Stupid question about UW

[deleted564496]

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Alright guys sorry I'm technologically challenged and I'm sure that this has been answered before/is very easy to figure out, but I don't want to screw it up or waste time searching for the answer.

I want to redo my incorrects on UW... What do I need to do as I go through the blocks to ensure I can do this in the easiest way possible? Do I just mark the ones I get incorrect?

Also, if I do that, will I be able to actually redo the questions or will it just give me the answer and explanation in my marked questions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ismet]

When you create a new block, select "incorrect" under question mode. You will be able to redo the questions. When you get them correct, they won't be listed as incorrect anymore.

 

[deleted564496]

When you create a new block, select "incorrect" under question mode. You will be able to redo the questions. When you get them correct, they won't be listed as incorrect anymore.

Thanks! Welp, that was simple.. On another note (if anybody looks at this) does anybody have any recommendations for speeding up UW? I just spent about three hours on one block taking notes, annotating, etc... This seems way too freaking long. Granted, I think I got a lot out of it, but dang... three hours doh. Should I just focus on the educational objective?


And that was tutor mode... :/

 

[Ismet]

Thanks! Welp, that was simple.. On another note (if anybody looks at this) does anybody have any recommendations for speeding up UW? I just spent about three hours on one block taking notes, annotating, etc... This seems way too freaking long. Granted, I think I got a lot out of it, but dang... three hours doh. Should I just focus on the educational objective?


And that was tutor mode... :/

3 hours is pretty much a decent amount of time for doing and reviewing a block, whether in timed or tutor mode. 1 hour to take the block, 1-2 hours to go over it, which will vary on how much you got wrong/were unsure about. That's the guideline we were told and what I followed for the most part. UW is an educational tool, you don't need to feel like you need to get through 3 blocks in 3 hours. That's what NBMEs and the UWSAs are for.

Don't read the explanations for the wrong answers. Wastes too much time and ruins the reinforcement you get from associating the question with the correct answer explanation. If you get a question wrong, read the right answer explanation and the reason why what you chose was wrong. That's it.

 

[Tots]

3 hours is pretty much a decent amount of time for doing and reviewing a block, whether in timed or tutor mode. 1 hour to take the block, 1-2 hours to go over it, which will vary on how much you got wrong/were unsure about. That's the guideline we were told and what I followed for the most part. UW is an educational tool, you don't need to feel like you need to get through 3 blocks in 3 hours. That's what NBMEs and the UWSAs are for.

Don't read the explanations for the wrong answers. Wastes too much time and ruins the reinforcement you get from associating the question with the correct answer explanation. If you get a question wrong, read the right answer explanation and the reason why what you chose was wrong. That's it.

I disagree with this. YMMV but there is so much value in the explanations for the wrong answers for a lot of the questions.

I spent about 4 hours a block near the beginning and even put off stuff I had planned to ensure I got through UWorld. You will get faster. As Ismet said its a learning tool, rushing through it will impede that learning.

 

[pd1112]

Depends on the type of question and how much you considered any of the other answers. I don't think there's value in reading the explanations of incorrect numerical answers in a stats calculation question, for example.

 

[Ismet]

I don't remember there being that much information in the wrong answer explanations, but it's been a year since I've seen UWorld for Step 1 and for Step 2 the wrong answer explanations are usually like 1 sentence. If you were completely unsure of the answer and didn't know what some of the answer choices even were, sure there's probably learning to be had from that. But if you got the question right or narrowed it down to 2 answers, I guess I don't see the point in reading the other explanations, especially if you ruled them out because you knew it was not the right answer. If you find it beneficial, go for it, but if you're looking to spend a bit less time on a block (not OP, just in general...some people take 5-6 hours for a block), that's the first thing I'd cut.

 

[Wavy Doctor]

I just started UWorld and I can see how you could spend a whole day basically reviewing one block

I'll probably go with the same strategy I used for Rx to cut some time reviewing.

• Review incorrects first. Read the explanations for all the choices carefully and make sure you understand the mechanisms.
• Do the same for marked corrects.
• Then review unmarked corrects. Try to go through these a bit quicker. Make sure you really knew the right answer and didn't just guess.

DON'T ANNOTATE! From a time-saving perspective this is where you really can cut down on time spent reviewing.

If it's still taking too long consider just skimming unmarked corrects and reading the educational objective/bottom line. This will cut a lot of time.

After completing 1st pass wait an appropriate amount of time so you don't have the Qs fresh in your memory. Then go through incorrects & markeds. For those Qs you answer wrong a second time consider annotating/referencing other resources or whatever to make sure you got the concepts down. If it's just a pure rote memorization thing then read up on it in FA once in a while or make a flash card to help remember it.