Took Level 3 last month. Got the email. Logged in. Saw the “Passed Exam.” Bye-bye SDN!!
(who am I kidding, I'll still be around. But yes, hello beach!!).
For what it's worth, here's my $.20:
GLOSSed over the NBOME’s blueprint of topics (both Dimension 1 and 2) here:
http://www.nbome.org/Dimension_1_outline.asp
There are certain listed topics on there that you could easily overlook or pooh-pooh them while studying/reading your desired study book or QBANK, as they may not think it is important, but when you take your test, it will likely show up on your exam in some form.
The Clinical Decision-Making (CDM) cases of Section 8. I went through the NBOME's CDM tutorial :
http://www.nbome.org/cdm/exam.asp , and the UWORLD Step 3 CCS cases (which kinda-sorta helped, but those were definitely more...involved?).
UWORLD Step 3 Qbank – only had time to go through the whole bank once (except for the biostats section - I thought the COMQUEST Biostat Qs were enough to learn from), read all answer explanations, and used the note-taking feature in the QBank on many questions I got wrong or on the answer explanations I thought were interesting tidbits to study. In doing so, I generated my own “cram knowledge table” out of my notes, which was printable and that I could read through on my downtime on my smartphone or tablet.
Then, I used COMQUEST. Also only had time to go through this bank once, and read all answer explanations too. I took notes on some of the answer explanations also using the note-taking feature on each question and generated a "cram knowledge table" doing this too, particularly for the OMM, OB/GYN, and Peds sections.
Savarese OMT Review/Green book – Only went through all 4 appendices that consisted of questions (and answer explanations) at the back of the book.
I unfortunately didn't have time to read all of Master the Boards Step 3 book and was unable to do the COMSAE. Oh well...
If you want more thoughts/rants/advice/opinions or have questions, at anytime, PM me.
May the odds be ever in your favor...
and thank you, fellow SDNers posting on this thread.