![]() ![]() A lot of people speak badly about this one, but I love questions, so I relished in the opportunity to continue testing my knowledge and further developed my question taking strategy (more on that in a little bit). I used this after I finished Kaplan because I wanted a solid foundation in FA before I used the corresponding questions. Not because the questions were thought provoking like UWorld, but because the content can oftentimes be obscure or, in the words of the deity Hussain Sattar, “low yield.” Still, I finished Kaplan by February of 2014, and it helped me develop my strategy of test taking. This was in my opinion the most difficult one. ![]() However, I’m also the type of person that thrives on learning from questions, so I knew I wanted to get through the other Qbanks as the year went by. It’s such a rich resource that using it any earlier is a complete waste on your under-educated past self. I’m a firm believer that UWorld should be saved for the dedicated study period. That being said, here’s how I tackled the year from a resource by resource perspective. If anything wasn’t covered in lecture but in FA, I always did enough background reading (usually on Wikipedia) to understand the concept. I think this was the single most important decision that I made. My goal was to not have anything unfamiliar to me in that book by the time I got to my dedicated study period. I approached Step 1 with aggressive learning of First Aid throughout the year (had to use the 2013 edition for a bit but then transitioned to 2014 when it came out). ![]() I did not study for Step 1 until the beginning of 2nd year of med school, which is always a point of controversy amongst students, but as you can see it worked out ok. ![]()
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