Official Internal Medicine Shelf Exam Thread

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Originally Posted by John Lannister

There are 1400 IM Uworld questions?

Yes. The vast majority of uworld for CK is IM.

Those of you using Step up to medicine

How are you reading it? It just seems like list after list of detail after detail. I can't keep everything in, and it feels extremely low yield going through it.

could someone kindly tell me how much uworld qbank helps for this shelf? I've went through all the kaplan vids but alot of topics and info in the qbank were not in the vids.

Originally Posted by jm192

Those of you using Step up to medicine

How are you reading it? It just seems like list after list of detail after detail. I can't keep everything in, and it feels extremely low yield going through it.

i'm right there w/ you dude

having trouble figuring out why ppl love the step up book so much... i have the latest (color) edition

literally one dam list after another

Originally Posted by ohyeahbaby

i'm right there w/ you dude

having trouble figuring out why ppl love the step up book so much... i have the latest (color) edition

literally one dam list after another

I mean it's a review book of most of medicine. What do you think first aid was like?

Originally Posted by wolfin4skin

could someone kindly tell me how much uworld qbank helps for this shelf? I've went through all the kaplan vids but alot of topics and info in the qbank were not in the vids.

If you can do all (and I mean ALL) of the UWorld questions on IM for this shelf, you have already done more than most (probably not most of SDNers, but most of med students across the country).

Originally Posted by evilbooyaa

If you can do all (and I mean ALL) of the UWorld questions on IM for this shelf, you have already done more than most (probably not most of SDNers, but most of med students across the country).

thx, hope i can ace this shelf in 2 weeks. am almost half way through the qbank.

Uworld: 100% IM questions at 74% correct
MKSAP 4/5: Didn't keep track of percentages for the text version, but MKSAP 4 80% correct
NBME IM Forms: Did both, corresponding to 90% on form 1 and 90% on form 2.

IM Shelf Score: 90%

By far the most useful study tool was Uworld, followed distantly by MKSAP 4, and then MKSAP 5. The practice shelf exams were great, and they exactly predicted my score (n=1). I used the expanded feedback to focus on my identified weaknesses, and I think that was helpful.