I've been doing well on my clinical evaluations so far but the shelf exams always seem to be bringing down my final grade. I've been a studious browser of the forums in terms of finding appropriate resources to study for each shelf, and I've been pretty diligent in terms of budgeting time to study every day (generally an hour or 2 on work days, 6+ on days off).
However, despite going through a lot of the recommended study resources, I'm still struggling to score above the 70th percentile. Maybe I'm just a bad test taker? Have anybody else had a similar issue? What would be your advice?
obgyn shelf:
did uworld once, took notes on incorrect answers
did extra qbank once (APGO), took notes on incorrect answers
read case files and did all questions
watched all relevant online med-ed videos
Reviewed all notes a few days prior
Score = 78 raw, 53 percentile
IM
read all of im essentials, did all questions, took notes on incorrect answers
finished 80% of uworld once (did not finish all of neurology), took notes on incorrect answers
read 50% of step up 2 medicine
watched 50% of relevant online med-ed videos
Reviewed all notes the week prior
Score - 72 raw, 38 percentile
I wonder what objective things I could improve on (besides study habits, etc.) Perhaps going through more resources? Or more repetitions? Something is off and I would appreciate any advice from you guys for improvement on my future exams.
However, despite going through a lot of the recommended study resources, I'm still struggling to score above the 70th percentile. Maybe I'm just a bad test taker? Have anybody else had a similar issue? What would be your advice?
obgyn shelf:
did uworld once, took notes on incorrect answers
did extra qbank once (APGO), took notes on incorrect answers
read case files and did all questions
watched all relevant online med-ed videos
Reviewed all notes a few days prior
Score = 78 raw, 53 percentile
IM
read all of im essentials, did all questions, took notes on incorrect answers
finished 80% of uworld once (did not finish all of neurology), took notes on incorrect answers
read 50% of step up 2 medicine
watched 50% of relevant online med-ed videos
Reviewed all notes the week prior
Score - 72 raw, 38 percentile
I wonder what objective things I could improve on (besides study habits, etc.) Perhaps going through more resources? Or more repetitions? Something is off and I would appreciate any advice from you guys for improvement on my future exams.