Wow Alf Mabrouk Assem! I am a US MD taking Step 2 in 3 weeks and this video was a helpful look into how to get a fantastic score. You will make a great physician inshAllah!
@@alrefaeiMDHi, Dr.Refaei I have one doubt about matching a program in US , every body of IMG residents are saying as I had matched IM, IM n IM n no one said as get Surgery. So why pls describe n can you make a vedio on this pls. Any how congratulations you, for got residency
I’ve recently passed my step 1, and I was looking for some overall guide for step 2. I’ve watched many videos and I must say, this is the best one. MashAllah great score. I am instantly so inspired by your humbleness. IA you’re going to be a great physician. May Allah be with you.
I took many years studying for step 1 and 2 because of the kids and so many responsibilities/ job and my illness It was insane journey but I will never give up ❤
i am imagining when he will watch this video years later on…dont overthink then believe me this is so natural and amazing video plus ur english accent is awesome man👌🏻 MashaAllah congratulations 🎉
Congratulations 👏🏼 🎉 ♥️ ماشاء الله اللهم بارك...هذا خبر مفرح وسعيد وخر لنا كعرب ومسلمين ربنا يوفقك وينفع بك ويديم عليك التوفيق ويزيدك من فضله🩵😍❤️وعقبالنا يارب-طالب طب السنة الرابعة
Some curiosity. Such a good score absolutely reflect a good background medical knowledge in you school. Any one can do uworld and some flash card but starting point is much variable during your learning that will affect the required resources bypass many resources having a strong basic and also shortens your preparation making it couple months to get such as brilliant score in average 6 months
@@alrefaeiMD yes more on this point, pls, so for someone with relatively weak foundations or a couple years out of graduating should prepare differently? ie should build foundations first like watch videos Boards and Beyond or learn the information first or alongside Uworld & Anki? Thanks for your help!
Congrats man 🎉 I love how articulate and thoughtful you are! Could you please give us an idea about your background before step 2 prep? Your basic science foundation, med school performance and step 1 prep.. Thanks for this amazing video!
Thank you! Sure thing! I was good at medical school and left with a solid background on topics. I think this helped me begin with 2 blocks and that’s why I mentioned finding your own pace. I did not do Step1 yet!
MashaAllah congratulations Doctor!! Amazing achievement. May Allah grant you more amazing successes and achievements and make you an aid to humanity. I’m really interested to know your NBME assessment scores because my exam is very very soon and I want to see if it’s possible to get a similar score.
Congratulation mashaaalah. Can you tell you resources for proration for us lie step1. And also resources in each subject during preparation of medical school that you you recommended to build strong basis videos books platforms question resources. We wait for you to matching inshaallah الف مبروك يا دكتور مشرف العرب ما شاء الله
Congratulations, I just passed step 1 and your video is gold and so helpful to me ,thank you so much. What is your advice to improve English speaking and accent. (Any good app?)
Congratulations. Your feedback is most appreciated. For me, I watch a lot of videos in English and tended to have friends who use English as their main language, those combined helped me improve my language.
Mashallah Assem, amazing score! Thank you for the tips. Just wanted to ask you what was your main source of studying the content. Besides making your own anki cards, were you studying the systems from Anking? Or did you only solve questions and study their explanations?
Thank you for asking. UW is the main source of learning. There is not a piece of information in your exam that would not be present somewhere in UW. Just focus on it and do not overcomplicate yourself with resources.
الف مبروووك يا دكتور انا في سنه تانيه طب حاليا ، طلع الي الفيديو بتاع حضرتك بجد ملهم جدااا ليا ❤❤ مفسي لما اكبر احقق الإنجاز ده تنصحني في ايه في فتره الجامعه ؟
شكرا على كلماتك اللطيفة، موضوع طويل جداً، بوعدك أعمل شيء مفصل أكثر لكن استثمار الوقت، اختيار صحبة حسنة، وتقليل دور الهاتف ووسائل التواصل الإجتماعي بحياتك.
Hello! Thank you for the great advice. I have a question and a request. My question is how important is the knowledge you gain from step 1 and how much does it contribute to your score on step 2? since step 1 is pass/fail, I am struggling to plan the right amount of time and the amount of attention to detail I should give it. Should I take step 1 as soon as I am able to pass or should I make sure I can score a high grade in step 1 before moving on to step 2 if I want a high score for step 2? My request is - could you please make a video on how to start with research from scratch? for a person who has never done any research or who knows nothing about it and doesn't know where to start. Thank you in advance Assem!
