UWorld doesn't cover a lot of stuff in FA, does it mean it's low-yield?

[beatsbydre]

It seems like UWorld covers stuff like sarcoidosis 20 times but doesn't cover a lot of FA even once. Are those considered low-yield, or is the USMLE going to cover those areas more?

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[Pons Asinorum]

It seems like UWorld covers stuff like sarcoidosis 20 times but doesn't cover a lot of FA even once. Are those considered low-yield, or is the USMLE going to cover those areas more?

Have you finished UW? I don't feel like there is a lot that isn't covered by the explanations for both right and wrong answer choices.

 

[koan]

I might argue that there is almost nothing in FA that is low-yield.

 

[Brain Bucket]

It seems like UWorld covers stuff like sarcoidosis 20 times but doesn't cover a lot of FA even once. Are those considered low-yield, or is the USMLE going to cover those areas more?

Like ass-bridge (I know, I know...) said, you probably aren't using UW correctly.

 

[cage92]

I am using uw in systemic manneer i found like uwolrd has the same info of fa and pathoma why people take 4 or 6 hour fot reviewing a ablock of uworld

 

[Brain Bucket]

If that's ↓ how you're using UW, then you are using it well. It's more important to know why you got a question right than getting it right and it's important to know WHY the incorrect answers were incorrect. 'Just knowing' that they were isn't enough, you have to rationalize it. All of this takes time.

 

[beatsbydre]

I take a long time review just because I'm thinking about everything I read. Trying to memorize it. If I don't understand something or want to check First Aid, I do.

I do well on UWorld (low-to-mid 80s now) but I still take a long time

 

[wanderer]

If something is truly not mentioned in Uworld it probably is low yield.

 

[HoboCommander]

I know several people who got 260+ who never even read FA, but all have gone through UWorld. That tells me a lot.

FA doesn't have much meat. It is easy to read FA with the wrong ideas, and you can read it 5x with the same wrong ideas as the first pass, and miss the same type of questions over and over. The people who have had success with FA are the ones who have very strong foundations from the first two years of med school.