Is there anyway to use the UW Qbank on the iPhone?
Using Qbank on the iPhone
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The short answer is no. There is no way you can use the UW qbank on your iPhone.
Here is the long answer. The web-based qbanks from Kaplan or UW tend to be more realistic and they offer the same look-and-feel as the real examination. That said, I believe some people, including myself, learn more efficiently from doing questions than reading books. In that case, a second qbank would be useful. There are quite a few good qbanks in the Apple AppStore, they are usually not made by those big name companies (the exception is Kaplan, which does have an iPhone app, more on that later), but they can be very useful. I have two app installed myself, and I can imagine preparing for the board without them. Being able to study any where I go and at any time really help improve my efficiency.
The first app that I got is the Kaplan, just because it's free. It only has 100 questions, but it's still pretty nice. And if you do have the regular Kaplan Qbank, this will give you a taste of the Kaplan questions.
The second app I got is called USMLExchange, and I am very happy with it. This is THE most useful app on my iPhone now. It is reasonably priced, the question bank is huge, and the questions are quite well written. There are a few other Qbanks in the AppStore, like Exam Master and USMLE iBank, but those are either too expensive or too poorly made.
The bottom line is, you can't use any of your regular qbank on the iPhone until Apple decides to give us the Flash Player, but there are many great alternatives in the AppStore.
Here is the long answer. The web-based qbanks from Kaplan or UW tend to be more realistic and they offer the same look-and-feel as the real examination. That said, I believe some people, including myself, learn more efficiently from doing questions than reading books. In that case, a second qbank would be useful. There are quite a few good qbanks in the Apple AppStore, they are usually not made by those big name companies (the exception is Kaplan, which does have an iPhone app, more on that later), but they can be very useful. I have two app installed myself, and I can imagine preparing for the board without them. Being able to study any where I go and at any time really help improve my efficiency.
The first app that I got is the Kaplan, just because it's free. It only has 100 questions, but it's still pretty nice. And if you do have the regular Kaplan Qbank, this will give you a taste of the Kaplan questions.
The second app I got is called USMLExchange, and I am very happy with it. This is THE most useful app on my iPhone now. It is reasonably priced, the question bank is huge, and the questions are quite well written. There are a few other Qbanks in the AppStore, like Exam Master and USMLE iBank, but those are either too expensive or too poorly made.
The bottom line is, you can't use any of your regular qbank on the iPhone until Apple decides to give us the Flash Player, but there are many great alternatives in the AppStore.
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Can't do it as mentioned above because the Qbanks all use flash and the iphone can't use flash.
That said, another option is to get the USMLE First Aid Q&A app. It has about 1000 questions or so (however many the actual book has) and these are all right from USMLERx.com.
That said, another option is to get the USMLE First Aid Q&A app. It has about 1000 questions or so (however many the actual book has) and these are all right from USMLERx.com.
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i believe the Q&A are ~1000 question from rx which is ~3000 questions.
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Hi,
Mace1370 and myidiot are right, that's why we developed the Qbank app for 100 free questions for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kaplan-step...d360394386?mt=8
Mace1370 and myidiot are right, that's why we developed the Qbank app for 100 free questions for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kaplan-step...d360394386?mt=8
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skyfire is a browser for the android/ios capable of flash, worth a try, havent used it for qbank personally. http://www.skyfire.com/product/android
my phone that I have has flash and I can access the kaplan website.
but its still not the same. and there is of course no way to access UWorld.
not the same as an app 🙁 wish ppl would give android just as much priority as iphone LOL.
but its still not the same. and there is of course no way to access UWorld.
not the same as an app 🙁 wish ppl would give android just as much priority as iphone LOL.
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My school purchased a membership to the Kaplan Qbank for each student and I noticed there's a "Kaplan Qbank for your iPhone" app mentioned on my home page. Does this app give you full access to all the Qbank questions if you have a membership?
I currently don't have an iPhone, but I might be willing to ditch my Blackberry for one if this is the case...
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I was about to post something about this ... I recently decided to purchase the kaplan Qbank and kaplan does indeed now have an iPhone app that allows you to access the full question database on your phone. There are a few reviews of it that say it didn't work from some people, but I logged in and used it last night with no problem. I think that maybe the problems stemmed from the app being new and needing to have some bugs worked out. The app is of course free but you need to purchase the kaplan qbank (duh!) and activate it on your computer before the app will work. 😎
(This is off topic but I wanted to say that I actually really like the kaplan qbank. I was hesitant to buy it because I've heard a lot of negative things about it. So I tried out the free 100 question app on the iPhone first and it talked me into it. haha. I've been using usmleRx since second year started and I do like it but I'm running out of questions. Kaplan is different for sure, it's actually more on the level of detail of my school exams. I'm saving Uworld until maybe March or April.)
