How to slow down on qbanks??

[BoneNibbler]

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Okay here is the problem, I am getting ~60% on kaplan qbank right now. However I am missing questions that if I read a little better spent more time on I knew I would hav efigured out gotten right. How can I slow down in qbanks? (i usually have 25 minutes left in each block of 48)😕

 

[rahulb]

the thing that helped me the most was utilizing the highlight function and crossing out wrong answer choices

 

[Cliff Huxtable]

Okay here is the problem, I am getting ~60% on kaplan qbank right now. However I am missing questions that if I read a little better spent more time on I knew I would hav efigured out gotten right. How can I slow down in qbanks? (i usually have 25 minutes left in each block of 48)😕

I do the same thing. Sometime they want the CONTRAindication and I put the indication. I think I'm rushing myself in case I need more time on a question later on.

Maybe saying the question in your head, instead of just reading it will slow you down.

Also, I think if I sit closer to the monitor, like I am intensely focused, I pay more attention.

 

[chubbykid]

i have the opposite problem. how do i go faster on qbank? i'm ending with only 2-3 minutes left

 

[BoneNibbler]

i have the opposite problem. how do i go faster on qbank? i'm ending with only 2-3 minutes left

Read Faster. Think Faster. Click answer faster.

NOW stop highjacking my thread with your non-sense.😡

 

[Re3iRtH]

Read Faster. Think Faster. Click answer faster.

NOW stop highjacking my thread with your non-sense.😡

Hahah this is entertaining...
Anyway, I was wondering is UWorld had a cross-out feature?
How about the real exam?

 

[BoneNibbler]

Hahah this is entertaining...
Anyway, I was wondering is UWorld had a cross-out feature?
How about the real exam?

I was just wondering if med school had an english pre-requisite?

 

[DeeJay2728]

I was just wondering if med school had an english pre-requisite?

Be nice.

 

[Re3iRtH]

I was just wondering if med school had an english pre-requisite?

Its called a typo, from typing too fast. Maybe if you would get
over yourself and stop being such a douche you'll actually get
a girlfriend. If you are this annoying on the internet I can imagine how
bad you are in person. 😎
You won't get much help on here with your attitude, as I am
sure you know from experience.

 

[ZagDoc]

Okay here is the problem, I am getting ~60% on kaplan qbank right now. However I am missing questions that if I read a little better spent more time on I knew I would hav efigured out gotten right. How can I slow down in qbanks? (i usually have 25 minutes left in each block of 48)😕

I was just wondering if med school had an english pre-requisite?

Some people on this site are unbelievable.

I agree with rahulb that using the highlight and strikethrough features (which ARE present on the actual exam) helped me in slowing down.

 

[Re3iRtH]

UW was supposed to be modeled to be like the actual exam
"to the finest detail". Where is the strikethrough feature on UW?

 

[BoneNibbler]

Some people on this site are unbelievable.

I agree with rahulb that using the highlight and strikethrough features (which ARE present on the actual exam) helped me in slowing down.

You are right.

And thanks for that advice. I will try and use this in the future. I just wasnt sure the real exam had this feature. Thanks.👍

 

[BoneNibbler]

Its called a typo, from typing too fast. Maybe if you would get
over yourself and stop being such a douche you'll actually get
a girlfriend. If you are this annoying on the internet I can imagine how
bad you are in person. 😎
You won't get much help on here with your attitude, as I am
sure you know from experience.

:troll::troll::troll:🙄

 

[ZagDoc]

UW was supposed to be modeled to be like the actual exam
"to the finest detail". Where is the strikethrough feature on UW?

If you select an answer in UW it will strike it through, at least on the Windows version.

I noticed on the Mac version, it just makes the answer background light grey.

 

[Tritleb]

I was doing the same thing at first. I've since started each screen by reading the answer choices first...it helped stop my dumb mistakes and I think it helps conserve brain power. In the past I had the tendency to try "jump the gun" so to speak and diagnose the patient before I look down at the answers. Problem is, with UW and Qbank, 50% of the time the will question will tell you the Dx and you've just wasted brain glucose (or ketones if it's been a long night of studying). Reading the answers helps frame my thoughts I have while reading the question. Give it a try and see what you think.

 

[pepotonoto]

The highlight and strikeout feature will definitely give you more time. 25minutes is a lot of extra time - speed reading? 🙄 The strikeout feature seems to only work on the answer choices for me, sometimes either putting a line through it or "greying it out."

A comment on highlighting : I've heard of people falling into "highlighting traps" which have the examinee pick one of the distractor answers when highlighting all the S/S,differentials/gender/etc. Usually there's a distractor answer choice, that in many cases can be found in the stem linked to PART of something you highlighted as above... correct me if I am wrong. Unless you have some other interesting technique of what you are highlighting vs NOT, make sure the answer matches up to ALL the points you highlighted. I guess if you are aware of that, you can take a little more time in making sure to not pick the distractor. 😕

The strikeout feature will probably be the safer of the two, but whichever feature(s) you wish to use :start utilizing them early so that you're comfortable with it!

Reading the answers helps frame my thoughts I have while reading the question. Give it a try and see what you think.

This one is a highly debatable point 🙂 That is pretty interesting that reading answer choices first is working for you! So you noticed a comparable improvement in both question banks when reading the choices first?

I sometimes got scared when I saw the answer choices and then wondered what they were going to ask. I felt like I would run the risk of picking or priming my mind with a distractor instead. I usually read the last question of the stem and then read from the top, thought of something and then looked at the answer choices.

 

[Depakote]

UW was supposed to be modeled to be like the actual exam
"to the finest detail". Where is the strikethrough feature on UW?

make sure you've downloaded the latest FREDv2 version of Uworld and are using that. 😀👍

 

[Tritleb]

This one is a highly debatable point 🙂 That is pretty interesting that reading answer choices first is working for you! So you noticed a comparable improvement in both question banks when reading the choices first?

Indeed it did. Seems like a lot fewer dumb mistakes. The other thing it helped me to avoid was picking B right away when it "looked right" and moving on. Some times E was "more right" than B and I never really gave it the thought/attention I should have.

Idk, it's served pretty well for the last 3 days of UW review, I'm planning on using it on the real thing (this Friday). I shall succeed 😎

 

[perilou]

Indeed it did. Seems like a lot fewer dumb mistakes. The other thing it helped me to avoid was picking B right away when it "looked right" and moving on. Some times E was "more right" than B and I never really gave it the thought/attention I should have.

Idk, it's served pretty well for the last 3 days of UW review, I'm planning on using it on the real thing (this Friday). I shall succeed 😎

I've been trying that. I don't fully read the answer choices, but I see what kind of answers they are. Are they drugs? Are they nerves? Are they diseases? Then as I'm reading the question stem I'm keeping that in mind.

I don't know if its working, but it makes me feel better.

 

[Chinorlz]

I like this approach... I'll try it tomorrow when I burn through more of the qbank!

Thanks guys 🙂

 

[BoneNibbler]

I like this approach... I'll try it tomorrow when I burn through more of the qbank!

Thanks guys 🙂

I can tell you what really works good is to read the question (final sentence in vignette) before you read the vingette. It gets you in the mode of what you are looking for. And sometimes what they ask has nothing to do with the vignette so it saves you some time!

 

[Chinorlz]

I can tell you what really works good is to read the question (final sentence in vignette) before you read the vingette. It gets you in the mode of what you are looking for. And sometimes what they ask has nothing to do with the vignette so it saves you some time!

Yeah, I keep reminding myself to do this😡 Need to just calm down and do it.

Thanks!