robin082006
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Preparation: 3 months on and off, doing observership during preparation. last 2 weeks studied full time.
Materials: Swanson (100% finished), UW (100% finished), Kap qbank (100% finished), FA, USMLE CD, UW CCS.
Read some chapters of CK notes.
Did all above once. UW CCS twice.
NBME 450 5 weeks before exam, then revised weak points.
Day 1: 5 office + 2 emergency, questions are long, I think both UW and Kap qbank are outdated, real step 3 questions are very long and weird.
Most questions ask: most appropriate response? most appropriate statement? these kind of questions are very hard, made me have to think carefully and selected by exclusion, thay's why people did not have enough time for step 3.
Easiest questions ask: most like diagnosis, most appropriate next step. (like UW and Kap qbank), this kind of questions you can know after you read questions and then you just need to find the answer.
Day 2: easier than day 1, I had enough time to answer all questions
CCS: all of my CCS cases ended at 10 minutes, longest cases end at 15 minutes
PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR REMEMBERED CCS CASES, THIS VIOLATE USMLE RULES OF CONDUCT. THANKS.
IF YOU KNOW PRINCIPLES TO DO CCS, YOU CAN END ANY CASE BEFORE TIME.
I am not sure to pass, but my sinsere advise for you is to do as many questions as possible, above 50% of questions you will not find in any text book, they test your judgement and your sense.
REMEMBER QUESTIONS LIKE:
1. WHICH OF FOLLOWING IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? (WHEN PATIENT OR SOMEONE ASK DOCTOR)
2. WHICH OF FOLLOWING IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE STATEMENT?
3. WHICH OF FOLLOWING IS THE MOST LIKELY DIAGNOSIS? (EASY QUESTIONS, JUST SOME DERMA ARE HARD)
4. WHICH OF FOLLOWING IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE NEXT STEP?
Good luck
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| dr.shailu
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goodluck robin
thanks for sharing.
robin is kaplan online qbank useful for step 3
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| robin082006
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Kap is good for time management practice.
Good luck
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| alexaE
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dear Robin, many congrats on being done with the Usmles
must be a great relief... good luck for a great score and i hope you match at your #1 choice.
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| aimfor2007
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us.GL to you!
Do you advice doing Swansons?
Thanks.
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| egomez2001
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Thanks for sharing Robin, found your post very useful
All the best
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| robin082006
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aimfor2007 wrote:
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.GL to you!
Do you advice doing Swansons?
Thanks.
Swanson are MCQ book, any MCQ book are beneficial for step 3.
Do as many questions as possible.
Good luck.
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| robin082006
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I forgot to add:
- I started in End May by reading UW CCS quickly first, need 2 days to finish all CCS cases.
- Then started doing MCQs and carefully reading 5 CCS cases everyday.
- After finihsing UW qbank, I took NBME and scored 450. Weak areas are OBGYN, Infectious/Immuno, and Developmental.
- Then Revising weak points by using step 2 CK Kaplan notes.
- Last 2 weeks: I discussed with a study partner, practiced USMLE CD, redid downloaded NBME, read FA (quite good for quick review)
- USMLE CD score:
36/48, 75%
37/48, 77%
17/24 71%
18/24, 75%
- USMLE CCS: 5 cases ended at 5-8 minutes due to practising many times.
- I DID NOT USE STEP 3 KAP NOTES, CRUSH, PREMIER REVIEWS, HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THESE MATERIALS.
Good luck.
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| ethics
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hello robin ..i too started my step3 by doing uw ..but i am anxious as i am scoring very low ...can u tell me what is uw score which roughly corresponds to 80 3step score
thank you and good luck for ur score
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| doc_clotaire
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Congradulation Robin !
I am sure you will do as usual
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| robin082006
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ethics wrote:
hello robin ..i too started my step3 by doing uw ..but i am anxious as i am scoring very low ...can u tell me what is uw score which roughly corresponds to 80 3step score
thank you and good luck for ur score
I am not sure, but people said (not my idea) that 400+ in NBME is pass score.
Good luck.
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| vijay
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@robin
i took my exam-ccs yesterday..
i have a question- did all ur cases improve when they ended fast
2 of my cases ended very fast- but i think the patient died- atleast one case i'm sure of- patient was unresponsive despite all the things i did n the case ended abruptly, so i guess i made a blunder on it...
step 3 is giving me cold feet. i hate to see the result. i'd rather go on j1 thatn take it again.
anyway lets pray n pray.i'll pray for u too that we all shud pass..
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| robin082006
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did all ur cases improve when they ended fast? Yes, all patients improved then end case panel appeared.
Case will end if you did correcly or badly.
Your patients did not improved but case ended-->possibly you did not manage patients well.
But your result depends on MCQ mostly. Do not worry.
Good luck.
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| NE
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congrats robin!
best of luck for the match!
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| maha75
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hi robin,
do u have the nbme answers for the last block. i was collecting when u were posting them a few days but i could not complete it.
can u pls post it on .
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| robin082006
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I redid all NBME qs and share with a study partner.
Then she took NBME online and scored 730.
I did not post because no one wants to discuss in the forum.
You can see in usmleforum.com
They post answers there.
Good luck.
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| maha75
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hi robin thanks for replying, i was waiting for it.
yes i did see on usmle forum , i guess thats where i collected the first two block answers.
i was just looking for the last block. iam sure u must have it somewhere.
pls can u post it here or atleast forward me the link where i can save it from.
thanks again for ur time.
i have yet to take nbme .
ur help will be greatly appreciated.
best of luck for ur results.
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| Justice
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Hey colleagues,
where do you buy the Swanson MCQ book? Is is downloadable from somewhere?
Thank you
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| vanshita
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GOOD LUCK robnin thanks for sharing with us
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| anastamosis
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Hey Robin how was your Step 3 score?
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| numita
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hey robin wish u all the best thanks for sharing ure experience i have an older edition of swansons like the 4th edition could u please tell me if i should get it again what was ure edition plus can u please tell me where is the center for step 3 located is it in chicago as well n plus what was the fees for ure exam
thanks a lot
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good luck
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