OME and Amboss underrated resources for rotations

[ExplodingUlcers]

Anyone agree? I would've used OME earlier had I known how useful it would be but everyone at my school almost exclusively uses UW.

As far as the shelf goes for IM and surgery, I felt like amboss prepared me well.

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[Lawpy]

@Matthew9Thirtyfive would warmly agree with your post

No but really, i heard good things about Amboss

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I very warmly agree about amboss. Uworld is the gold standard for some reason, but I found it to be much less representative for shelf exams than amboss. I switched to amboss after my second rotation and never went back. Was way more impressed.

I did not use OME. Watched i think 2 videos. It’s good but I just didn’t want to spend the time watching videos.

 

[Spetzler-Martin]

I agree about Amboss but OME seems to be pretty popular? I would also say that boards and beyond for Step 2 is pretty underrated. It seems to not have gained much traction since they entered the game pretty late and also because their video library was only just recently completed.

 

[PapaGuava]

I felt OME was useful at the beginning of some rotations because it can warm you up to some relevant topics but I would not spend a ton of time using it.

 

[ExplodingUlcers]

I agree about Amboss but OME seems to be pretty popular? I would also say that boards and beyond for Step 2 is pretty underrated. It seems to not have gained much traction since they entered the game pretty late and also because their video library was only just recently completed.

Really? Hardly at my school uses OME so it always felt like an underrated resource. Not sure about BNB though. One thing that turns me off about it is the high sticker price otherwise I wouldn't be averse to using it.

 

[MedScat]

I love Amboss...I used mostly UWorld and NBME for shelf exams but started using Amboss closer to step 2 and I feel Amboss was great, and even more representative of step 2 than UWorld. It might not be a bad idea to save it for dedicated because if you're anything like me, redoing a question bank is kind of a waste of time (for me, at least. I remember questions). The practice NBMEs were good because they literally reuse questions on the actual exam from the practice ones available online.

As for OME, as someone said above, it was a good way to warm up to a new rotation but I didn't ever watch all of the videos, mostly topics I felt I needed a refresher on. Didn't put too much pressure on myself to finish them.

 

[ciestar]

OME is great! I used it to help prep for step 3 too

 

[treatem-and-streetem]

I liked amboss for clinicals but UW for Step 2. Never really cared for OME but his videos are very good

 

[RunsOnCaffeine]

I loved OME. Best thing I did for Step/Level 2 and Level 3. The things he focuses on I found to be very accurate for testing.