Miserably failing. Like "took NBME6 this AM and got a 10 (41%)" failing.
Idk what I did wrong, looking for ways to somehow salvage this. First shelf, so that's not helping. Did almost all of Amboss, listened to Holliday 2x and Dr HY. Currently in process with Pestana (residents initially told me textbooks aren't good study material, that was terrible advice). I took step1 3 months ago and got 230s, so I'm pretty sure I have the innate capacity to pass.
What I think are the issues:
1. Inconsistencies in questions: One question, 90/50 is considered unstable. The literal next question, 80/40 is stable enough for a HIDA scan. Make that make sense, please.
2. Picking between treatment modalities: for example, in a patient with PAD, doing an angioplasty vs a graft vs an endarterectomy. Finding that explanations don't really cover why the other answers are wrong.
3. Lacking algorithms: TBH I'm still looking for a place where the workup for any given presentation (ex. ovarian mass) is written in a diagram for quick reference. I've tried to recreate these on my own from doing tons of questions, but its hard to capture all the different criteria from the questionably-worded explanations.
4. Just terrible with podcasts: everyone keeps suggesting podcasts. I tried Divine, I'm just too much of a visual person for it to even register.
5. Trying to figure out if its unprofessional for me to reach out to the chief resident and ask if they have any institutional resources (bc school has literally nothing until I actualy fail).
Appreciate all suggestions, thx.
Idk what I did wrong, looking for ways to somehow salvage this. First shelf, so that's not helping. Did almost all of Amboss, listened to Holliday 2x and Dr HY. Currently in process with Pestana (residents initially told me textbooks aren't good study material, that was terrible advice). I took step1 3 months ago and got 230s, so I'm pretty sure I have the innate capacity to pass.
What I think are the issues:
1. Inconsistencies in questions: One question, 90/50 is considered unstable. The literal next question, 80/40 is stable enough for a HIDA scan. Make that make sense, please.
2. Picking between treatment modalities: for example, in a patient with PAD, doing an angioplasty vs a graft vs an endarterectomy. Finding that explanations don't really cover why the other answers are wrong.
3. Lacking algorithms: TBH I'm still looking for a place where the workup for any given presentation (ex. ovarian mass) is written in a diagram for quick reference. I've tried to recreate these on my own from doing tons of questions, but its hard to capture all the different criteria from the questionably-worded explanations.
4. Just terrible with podcasts: everyone keeps suggesting podcasts. I tried Divine, I'm just too much of a visual person for it to even register.
5. Trying to figure out if its unprofessional for me to reach out to the chief resident and ask if they have any institutional resources (bc school has literally nothing until I actualy fail).
Appreciate all suggestions, thx.
