Basic Step 3 question

[Ludwig2000]

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Hey guys-
If I’m getting average scores (60% correct, 45th percentile) on my first pass of UWorld step 3, am I ok if I only finish, say half of the practice questions?
I’m obviously just trying to pass the exam. Thanks

 

[Redpancreas]

No one can tell you that for certain. I've seen all spectrums on here. I know people who's done half the questions, your scores aren't great. I'd speed up the questions (there's not as too much to the explanations as with Step 1 where you worshipped the text). Do 120/day, wrap it up, watch some videos, and go take the exam.

 

[deleted367183]

I think you're OK if you're a clinician and you do the CCS cases (I am a pathology resident). I ended up with 60% correct on the whole qbank and passed (though not by much). So, so much of the test would have been trivially easy if I were a clinician. I would call it a test not of specific content, but of general medical knowledge.

 

[Sardonix]

Depends how much your specialty engages the material. If you're IM/FM most of your intern year will have prepared you for the exam and you only need a couple hundred questions and becoming familiar with the clinical cases to round it out. At least as a DO, I was super nervous because I only did like 20% of my QBank yet my score was 100 pts higher than my Level 2 board exam.

 

[Natremia]

Depends how much your specialty engages the material. If you're IM/FM most of your intern year will have prepared you for the exam and you only need a couple hundred questions and becoming familiar with the clinical cases to round it out. At least as a DO, I was super nervous because I only did like 20% of my QBank yet my score was 100 pts higher than my Level 2 board exam.

As a senior resident I’m terrified to take level 3. Mind if I ask what score range that bump placed you?

Congrats on the score amigo!

 

[ThoracicGuy]

As a senior resident I’m terrified to take level 3. Mind if I ask what score range that bump placed you?

Congrats on the score amigo!

Just don't fail. No one really cares about the score.

 

[Lost in Translation]

You'll be fine. I did maybe 15 CCS cases on UWorld and only got through about 60% of the qbank and my specialty is surgical so I had very little neuro/psych/endo/rheum exposure going into the exam. I still passed.

Here's a good CCS diagnostic flowsheet that I wrote the moment I sat down on day 2 (before even starting the MC section). Came in clutch for all but 1 case.

 

[Sardonix]

As a senior resident I’m terrified to take level 3. Mind if I ask what score range that bump placed you?

Congrats on the score amigo!

What are you afraid of, exactly?

 

[Natremia]

What are you afraid of, exactly?

 

[Sardonix]

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Oh wow, look, it's the guy who writes cranial questions.

 

[Natremia]

Oh wow, look, it's the guy who writes cranial questions.

I mean, you’re probably not wrong lol

 

[Raryn]

Hey guys-
If I’m getting average scores (60% correct, 45th percentile) on my first pass of UWorld step 3, am I ok if I only finish, say half of the practice questions?
I’m obviously just trying to pass the exam. Thanks

I think I did about two thirds of them in that scenario and I did fine.

That said, it's probably a bit dependent on your specialty and how far out from med school you are. If you're a PGY5 orthopedist who hasn't thought about any of this stuff in half a decade, maybe study a bit more in depth than the PGY1 FM/EM guys.