Which AMBOSS hammers for Shelf exams?

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Hey all, I start clerkships in like a week and I plan to do Amboss questions daily alongside Anki to prep for the Shelf exams (and Step 2). I've heard varying opinions about the question difficulty from folks, specifically that 1 Hammer questions are far too easy and 5 Hammer questions are so elaborate they may make you overthink things going forward. How have you used Amboss as your question bank? Do you just do the 2-4 hammer questions? Any other tips?

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i do 1-4 only, but even some of 4 hammers are kind of out there
 
i do 1-4 only, but even some of 4 hammers are kind of out there
How have you liked them so far? Have you done any UWorld to compare it to for Shelf exams?
 
How have you liked them so far? Have you done any UWorld to compare it to for Shelf exams?
I try to do both. So far I've only done above average on IM which I didn't even finish either Q bank for. My lowest is OB which i did finish both Q banks for so.....
 
if you have time I would try do most of them. however, if your pressed for time and already finished UW for that shelf, I'd recommend doing 2-4 hammers. 1 hammer stuff will basically for sure have been in UW and the 5 hammers aren't worth it if the shelf is really close. the 2-4 hammers would be the biggest bang for your buck.
 
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