When to start uworld for step 1
When To Start UWORLD For Step 1 - TMJ 028
so when should you start using you world
for a step one exactly we'll talk about
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wanted to talk about a very common step
one topic which is when should you start
using you world now you world is
obviously a very popular question Bing
for step one related questions and
everyone wants to know like how do I use
it when should I start what are the best
way to self study and you if you want
answers to all those questions that link
down below to ultimate guide that we
have on our website as one of our blog
posts I'm sure it will help answer most
of the questions that you probably have
we you will today we're gonna talk about
specifically you know when you should
start using it and my answer may vary
from your preferences but I always
recommend that you use your world
specifically during your dedicated and
try not to use it elsewhere and your
preclinical curriculum and usually when
I've given that advice in the past I
have had students who say well I can't
use it as a second year or maybe can I
use it several months in advance to just
get ready for step one and you know I'll
give you my advice in a second but one
thing I will say is that the way you
study for step one during your dedicated
Pratt that four to six weeks whatever
your institution gives you ideally it's
completely different in terms of
intensity than those two years of
medical school you have to start
preparing for step one there's just a
different level of focus the different
level of a petition and intensity so if
you want to use you world you know
earlier then you're dedicated that's
your choice now to recommend you know if
you are going to do it you try not to do
it any more than four weeks in advance
if you're dedicated so if you're
dedicated with starting in July but
maybe you can go ahead and start using
it on June to give yourself before we
cruise to get familiar with the style of
questions at difficult to your questions
and then you can go ahead
get into your dedicated that I think is
okay what some students will ask me to
do is whether they can go ahead and
start using you world as a first-year
med student or a second-year med student
and I don't think there's that much
utility because I feel like at that
point we start to have memorized
questions and because you world is such
an effective tool and it's probably the
most similar to the actual USMLE exam
you don't want to use up all those
questions because then when you're
prepping during your dedicated one you
don't have another question source
that's just as good so you're not
setting with the most adequate
information and to you know if you go
ahead and try to use your again it's not
as effective the second time especially
if you're used to memorizing what the
answers are or what the questions are so
that's why I try to stray away from
using you alt earlier on and if you want
other options you know I went down below
I'll put it right here a video where I
recommend the top question banks that
you can use for your step one path and
some of my favorite question Bank
sources to use as a first and second
year med student resources like us Emily
rx which is made by the creators of
first aid to really give you a nice high
yield and foundational sense of what you
need to know for step one but also other
resources that come with questions built
into their resource things like Visio
which is great for first and second year
med students or if you are a visual
learner then things like quick Montel
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about the bottom line guys to best use
you or I really recommend to try to keep
those high-yield high-quality questions
or as close to your exam data as
possible so whether that's six weeks you
know ten weeks now that's up to you you
pick your preference but it's specially
if you are somebody who tends to
memorize questions and can go through a
question bank and just not get it much
utility like I was I would stay away
from using it your person second year so
hopefully that helps answer a lot of
questions so that's pretty much it for
this video guys if you have more
questions regarding step one go ahead
and comment down below if you want more
help on step one you can check out our
step one playlist they'll also be linked
down below with all of the videos we've
made already and then if you guys want
more tips and 1-3 specific kind of tips
and strategies that I learned during my
own step one
prepping you guys can check out our
master class which is a free 30-minute
session I really break down three
essential strategies and concepts you
need to know to really make that 250
plus 4 on your step 1 exam so hopefully
you guys can check that out and I'll
link that down below in the description
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