ACOG Uwise Practice Questions - good or bad?

[passionmed85]

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For those of you who have already taken the OB/Gyn Shelf... Just wondering if the ACOG uwise questions are really representative of the Shelf material. If not what else would you recommend?

 

[PistolPete]

uWIse questions are pretty good, more representative than UWorld I'd say. Sometimes a little too detailed, but on the whole probably the best resource

 

[finns86]

I thought uWise questions were pretty legit. Went over a lot of things the test hammered on with some that seemed like exact repeats (only so many ways you can ask an ectopic question) I thought they did a good job in helping me get through dysfunctional uterine bleeding questions. There were so many of them, and by the end of the test my differential skills were suffering...

 

[PokerDoc]

is there a way to do some of these questions without paying $500!!??

 

[Isles7]

my school gives us a username and password (a general one, not a password for each of us).

I thought the questions were helpful. I did them all twice and did really well on the shelf, it was my best one so far.

Good luck!

 

[finns86]

is there a way to do some of these questions without paying $500!!??

Unfortunately, I don't know of any free access. My school also gave us a generic username and password to access it.

 

[tachyon34]

i thought they were useless but everybody does them anyway. Maintaining strict time control is more important than anything.

 

[deleted263296]

I did them and didn't do well on the shelf. They were okay for grasping the concepts, but I'd suggest some other resource.

 

[Instatewaiter]

I did them and didn't do well on the shelf. They were okay for grasping the concepts, but I'd suggest some other resource.

I would disagree. I thought they were excellent. Go through it twice.

I would rec Blue prints + Uwise.

 

[buckeye12]

I did them and didn't do well on the shelf. They were okay for grasping the concepts, but I'd suggest some other resource.

I agree with instatewaiter. It's not wise to take a shelf, or Step 1, or Step 2 if your only resource is a single question bank, whether its uWise, USMLEWorld, or Kaplan.

 

[vicinihil]

I thought they were good but I don't know my shelf score yet so we'll see

 

[deleted263296]

I agree with instatewaiter. It's not wise to take a shelf, or Step 1, or Step 2 if your only resource is a single question bank, whether its uWise, USMLEWorld, or Kaplan.

I don't know about that. I did very well on Step 1 using just USMLE world. Anyways, Ob/Gyn was my first shelf exam so I was probably doomed to do poorly on it.

 

[buckeye12]

I don't know about that. I did very well on Step 1 using just USMLE world. Anyways, Ob/Gyn was my first shelf exam so I was probably doomed to do poorly on it.

It may have worked for you, but I still don't think it's wise for most students to go into an exam having only prepared with a question bank.

 

[vicinihil]

UWise is great supplement. Takes a while to get through but good prep for the Shelf. I would definitely use a text (Blueprint and/or CaseFiles) as well with it and then suppleent with another Qbank if you have time.

 

[dienekes88]

I thought they were useless.

This was a long time ago, but I think Pre-test was alright.

 

[Dawkter]

Anyone know if the Uwise timed exam contains new questions or are they recycled from the Qbank?

 

[olemissbabydoc]

Our school provided them and we used them for class tests. I think it really helped me prepare for the shelf - However, I can't see paying $500 for it.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I guess I'm in the minority on this one, but I thought the Uwise questions were awful. They were written terribly and tended to be either ludicrously detailed or too easy.I thought UW was quite a lot more useful, and I definitely wouldn't drop $500 for them.

 

[disorder]

I guess I'm in the minority on this one, but I thought the Uwise questions were awful. They were written terribly and tended to be either ludicrously detailed or too easy.I thought UW was quite a lot more useful, and I definitely wouldn't drop $500 for them.

I agree here.

Blueprints, Casefiles, UW.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I agree here.

Blueprints, Casefiles, UW.

Thats the winning combo if you have to pay for uwise. It was free at my rotation site and, while useful for reviewing before a lecture, uworld was sufficient.

 

[HelloGoodbye]

Does Uwise keep track of which quizzes you have already completed like on UWORLD or the AAFP Questions?

Thanks everybody!

 

[HelloGoodbye]

Does Uwise keep track of which quizzes you have already completed like on UWORLD or the AAFP Questions?

Thanks everybody!

Anybody?????

 

[mleick]

Uwise doesn't track which tests you have done which is convenient if you'd like to repeat tests. I thought the questions were useful and ended up doing the qbank 2x, Uworld 1.5x, blueprints .75x, casefiles and ended up with a 96 scaled on the shelf which I was pretty happy with.