UTSW Texas Method - Step 1 Study Guide.pdf

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anyone else see this yet?

 

[Kaeko]

I'm actually an MS3 at UTSW and just took step a few months ago. This person looks like they are in the same class as me (2012). Not many people want to do NSG so I could probably figure out who the person is 😀. This writeup is just an anecdotal story from 1 student on our wiki, but I will admit that his/her study plan is very similar to the study method virtually all of my friends at the school used.

I am also in the 4th quarter after the first 2 years at UTSW and ended up with a 247 with a very similar study plan (only no DIT, and I didn't use FA during MS2 - more emphasis on spamming UWORLD). FAx4, UWORLD complete bank x2, Goljian audio x1 using the 127 page annotated notes mainly. Went from literally a failing score on NBME1 to 247 on the real thing in 29 days.

I think the reason you can make such a massive jump in such a short period is the fact that people hemorrhage so much information over the course of the first 2 years. So just because someone does well on an exam that happened a year ago doesn't mean they really remember that much more than you a month out from step. Being in the 4th quartile can hurt your ego, but don't ever sell yourself short.

 

[rem6775]

This doesn't look too bad, but the DIT seems pointless to me. I also never understood why people annotate FA. Why take a book that is high yield and make it low yield? 6 weeks is also a little generous for some schools, but overall, not bad advice.

 

[Doc013]

Kaeko I'm pretty worried about my preclinical grades. how did you fair 3rd year? did your grades change at all?
Who are these 4th quartile people? I feel like I'm the only one not on top of my game, and I do study hard.

 

[vicinihil]

This doesn't look too bad, but the DIT seems pointless to me. I also never understood why people annotate FA. Why take a book that is high yield and make it low yield? 6 weeks is also a little generous for some schools, but overall, not bad advice.

There are multiple reasons why annotating FA works for some.

1) FA is high yield but only the beginning and the end is there...Drowning--> ARDS for example. However, you don't know WHY or HOW. That's what Step 1 is going to ask you. That's where annotating comes in, to fill in the gaps.

2) Writing stuff down helps people. I personally benefit from writing things on paper esp if I'm doing a Qbank. Helps me not gloss over important facts and remember things better.

3) More comprehensive. For most of us, FA is a little TOO terse and we need more information. It's hard to remember dry facts but if you reason it out (go back to 1) it makes more sense and easier to remember. Goljan is too much, FA is too little. Somewhere in the middle is good.

I almost never go back and re-read all of First Aid. Annotating it just lets me do 1, 2, and 3 and by doing so, I learn and remember.