughtery says “QUESTION STEM IS YOUR FRIEND AND ANSWER CHOICES ARE YOUR ENEMIES” , so hide the answers 1st, read the question stem and make the answer in your mind while reading the stem, look that answer in choices, if ur answer is there, mark it and go ahead. The main thing is the picking power from the question stem, and this power can only be mastered by practicing as much mcqs as u can esp from U-WORLD.
I did combine study with my friend for about 4 months after taking c-k, took my exam on 2nd april 2014, BUT u must gauge urself to judge how much time frame u need to master everything. And must take NBME-13 AND16 ONLINE ALONG WITH UWSA. If someone asks me to describe USMLE EXAM IN SINGLE WORD- I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PRACTICING MCQS (esp from u-world) AND MASTER UR PICKING POWER. Feel free to contact me anytime if you have any particular quieries.
