what is more effective? doing more old released exam questions or review decks?

[filler84]

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Hello guys,

I have two weeks last until my part I. I am wondering what I should focus on? what is more effective? doing more old released exam questions or review decks? thank you for your advice!

 

[bds05]

same here filler,
im in the same situation. I started reviewing with decks but it takes a lot of time to go through them thoroughly so i decided to review with first aid. Probably going start questions 12-14 days before exam. Can anyone else please give some input?? thanks

 

[Decan]

Go through any and all old exams you can get your hands on. Don't just take the exam and move on...grade yourself and really spend time understanding why you got a question wrong. If you have the time go through the decks and pay special attention to things that say "note" or "important point".

Good luck!

 

[ibeflossin]

Go through any and all old exams you can get your hands on. Don't just take the exam and move on...grade yourself and really spend time understanding why you got a question wrong. If you have the time go through the decks and pay special attention to things that say "note" or "important point".

Good luck!

quick review of margins of NBDE 1st aid 🙂

 

[raidela]

Focus in the dental desk wher says important, remember and notes! I just took my exam yerterday! Please review very very good embriology they are asking lots of questions on that, at least 8, review dental anatomy, focus in know very well oclussion, lots in that and premolars, views for all the angle, review the asda papers but not the old, only l,m,n, and pathology for the clinic cases, diabetes, collagen, be very well prepared! This test is for very good knoledge, dont take new information, just review, review, questions in inmuno, mhc1, mhc2, enzimes, etc, hope it help! I will b e waiting on my results in 3 to 4 weeks i will let you know! Any help,please contact me!

 

[ldscanadian]

I studied dental decks for 6 weeks and then looked over and memorized all the old exam questions. I didn't have time to learn all the concepts so I used the look at question and answer approach for mere recognition. That being said I felt that out of the 800 most recently released questions that I reviewed right before the exam, only 5 were the exact same. In my opinion 5 out of 400 hardly justify's the effort. I would spend the last couple of days reviewing what you used to study as one last chance to remember key concepts. Ignore the old exams if you are hoping that there will be lots of repeats, that is what I wish I had done. Good Luck.

 

[midwestboy]

isn't memorizing questions kind of pointless if you don't understand them? I know it will help for some repeats, but the purpose of practice exams is to help you get an idea of what the test creators focus on/deem important and knowing the other options and why they are wrong. IMO

 

[Ninety]

review is way better, unless you are going to check every Q you dont know in the decks and thus "review" it!

 

[eventualOMFS]

I would recommend doing as many released exam booklets as possible.

When you come across something you don't know or understand, look it up in your notes, books, or Wikipedia. Then proceeed to the next question. Eventually, you'll need to look up fewer and fewer questions on each exam.

Even if you don't see exact questions repeated on your actual exam, the boards do a pretty good job of covering various topics on every exam. Understand those basic topics, and you're likely to do well.

IMO, the biggest problem with the Decks is that they add so many details that will NEVER be tested...and the important main points often get buried. Practice exams will do an awesome job at reminding you what is important.

 

[just smile]

I would recommend doing as many released exam booklets as possible.

When you come across something you don't know or understand, look it up in your notes, books, or Wikipedia. Then proceeed to the next question. Eventually, you'll need to look up fewer and fewer questions on each exam.

Even if you don't see exact questions repeated on your actual exam, the boards do a pretty good job of covering various topics on every exam. Understand those basic topics, and you're likely to do well.

IMO, the biggest problem with the Decks is that they add so many details that will NEVER be tested...and the important main points often get buried. Practice exams will do an awesome job at reminding you what is important.

Hey, thanks! That is what I have started doing with the released exams for the Can NDEB, and right now I'm just going over long-forgotten topics now...the stuff from 1st year dental school. I plan to take the exam in 6 months.

 

[just smile]

and I don't have the answers to the release questions, so it's all up to me to find and cross-check the correct answer.