MS3 Advice

[coreytayloris]

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Hi guys,

Just completed my first MS3 rotation, of family medicine (vacation 😉 ).

Anyways I guess I was looking for some advice...

My school is quite poor (get absolutely no lectures and the very few ones we do get are useless)

I was wondering what way do you guys think is the best way to learn clinical medicine? (not specifically for step 2, but more so for my end of rotation exams).

for the last semester I having been using the Kaplan Step 2 CK Videos and books, and doing some usmle world qbanks. I also have a DIT subscription and step up to step 2, and have Kaplan High yield lectures.

I'm starting medicine and surgery rotation next month.

What advice do you give?

 

[ArcGurren]

Hi guys,

Just completed my first MS3 rotation, of family medicine (vacation 😉 ).

Anyways I guess I was looking for some advice...

My school is quite poor (get absolutely no lectures and the very few ones we do get are useless)

I was wondering what way do you guys think is the best way to learn clinical medicine? (not specifically for step 2, but more so for my end of rotation exams).

for the last semester I having been using the Kaplan Step 2 CK Videos and books, and doing some usmle world qbanks. I also have a DIT subscription and step up to step 2, and have Kaplan High yield lectures.

I'm starting medicine and surgery rotation next month.

What advice do you give?

First of all are you actually in Ireland?

Secondly, I had very few dedicated board exam lectures during my M3 rotations as well. There would occasionally be resident-oriented ABIM or ABSITE or MKSAP or whatever lectures but I rarely had any Shelf Exam oriented lectures if at all (and even the ones I had to my recollection were pretty terrible). This seems like a pretty consistent experience across many medical schools too.

The best way to learn is by reading and doing questions, just like it was during preclinical years and Step 1. Correlating it to what you see on the wards helps. Resources like Step Up to Medicine, UWorld, etc will help.

 

[coreytayloris]

Yeah I'm in Ireland!