Cannot stay on track.. need some advice

[MD2001]

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So I started studying this weekend for my Step I but have fallen behind. I was planning on doing 100 Q's a day but it literally took me 5-6 hrs to do 50 Random Qs on tutor mode..

I was also planning on reading BRS Physio in these past three days but at this point I'm only 150 pages in..

I have found myself delving in to the details and spending way too much time on the Qs and reading..

I have done well during first and second year.. getting mostly honors and some HP/P.. I was wondering if anyone can recommend an alternate strategy for me? I've realized I don't have enough time to continue studying the way I am.. would it be of any benefit to just do UWorld + FA??

Any suggestions?

 

[raynor123456]

My suggestion is to go through FA and reference other materials when you need to. Actively take notes in ways that will help you remember the "why" and "how" of FA material, if you don't already know it already. I personally think doing many passes is very useful. Each time you make a pass, you add a layer of knowledge. And, of course, make more passes in areas you're weaker at.

Do questions to break the monotony.

I can't sit down and read books either. It's simply painful.

 

[XRanger]

FA+Uworld should be 99% of your studying time.
After doing couple practice tests, I realized that it's definitely possible to do really well using just fa/uworld like 240+. Most of the questions that I got wrong are somewhere hidden in FA

This is my third pass on FA and each time, I pick up something new that I missed previously.

 

[MD2001]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I'm just frustrated when I see people doing 100 Qs + reading through a bunch of books during the day..

It took me 8 hours to get through 50 Q's w/ explanations!! Anyone have any advice on how to get through this stuff faster?

 

[AlexMorph]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I'm just frustrated when I see people doing 100 Qs + reading through a bunch of books during the day..

It took me 8 hours to get through 50 Q's w/ explanations!! Anyone have any advice on how to get through this stuff faster?

You may not like the answer, but the more blocks you do, the faster you get. It's just practice. It's brutal.

 

[RadOncRocks]

You may not like the answer, but the more blocks you do, the faster you get. It's just practice. It's brutal.

When I first started and people said this I thought, "No way..." But now, a couple weeks in I can vouch for this. For one you'll get tired of "annotating" so you'll start to be more selective, IE, just the important stuff. Also, you'll get more questions right which means less time trying to really understand why you got questions wrong. Finally, you'll also start to see recurring concepts. You'll flip to a page of FA to annotate and see that you already did. That last one is what will really start to save you time!

 

[ArcGurren]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I'm just frustrated when I see people doing 100 Qs + reading through a bunch of books during the day..

It took me 8 hours to get through 50 Q's w/ explanations!! Anyone have any advice on how to get through this stuff faster?

What takes you so long on these blocks? That's pretty long even for starting out with studying. I'm not being critical, I'm legitimately curious.

Your speed will definitely increase though over time.

 

[RadOncRocks]

What takes you so long on these blocks? That's pretty long even for starting out with studying. I'm not being critical, I'm legitimately curious.

Your speed will definitely increase though over time.

This. Just my opinion but you really can't afford to be spending 8 hours per 46 questions, that falls in the "too slow, even if you are just starting" category. When I first started I went really, really slow. I annotated every question, looked up every question in First Aid, etc. And it would take me 3 to 3.5 hours per 46. I've now gotten that down to 1.5 to 2 hours by being slightly more targeted. Anyway, keep up the hard work but if you want to get through them all I'd try to streamline things!