Hi there! I actually did not do step1 and was warned by many that this will be detrimental to my Step2, and it was not. You do not need either one to do the other. It would make some parts of your experience easier but it is not necessary. It depends on your situation and current stage. If you are an early year medical student you might focus on getting rid of Step1 first, while if you had an already good clinical exposure, Step2 might be your most reasonable target. I will also be posting more content on research soon. It is completely for beginners so tune in!
First of all congratulations on your GOAT score!!! I want to have a opinion from your side, Ill be giving my real deal in a few months. And plz response to this comment kindly. I have made a anki deck that has summarized uworld qs on front and explanations on back. almost 4500 cards. After my first pass im doing it for 2.5 months, 60 anki has been completed and im doing it system wise. Havent given a assessment yet. What I want to ask is that i keep on forgetting tables and explanations from topics I have read a month back. How should I approach my third read after finishing anki (almost a second pass of uworld). Thanks alot!!!!
Hi there, Thank you for your words. This is really fantastic. You are doing a great job. Continue what you are doing and start doing assessments. You will not remember everything even after a month so the goal is not to memorize everything. See how your assessment works and fill the deficits after.
All my congraduations Doctor ! Thank you a lot for all the sharing! Questions for you, Doctor: how much time/hours did you spend on anki? and how many cards/day? if the number of review cards exceeds like 700, should i suspend the old one? how did you use uworld (timed, tutorial ect, multiple subjects)? what is the ideal time to spend on the preparation of step 1 ?
Thank you! So i spent maybe 2 hours per day on Anki, the number of cards varied. On most days I didn’t achieve the perfect zero. I never suspended old cards. My uworld was always in tutored mode. And there is no ideal time for everyone, it really depends on your baseline knowledge and current situation.
شكرا على وقتك دكتور بدي اسألك انا درست من Anking في step 1 بس اخذ مني وقت كثير والنتيجة كانت فعالة صح بس بدي اسئل هل انت استخدمت Anking كله ولا كنت تضيف في الاسئلة الغلط؟
Hey, congratulations on the exceptional score! I heard the ethics section has gotten a lot tougher recently, was ethics in the final exam doable with Uworld alone?
It was hard. Not UW-alike, but I argue that you should not over-prepare because I do not think that helps either. Repeat ethics from UW in your last week
Congratulations Dr. Which anki cards would you recommend? How many cards did you have in total? Also what nbmes and cms forms do you recommend going through, and how many passes for each? Thanks
الف مبروم يا دكتور ما شاء الله علي اصرارك وعزيمتك عندي طلب ممكن توضح طريقة عمل انكي كارد للاسئلة اللي بتحلي غلط اشكرك علي الفيديو فادني كتير مع اني لسه بدرس ستيب ١
Hello Asem, I hope you're doing well. I have another question for you! 😊 I recently started preparing for Step 2 and began using UWorld from scratch, and I just can't retain information without using Anki. I've tried both a pre-made deck and creating my own deck (focusing on my wrong answers and things I don't know). I found making my own cards to be more effective, but it takes more time. Do you recommend continuing with this approach? Is it sustainable in the long term, or should I stick to the pre-made decks? Thank you so much Asem
Hi, Great question and study approach. You should try to not make Anki kill your UW time. Try using pre-made decks to get material on your mistakes. Like you made a mistake on tularemia, search it in the browse feature of anki, and transfer it from the pre-made deck to yours. I will published a detailed video tomorrow on my anki use.
@@alrefaeiMD Got it, that makes sense. Using the search and unsuspend method sounds like a smart move. One last question for the next video. Which deck would you recommend: Janki, Tzanki, Ankingv11, or Anking V12? Thanks a lot for your effort. I'll be eagerly awaiting your next video.
Congratulations on your amazing score! Thank you for the honest video. What is the best way to go through UWorld 3-4 times? Did you go through incorrects or marked questions since there is only one reset option? What do you think is the best approach? Also, do you have any suggestions for using UWorld during shelf exams, which I need to do subject-wise as well?
Thank you for your comment! I went through every question up to the second read. After that, it was really mixed but definitely passed over all incorrects. This is the approach I suggest. Lastly, always do UW subject-wise.
Congrats Doc! Anking consists of STEP1 Deck and STEP2 Deck, which one did you do? If you did STEP 2 Deck, how many total cards did it have? please elaborate...
Alf Mabrook Dr Assem MashAllah that is a great score :) . Wish you all the best on your journey to the US. So you don't advise making Anki cards from the first read?
