After we completed this, we kind of split up and went our own way after re-doing some Uworld questions from my weak areas (OB/GYN, Endo, Peds). We chose to use instead of UW because it gave way more feedback to learn from and gave us an exactly percentage on each case based on a detailed analysis of how we managed the patient and the order we did it in. She was super good with Peds/OB-GYN and had just taken Step 2. One thing that sped me up was I met an IMG on the USMLE Step 3 FB group and we basically started doing UW and CCS together over Zoom and I went at a pace of 80UW+4CCS a day. I started with UW questions and mixed in some OB/GYN + Peds independent review and things were going slow. For those interested in IM fellowship, your score probably doesn't matter BUT score too low and you could get screened out for a competitive fellowship so I wouldn't go in there with a #2 pencil as the saying goes. It seems like a lot of people seem to fail it or drop scores and I felt the exam was actually quite difficult despite all the sentiment from attendings that it's a breeze or whatever. Most PGYs won't be able to do this, but my advice is to not take the exam lightly. Out of all the Step exams, this one was the most lonely/isolating one with no real dedicated resources other than UWorld that I'd heard of. Study time: Two month time period, studied 9-5 most days but took maybe 20-30 days off just goofing off or focusing on other things in life.Ģ.) UWorld Step 2 CK (Peds/OBGYN mainly but I literally went clicked through other sections the day before my exam)Ħ.) MedQuest by Conrad Fischer/Niket Sonpal (Video lecture series based off 2020 Master the Boards). I mainly used it for more questions.ĭemographics: US MD, 2 years of IM residency experience I hate practice exams and think I split this one up into two days. When I clicked it my score went from 196 to 206). UWSA 1 (4 weeks out): 206 (Fun fact: there's an option to score recheck your practice exam. UW Step 3 Average: 69% timed tutor, random.

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