How to review Q bank answers?

[sunnyk123]

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As an incoming 2nd year I plan on using Rx through out ms2 in order to help maintain the knowledge in my head. For example, I plan to review the content from the first block a few weeks after it ends in order to keep everything fresh. So I am kind of using it to get spaced repitition of the material. My question is, how long does it take to do questions and review them? Does it make sense to do ~15 questions/day to have it all mostly done by second semesteR?

How long does it take to review the 15 questions?
Can I get this done in under an hour per day?
What do you do to review answers you got wrong (watch BnB, pathoma, read costanzo, etc.)?

 

[Lannister]

It's different for everyone. I did Rx during second semester of M2 and it took me 3 hrs/day to answer and review 30 questions. Personally I recommend reading every explanation and the associated First Aid pages. Other than this I didn't do anything extra to review incorrect answers unless I was consistently getting questions about a specific topic incorrect.

 

[raiderette]

It's different for everyone. I did Rx during second semester of M2 and it took me 3 hrs/day to answer and review 30 questions. Personally I recommend reading every explanation and the associated First Aid pages. Other than this I didn't do anything extra to review incorrect answers unless I was consistently getting questions about a specific topic incorrect.

Same. I used Rx for my classes, so I reviewed Sketchy and Pathoma to study for my exams and review at the same time.

 

[sunnyk123]

It's different for everyone. I did Rx during second semester of M2 and it took me 3 hrs/day to answer and review 30 questions. Personally I recommend reading every explanation and the associated First Aid pages. Other than this I didn't do anything extra to review incorrect answers unless I was consistently getting questions about a specific topic incorrect.

Would you say that reading the answer explanation and associated First Aid pages was more than enough? Or was it also necessary at times to supplement with resources like Najeeb, pathoma, Robbins, etc?

The issue is that some of the stuff I will be doing in Rx is from first year and I feel like my knowledge base is not great on some subjects. For example I didn't really learn nephrotic/nephritic syndrome well first year. Would just reading FA and the answer explanations from Rx be sufficient? If not what would you recommend I supplement with? thanks

 

[raiderette]

Would you say that reading the answer explanation and associated First Aid pages was more than enough? Or was it also necessary at times to supplement with resources like Najeeb, pathoma, Robbins, etc?

The issue is that some of the stuff I will be doing in Rx is from first year and I feel like my knowledge base is not great on some subjects. For example I didn't really learn nephrotic/nephritic syndrome well first year. Would just reading FA and the answer explanations from Rx be sufficient? If not what would you recommend I supplement with? thanks

For me, Qbanks are still for review, not as a replacement for learning the material. I had a systems curriculum, so that is when I used it, more second semester of my first year. Use it when you have some knowledge. Also, if your school is pass/fail, original exams or shelf, you may need to focus on school's curriculum more.

 

[Lannister]

Would you say that reading the answer explanation and associated First Aid pages was more than enough? Or was it also necessary at times to supplement with resources like Najeeb, pathoma, Robbins, etc?

The issue is that some of the stuff I will be doing in Rx is from first year and I feel like my knowledge base is not great on some subjects. For example I didn't really learn nephrotic/nephritic syndrome well first year. Would just reading FA and the answer explanations from Rx be sufficient? If not what would you recommend I supplement with? thanks

Personally I didn't really supplement with anything, I felt the questions and first aid were enough to teach me everything I needed to know. I did watch Pathoma along with my classes, but never really went back and re-watched the videos from M1. Didn't use the other resources you mentioned.

 

[Dox4lyfe]

It's different for everyone. I did Rx during second semester of M2 and it took me 3 hrs/day to answer and review 30 questions. Personally I recommend reading every explanation and the associated First Aid pages. Other than this I didn't do anything extra to review incorrect answers unless I was consistently getting questions about a specific topic incorrect.

Iirc, you did kaplan first with each system block throughout the year? Now that you're done with step 1, would you recommend doing that again? Or using Rx first with each block? Or does it not matter?

 

[Lannister]

Iirc, you did kaplan first with each system block throughout the year? Now that you're done with step 1, would you recommend doing that again? Or using Rx first with each block? Or does it not matter?

For me it makes more sense to do Kaplan along with your blocks. Kaplan asks stupidly specific questions that are low yield for step 1, but because end of block exams focus specifically on one organ system, low yield stuff is more likely to show up there than on the actual step 1. That was my thought process. I still think Rx is much better for step 1 studying than Kaplan.

 

[Dox4lyfe]

For me it makes more sense to do Kaplan along with your blocks. Kaplan asks stupidly specific questions that are low yield for step 1, but because end of block exams focus specifically on one organ system, low yield stuff is more likely to show up there than on the actual step 1. That was my thought process. I still think Rx is much better for step 1 studying than Kaplan.

That's what I was thinking as well. Thanks for clarifying!