Hello, its absolutely new to hear someone repeating UW 3-4 times. Would you mind sharing how didnyou make notes out of it ? And how did you revise them regularly ?
hello Dr Assem; i am a British IMG and have recently decided to ditch the PLABs to pursue the USMLE path for my medical career. I just took the step 1 and passed, currently going over my step 2 readthrough. I wanted to ask you if you think that only using u world is enough to get a 260+ or do I have to use another resource to get a high mark? I should also mention that I use U world extremely religiously and I go over the right and wrong answers very well.
Hey! I just took step 1 last month and my last NBMEs were 73,74,77. In the scored era step 1 score was ultra predictive of step 2 score. 77% is only 228 lol, so I wonder if I have to do strong content review like boards and beyond for step 2 to get into the 260 range. Only problem is I don't want to prep inefficiently and waste time. Would appreciate your thoughts thanks!
I suggest for Step2 to focus on UW, and repeating your mistakes through Anki. Short story is every info you need to score 260 is in UW, so why complicate with more resources? More is less.
I have a question. I am entering Med school next year. And as I was watching this, I realized that there are a few terms that I am not aware of such as: Blocks; CMS/NBME. Could you clarify? Also, a question: I studied for the MCAT in 2months and got a 509. Ik I have to work harder for the Step exams. So, I wanted to ask you: How long did you spend time studying for it every day? Tbh, I dislike Anki because I hate the making of cards. So, I might be using UWorld alone.
Congrats on going to med school and your on MCAT performance! Here are the terms defined: Blocks: Chunk of questions in a Qbank (40 is typical, you have 8 on exam day (hour for each)). CMS/NBMEs: assessment exams that are often used to assess your readiness, thus after the first read. For the second question, you can definitely take the exam without anki. Many of the things I said relate to style and what you are comfortable with. I studied 6-8 hours most days!
Congratulations! That’s an amazing score 🎉 Just had a question- on UWorld, there are 2 parts- shelf review questions and the CK review questions, each having around 4000 questions , both together would be over 8000 questions right? Did you do all 8000 questions? Were they helpful?
Congratulations! 🎉Thank you so much for such a helpful video! 🙏🏼How did you time your self-assessments when your exam got pushed back? Did you repeat them?
Thank you for your words! I did not repeat any assessments. I had made anki cards for the mistakes I made and these were repeated frequently before my exam. I made a video of anki, I think it might be helpful!
Congratulations, Asem! What an incredible score and fantastic advice. If I may ask, how important is the first-round percentage? Does it matter significantly? For someone who recently started using UWorld and hasn't done any other question banks like AMBOSS for Step 2, is it normal to have fluctuating and sometimes low block scores?
Hi there! Thank you for your words. I can't recall my first-round percentage that well. I do not think it is important, you should expect yourself to make mistakes but put an effort in learning from them. After that, all of your scores matter.
@@alrefaeiMD Oh, ok, I got it. If I may also ask, on average, how long does a block take you to finish? And what is your strategy for doing so? Like, do you do the whole block in one setting, solving and studying? Thank you again for your efforts.
@@lightrain6211 I think it might have taken me 3 hours during my first read. I would answer a question and study its explanation immediately. In the other reads, it was within one hour to align with the exam structure.
Thank you, please answer my question, I don't understand that how your main source is only uworld? It's only questions so how you read and know topics before you read it in main sources or textbooks?
The explanations in Uworld can make up a textbook. Study them as if they were a textbook. I will soon share a video on how to solve and study questions.
283 is utter insanity!! Congratulations U will probably have an unbroken record for years to come!!
Wow Alf Mabrouk Assem! I am a US MD taking Step 2 in 3 weeks and this video was a helpful look into how to get a fantastic score. You will make a great physician inshAllah!
Wishing you the best on your exam! Inshallah you have it easy and accomplish a great score.
@@alrefaeiMDHi, Dr.Refaei I have one doubt about matching a program in US , every body of IMG residents are saying as I had matched IM, IM n IM n no one said as get Surgery. So why pls describe n can you make a vedio on this pls. Any how congratulations you, for got residency
I’ve recently passed my step 1, and I was looking for some overall guide for step 2. I’ve watched many videos and I must say, this is the best one. MashAllah great score. I am instantly so inspired by your humbleness. IA you’re going to be a great physician. May Allah be with you.
Glad I could help! I am very grateful for your words and wish you nothing but the best brother.
Congrats brother, proud to witness this achievement from a dear friend like you.
ما شاء الله عليك
Thank you Shurafa! You will always have a place in my heart❤️
Congratulations🎉
Happy to see our IMG colleagues from Jordan shining!
salute from Sudan.
Thank you so much. Prayers for Sudan!
Congratulations assem , inspiring experience , good luck in the next steps
Thank you 🙌 wishing you all the best!
