UWorld "Source"?

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Does anyone know if UWorld writes questions based on the information in FA (or if FA is written based on what is in UW)?

Asking because I'm curious if topics covered by UW and FA are "high-yield" because two completely independent sources say so, OR if the two independent sources are saying xyz topic is "high-yield" because the other source says so. Does that make sense?

Kind of like if I'm writing a paper and I cite 2 sources (source A and source B) that support my claim am I really citing 2 sources that independently found similar results, or am I really only citing 1 source as would be the case if source A found the data, and source B merely cited source A... The latter situation obviously being less supportive than the former.

 

[Barca2015]

I believe FA's outline was and is written by the authors Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan and Matthew Sochat but A LOT of current information is contributed and collaborated by students who have taken the exam. UW follows a similar route with feedback but i don't think they directly take question ideas from past USMLE exams as a source like i assume FA does. I am sure both UW and FA play off each other but when it comes to actual sources they use the ones cited at the end of the book. I think of FA as a collaborative student to student guide as it is stated on the front page.