When are you supposed to use USMLE Rx?

[Drinox]

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At what point should one go about doing USMLE Rx?

Is it a better study tool (Ie do it after my first read of kaplan and FA to help consolidate info)

Or as an evaluation tool? (Ie After I'm done with Kaplan x2 +FA)

Also if you have views on it's quality please go ahead.

 

[da Vincis World]

If you haven't used uWorld the answer is never. uWorld should be a large part of your study plan.

 

[Phloston]

Do Rx first alongside FA. These will build foundation for you.

I believe one cover-to-cover pass of FA + having done Rx got me to ~240.

I then did FA Q&A, Kaplan QBook and GT QBank, and read FA again, then sat NBME3 and got 250.

Then I did Kaplan QBank and am now on UWorld. I'm so glad UWorld is mainly review because it's very content-heavy. Also, if you save it for review, the annotations you make from it are with respect to the finest details, which is key.

So yeah, I would save UWorld for last. That way, it's mainly review.

Da Vinci and I have opposite views on this, but everyone's different.