I just finished Pediatrics Q1. Got my score back today, and wanted to help out by adding my own datapoint.
8 week rotation, four weeks inpatient, four weeks outpatient.
This is my first rotation after 4 years of PhD no-man's land.
Resources used:
1. Case files (okay for a foundation, but I don't think it's super high yield for prepping for NBME exam questions. 1 week to get through).
2. Pre-Test (I did not like it; I don't feel like answers are up to date or explained particularly well. 1 week to get through).
3. First-Aid Pediatrics (quite long, and full of LISTS of things -- it IS comprehensive, but I learned I am terrible at memorizing lists. 1.5 weeks to get through.)
4. BRS Peds (I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. The perfect balance between a textbook vs an outline. Written in complete/half complete sentences. Took me 2 weeks to get through.)
5. UWorld (~350 questions -- excellent qbank, not entirely comprehensive, but very very good, did 2x's).
6. Kaplan (~325 questions -- ok qbank, not as good as UWorld but good practice, did 1x).
7. USMLERx (~350 questions -- easy qbank, but GREAT to round out with -- also, it will train you to be almost reflexive with the easy questions, 1x)
8. Kaplan Step 3 Review book, Peds section (200 questions, kind of low yield IMHO, but at this point I was running out of resources, 1x).
Made a giant 14 page Word document of all the 'facts' from questions I missed, reviewed non-stop for 2 days before the shelf.
Shelf: 94/100 scaled score, 95% percentile.
It's not a perfect score,
especially considering how much time I spent studying, but honestly, I had to review and relearn so much forgotten stuff after 4 years of non-medicine that I am definitely thankful for what I got -- no complaints here!
Thanks SDN for all the advice