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[NeuroAP86]

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Hey guys, I don't know if anyone else can agree with me on this issue but here it is anyways. I've started doing UW recently finishing ob/gyn and surgery questions while using step up to step 2 and FA step 2 ck as my materials but I find my self having to annotate and add a lot of topics because these books do not mention them. Also, many of these questions go down to one small detail that sway the answer one way or another, especially with the surgery "next step in management" questions. It is frustrating me a little bit as I'm barely getting into the 60s and rarely 70s percentages for the blocks. I hope that the new edition of step up to step 2 will include more of these topics. Anyone else having this type of problem?

 

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Uworld isn't made to stroke your ego by getting 95% correct. It's a learning tool, and would be worthless as one if you already knew everything in the questions. If you're getting something out of the questions you got wrong, you're doing fine. Relax.

 

[NeuroAP86]

I def agree with what you said. I find myself forgetting some things I knew inside out for step 1 which gets re-tested as part of these questions. Just frustrating that's all, but yes I am def learning from these questions

 

[katarina90]

Hey guys, I don't know if anyone else can agree with me on this issue but here it is anyways. I've started doing UW recently finishing ob/gyn and surgery questions while using step up to step 2 and FA step 2 ck as my materials but I find my self having to annotate and add a lot of topics because these books do not mention them. Also, many of these questions go down to one small detail that sway the answer one way or another, especially with the surgery "next step in management" questions. It is frustrating me a little bit as I'm barely getting into the 60s and rarely 70s percentages for the blocks. I hope that the new edition of step up to step 2 will include more of these topics. Anyone else having this type of problem?

I'm having the same issue with FA for the Step 2 CK, have you noticed a lot of questions deal with topics that aren't even mentioned? Ie., allergic rhinitis, viral gastroenteritis, etc. I completely agree that the "next step" scenarios aren't clearly delineated in FA, so I've been annotating from Kaplan's review course (I bought the course, but sticking with FA and skipping MTB) as well as qbanks.

Have you tried using Step Up To Medicine? I found that to be really helpful. I haven't read the whole book yet, but the cardio section really cleared up diagnostic testing for me. It seems to be really good as far as clinical algorithms and details on management.

I haven't tried U World yet. My USMLE Rx scores are across the board, ranging from high 80's in neuro/psych to low 60's in surgery. I'm sure I'll see a huge percentage drop when I start UW though...that bank is challenging, I think that's why it's the gold standard everyone uses.

 

[NeuroAP86]

I'm having the same issue with FA for the Step 2 CK, have you noticed a lot of questions deal with topics that aren't even mentioned? Ie., allergic rhinitis, viral gastroenteritis, etc. I completely agree that the "next step" scenarios aren't clearly delineated in FA, so I've been annotating from Kaplan's review course (I bought the course, but sticking with FA and skipping MTB) as well as qbanks.

Have you tried using Step Up To Medicine? I found that to be really helpful. I haven't read the whole book yet, but the cardio section really cleared up diagnostic testing for me. It seems to be really good as far as clinical algorithms and details on management.

I haven't tried U World yet. My USMLE Rx scores are across the board, ranging from high 80's in neuro/psych to low 60's in surgery. I'm sure I'll see a huge percentage drop when I start UW though...that bank is challenging, I think that's why it's the gold standard everyone uses.

Yes this is exactly what I am talking about. I have tried step up to medicine, had that one for a while but many of the managements things discussed in there are very general too. UWorld is def tough but still the best Qbank. Its about time they updated step up to step 2, missing tons of information but I will just annotate until the new one comes out.