Anyone else in this position?

[campfiredoughnut22]

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I started doing UW questions at the beginning of MS2. However, am I the only one who feels they are not learning too efficiently from them? I feel as though I am going in blind doing these questions and then get quite confused/overwhelmed by the breadth of the responses/concepts. I realize I have not learned the material yet most of the time so can spend hours to actually learn a few questions.

This Christmas break I wanted to complete two organ systems on UW (all the questions). As I go along, I feel like I have completely forgotten all the concepts, diseases, drugs and doing the questions is very defeating. I feel like i am not retaining anything and the past week of 8+ hours of work has been very futile.

Anyone else in this position and can offer advice? I would really like to have a good understanding of the material prior to dedicated and right now, I don't feel like i'm anywhere near that. Please help.

 

[Save a life]

I feel like the first semester of med school is a bit early to start using Uworld. You might want to just focus on review. Uworld is probably better to use when you have gotten through at least half of the pre-clinical science material, some even argue to save it for dedicated.

For example, most of my classmates are not studying during Christmas break and I can't blame them. I barely am. I am simply reviewing biochem and anatomy with my anki card reviews and calling it good. Also, the week before school starts I will start prepping for the next semester.

 

[campfiredoughnut22]

I feel like the first semester of med school is a bit early to start using Uworld. You might want to just focus on review. Uworld is probably better to use when you have gotten through at least half of the pre-clinical science material, some even argue to save it for dedicated.

For example, most of my classmates are not studying during Christmas break and I can't blame them. I barely am. I am simply reviewing biochem and anatomy with my anki card reviews and calling it good. Also, the week before school starts I will start prepping for the next semester.

I am not in my first semester of medical school. I made a typo. I'm an MS2

 

[arcus]

I started doing UW questions at the beginning of MS2. However, am I the only one who feels they are not learning too efficiently from them? I feel as though I am going in blind doing these questions and then get quite confused/overwhelmed by the breadth of the responses/concepts. I realize I have not learned the material yet most of the time so can spend hours to actually learn a few questions.

This Christmas break I wanted to complete two organ systems on UW (all the questions). As I go along, I feel like I have completely forgotten all the concepts, diseases, drugs and doing the questions is very defeating. I feel like i am not retaining anything and the past week of 8+ hours of work has been very futile.

Anyone else in this position and can offer advice? I would really like to have a good understanding of the material prior to dedicated and right now, I don't feel like i'm anywhere near that. Please help.

Very normal. UW at first was humiliating. By my third run through UW, I was scoring in the 90s under timed conditions. So yes, your first run is brutal.

Suggestion: stick to the questions asked, address all of the other answer options, but do not waste time re-reading textbook content, doubting your first two years, and getting sidetracked with a zillion google searches and countless images. Dont do it. Stick to Step 1 content and memorizing the items in FA.

You are developing a skillset and it gets better over time.
Keep plugging and chugging

 

[campfiredoughnut22]

Very normal. UW at first was humiliating. By my third run through UW, I was scoring in the 90s under timed conditions. So yes, your first run is brutal.

Suggestion: stick to the questions asked, address all of the other answer options, but do not waste time re-reading textbook content, doubting your first two years, and getting sidetracked with a zillion google searches and countless images. Dont do it. Stick to Step 1 content and memorizing the items in FA.

You are developing a skillset and it gets better over time.
Keep plugging and chugging

Thank you for this. I really appreciate it. How were you able to get through UW 3 x ??

 

[Foot Fetish]

I'm averaging ~85% on UW my first time through. Timed, by subject. I've completed about half of it. Is this good?

 

[campfiredoughnut22]

I'm averaging ~85% on UW my first time through. Timed, by subject. I've completed about half of it. Is this good?

Congratulations 🙂 I think you know the answer to your own question. That is indeed good.

 

[sahell]

I'm averaging ~85% on UW my first time through. Timed, by subject. I've completed about half of it. Is this good?

Depends on your goal score. You should hit 250 easy, maybe 260. I'm using myself as a reference. Around 2 weeks before starting UW, NBME 15 gave me a 248. Then maybe halfway through UW, NBME 16 gave me a 263. I started out ~85% for the first half or so and by ~90%. Cumulative was 87. All timed random (This was my second bank).

I love the pic btw

 

[PugsAndHugs]

I'm averaging ~85% on UW my first time through. Timed, by subject. I've completed about half of it. Is this good?

Lol... You know that’s good. Don’t pretend like you didn’t because you’re on these forums 24/7 and freely giving advice about a test you haven’t even taken yet. Why get on someone’s post who is clearly freaking out about their UW progress and humblebrag about yours? Grow up.