Step II in 4th Year - A Motivation Crisis

[wtm1114]

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Preface: This is more like a vent thread.

If my medical education process is a rocket, the "motivation tank" is definitely empty. Step II CK in a week. Now sitting at a desk and reading a book actually feels like torture. Doing questions starts to irritate me as most of my classmates have already taken this test. I actually don't feel bad. I did very good on Step I, so there's no pressure to ace Step II. I feel pretty solid about medicine, surgery, psychiatry, since I studied my butt off for those shelf exams. I somehow forced myself to go through First Aid, and now I'm just giving myself 2 Hersey bars for every 10 USMLEWORLD questions done.

I know I'm supposed to be a "lifelong learner", but right now I just want to chill. Anyone on the same boat with me?

 

[Cerberus]

word. Studying at this point is like nails on a chalkboard.

 

[HunterGatherer]

and now I'm just giving myself 2 Hersey bars for every 10 USMLEWORLD questions done.

You have a good night trick-o-treating or no trick-o-treaters show up at your house this year? I have step 2 in 2 weeks so I feel your pain and there is baseball, football, and basketball in full force! Poor timing on my part.

 

[wtm1114]

We had about 30ish groups of trick-o-treaters showing up this year. Yeah, having football every Sunday plus the World Series doesn't help at all 🙂

 

[JStub]

The fact that the rest of the year is super chill after you pass this test should be good motivation. The thought of failing and having to study AGAIN was enough motivation for me 🙂

 

[Doctor Bagel]

I have it tomorrow and have had pretty much no motivation to study, but I know it won't improve so there's no point delaying it. I've done all of USMLEWorld and have read about half of FA. Like the op, I did well on Step 1 and have a strong academic record, so I don't need to prove anything with this test. I am kind of nervous about how much it will matter if I have a significant drop in my score.

 

[wtm1114]

What I'm doing now is basically cramming Ob-Gyn and Peds, which are my weakest subjects by far. I decided not to over-study everything in First Aid. Honestly, First Aid can't teach you many new things about chest pain after you've done two-month rotation in the VA hospital.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

I'm glad someone else didn't get through USMLE World. I've got the test in a week, and I'm just now hitting the 50% mark. No way I'll finish... and it's my only study method. At least I'm doing sets of random questions so I'll get exposure to everything. I just can't bother myself to get all worked up about it like I did for Step 1.