![]() I started using Picmonic for this reason. If you read, listen to or watch something, and then also answer questions on the topic, you will retain the information better. In my first article, Successful Start to USMLE STEP 1 Prep From Someone Who Scored a 274, I mentioned how I used Picmonic to review material and remember all the facts. This made the question just as valuable the second time around. The second time I saw the question, I tried to eliminate all the other answers based on the information in the stem in order to lead me to the correct answer choice. The first time I saw a question, I might have only known what the correct answer was but I took the time to go through all of the other answers to make sure I understood why they were NOT correct. ![]() It takes time to understand how concepts are going to be asked and what the important information is. After all of the review reading I did in the fall of my second year, you might think that I would be prepared enough to answer Qbank questions but it really doesn’t happen that way. This is how I beat my expectation of an average score on the USMLE STEP 1 exam.ĭuring the spring semester of my second year, I started using the Qbanks. In my case, it was 10,000 Qbank questions. It takes 10,000 of something to become proficient.
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