It may be overkill though since it gives you a lot of extra infomration not tested on CK. If you can absorb information from a book, then I think Step Up to Medicine is good to review IM knowledge. If you already have a solid step 1 and just want to pass CK, then I don't think you need to waste $800 on DIT. I used it and it helped me out a lot in terms of teaching me the most high-yield information for the exam. If you're really worried about it and need to do well on CK, then i'd suggest trying out DIT. My Step 1 was below average so I really wanted to kick ass on CK to boost my application. My shelf scores were in the upper 70s-low 80s. I dont know if my baseline was super shaky, but I definitely forgot a lot of IM, psych, neuro, etc. Give advise with caution these days, everyone studies differently and the exam has changed a lot as well. Because esoteric factoids are what help get through questions not concepts alone. Whats the Caveat? STILL that particular advisor still went through THAT SOURCE right? So perhaps unconsciously he absorbed some useful facts from the "useless" resource that gave him an extra edge.Įven skimming through stuff can give you 5-7 more points, so if you tried 3 or 4 books and didnt like them u still get 28+ more points than a person whom you are advising not to use that particular resource. Numerous times ive seen pplĬomment "this resource is useless i didnt find it useful, that ones the only one you need" When ppl say they only did uworld and got 260+ take that advice with a pinch of salt. And Dave89 is right the exam is nothing like uworld anymore. Make attendings sit for step 2 and see how many questions they get wrong too. Yes every question tests a factOID, BUT if you make the question confusing enough, make all the options accurately close enough and reasonable answers, then thats not concept testing, thats just trickery and deception, because Clinical concepts are different from exam choice selection in answering, in real life we would do mostly several tests initially not just one best initial test or one best treatment, so would you say that normal life clinical approach doesnt follow any correct concept? Wrong. If you take one practice test, take the UWSA. My goal score was 250 but I am still very happy with this score. Summary: Uworld timed random was the bulk of my prep. Practice Tests: UWSA 10 days out 244 (did not do any NMBEs due to lack of time and heard that it was not very predictive of the real score) The questions were fair and there were not many that I felt were completely out of left field. Time was rarely a problem for me when doing Uworld. There were about 3 blocks where I had to really hustle at the end to answer all the questions. I did not sleep well night before the test. Test day: Overall, felt more difficult than Uworld. Did the Free 150 (86%) day before the test and studied up on weak subjects. Completed my Uworld 2 days before my test. I borrowed SUTM CK and CK Secrets from a friend and read those for about an hour each night, but didn't really find them that helpful overall. During dedicated I did 120 Uworld questions a day on timed random mode and read all answers thoroughly even if I got them wrong. (Had an EM rotation for 4 weeks during which I did only about 20 questions a day). I reset my Qbank about 7 weeks before my test. Virtually all I did was UWorld questions. Had completed all required rotations before exam except for psychiatry.ĭedicated Prep: 3 weeks. Recent test taker (10/9) and wanted to give a quick review of my prep and the test itself.īackground: Completed about 50% of Uworld during rotations to prepare for shelf exams.
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