Good Evening Everyone,
I had some questions about preparing a study plan that is 2.5 months long. I did NOT really utilize FA much in my Disease/Pathology/Therapeutics BSB this last 10 months (MS2). Probably a mistake, but I focused more on using Pathoma and studying from the lecture syllabus. Usually scored at least a low B average on exams. Problem I am running into right now is my Qbank scores (USMLERx) are pretty low (~30-40%) especially on the more distant organ systems. It is fairly normal for the way my brain functions to dump the majority of information it doesn't use (repetitive)/get exposed to frequently. I doubt I could tell you congenital sex chromosome disorders and we had OB/GYN 2.5 months ago. So how should I structure my next few months? We have a course right now and, as a result, our dedicated review period doesn't start until May 14th (almost 6 weeks from test date). My plan is to try and half-ass as much as possible through this next course (it won't be easy, my personality tends to be all or nothing) so that I can review and do my first pass of Uworld.
Right now I am set to do 46 Uworld questions in the AM before class and 46 Uworld questions in the PM. Each block will be random and timed. This will get me through my first pass by the first week of May if I start April 1 (I plan on doing at least 2 passes of Uworld). But other then these question blocks reserved, and class attendance, I am not sure how to structure my review or where to source it from other then FA. I know I need to base the structure of the review on areas of weakness (which i will find out in a day or two when we do a complete practice exam) with sprinkling in strengths. And that more "crammable" topics should be pushed towards the end (BHS, Physiology).
These are the resources I have:
-2014 FA
-USMLERx Qbank and Vids
-Uworld Qbank
-Pathoma
-MentalCase (wondering if i should switch to Anki)
-Kaplan Pharm Videos
-Goljan High Yield Notes and Audio
Resources I am thinking about adding:
-Firecracker
-BRS Physiology (Costanzo, mainly because I heard it is super high yield review)
In my April "review +first pass Uworld" month how should I utilize the above resources? Should I try out firecracker and flag some good sections? I know the repetitive, spaced exposure of the science behind FC works well with my brain. Much better than just reading through FA. When I read through FA chapters its 75% practically gone the next week (hell, sometimes 3 days lol). When you schedule "FA" into your daily study sections what do you do?
Thanks for the help! I know its important to keep it simple in terms of the resources but I am very concerned that my lack of retention of information means I will need to construct one of my months quite week as a review before my second pass of Uworld.
I had some questions about preparing a study plan that is 2.5 months long. I did NOT really utilize FA much in my Disease/Pathology/Therapeutics BSB this last 10 months (MS2). Probably a mistake, but I focused more on using Pathoma and studying from the lecture syllabus. Usually scored at least a low B average on exams. Problem I am running into right now is my Qbank scores (USMLERx) are pretty low (~30-40%) especially on the more distant organ systems. It is fairly normal for the way my brain functions to dump the majority of information it doesn't use (repetitive)/get exposed to frequently. I doubt I could tell you congenital sex chromosome disorders and we had OB/GYN 2.5 months ago. So how should I structure my next few months? We have a course right now and, as a result, our dedicated review period doesn't start until May 14th (almost 6 weeks from test date). My plan is to try and half-ass as much as possible through this next course (it won't be easy, my personality tends to be all or nothing) so that I can review and do my first pass of Uworld.
Right now I am set to do 46 Uworld questions in the AM before class and 46 Uworld questions in the PM. Each block will be random and timed. This will get me through my first pass by the first week of May if I start April 1 (I plan on doing at least 2 passes of Uworld). But other then these question blocks reserved, and class attendance, I am not sure how to structure my review or where to source it from other then FA. I know I need to base the structure of the review on areas of weakness (which i will find out in a day or two when we do a complete practice exam) with sprinkling in strengths. And that more "crammable" topics should be pushed towards the end (BHS, Physiology).
These are the resources I have:
-2014 FA
-USMLERx Qbank and Vids
-Uworld Qbank
-Pathoma
-MentalCase (wondering if i should switch to Anki)
-Kaplan Pharm Videos
-Goljan High Yield Notes and Audio
Resources I am thinking about adding:
-Firecracker
-BRS Physiology (Costanzo, mainly because I heard it is super high yield review)
In my April "review +first pass Uworld" month how should I utilize the above resources? Should I try out firecracker and flag some good sections? I know the repetitive, spaced exposure of the science behind FC works well with my brain. Much better than just reading through FA. When I read through FA chapters its 75% practically gone the next week (hell, sometimes 3 days lol). When you schedule "FA" into your daily study sections what do you do?
Thanks for the help! I know its important to keep it simple in terms of the resources but I am very concerned that my lack of retention of information means I will need to construct one of my months quite week as a review before my second pass of Uworld.