Congratulations on your amazing achievement! I’m excited to hear about the next steps in your journey!
Thank you Khaled! Wish you all the best in your journey.
I took many years studying for step 1 and 2 because of the kids and so many responsibilities/ job and my illness
It was insane journey but I will never give up ❤
Keep it up! I wish you all the best on your journey.
i am imagining when he will watch this video years later on…dont overthink then believe me this is so natural and amazing video plus ur english accent is awesome man👌🏻
MashaAllah congratulations 🎉
Thank you for your kind words!
Congratulations 👏🏼 🎉 ♥️
ماشاء الله اللهم بارك...هذا خبر مفرح وسعيد وخر لنا كعرب ومسلمين ربنا يوفقك وينفع بك ويديم عليك التوفيق ويزيدك من فضله🩵😍❤️وعقبالنا يارب-طالب طب السنة الرابعة
ربنا يبارك فيك 🤍 يعزني تعليقك وان شاء الله كل التوفيق لك في رحلتك!
Congratulations brother. That is an amazing score. Good luck for every step ahead.🎉🎉
Thank you!
congrats, really happy for you and i wish you the very best. You deserve it
Thank you so much!
الف مليون مبروك ما شاء الله درجه خرافيه
ربنا يوفقك فى كل اللى جى ان شاء الله ❤❤❤
ربنا يبارك فيك ويوفقك ان شاء الله 🙏🏼
Thankyou so much Doctor..
Congratulation ..
You got fabulous score
Your advises was awesome and useful
Thank you so much for your kind words! Very appreciated.
@@alrefaeiMD 🙏💚
Some curiosity. Such a good score absolutely reflect a good background medical knowledge in you school. Any one can do uworld and some flash card but starting point is much variable during your learning that will affect the required resources bypass many resources having a strong basic and also shortens your preparation making it couple months to get such as brilliant score in average 6 months
I totally agree. Everyone has to find their pace and be comfortable with it!
@@alrefaeiMD yes more on this point, pls, so for someone with relatively weak foundations or a couple years out of graduating should prepare differently? ie should build foundations first like watch videos Boards and Beyond or learn the information first or alongside Uworld & Anki? Thanks for your help!
Thank you! That was very helpful! Alf Mabrook for you 🎉
Thank you so much! Wishing you all the best.
Congrats man 🎉 I love how articulate and thoughtful you are!
Could you please give us an idea about your background before step 2 prep? Your basic science foundation, med school performance and step 1 prep.. Thanks for this amazing video!
Thank you! Sure thing!
I was good at medical school and left with a solid background on topics. I think this helped me begin with 2 blocks and that’s why I mentioned finding your own pace. I did not do Step1 yet!
Ma sha Allah. Congratulations
Thank you!
Hey assem, amazing clarity and depth you touched upon, can you make a video for younger aspirants for becoming the ultimate learning machine, thanks
Thank you for your words. I will more videos on study advice, one is already in the channel.
Thank you Asem for your valuable advices! Wish you all the best
Thank you Abdulrahman! Best wishes for you too.
نصائح مختصرة و مفيدة جدا
مبارك يا دكتور و شكرا جزيلا على ما قدمت ❤
العفو، جزاك الله خيراً
congratulations on passing with such a high score🎉
Thank you so much!
Outstanding score Masha Allah.
Thank you!
MashaAllah congratulations Doctor!! Amazing achievement. May Allah grant you more amazing successes and achievements and make you an aid to humanity. I’m really interested to know your NBME assessment scores because my exam is very very soon and I want to see if it’s possible to get a similar score.
Hi, thanks for your words.
My assessments ranged between 260-274 and these were 3 months before the real deal.
this video is sooo helpful bro, thank you so much brother
My pleasure
Congratulations and thank you so much,, please make a video for step 1 also ,it will be very helpful
Sure I will. Thank you!
Congratulations!!🙌
Thank you!!
شكرا لأنك اهتميت بالترجمة ❤❤❤❤
العفو أخي، واجبي 🤍🤍🤍
Amazing video congratulations on your score
Thanks so much!
Congratulations assem 🎉😊 thank u for advice 😊
Most welcome
Came across this amazing video.Am proud of you MashaAllah.May you shine bright always!
Thank you and welcome!
Thanx dr assem for your helpful feedback. Could you please share a video with us on how to use anki for USMLE
Thank you for your words. I will do soon!
very well explained, to the point .
Thank you so much
Congrats bro Masha Alah keep it up
Thank you Usman! Best wishes.
283 is a wild score bro 💯🔥😂
Congratulation mashaaalah. Can you tell you resources for proration for us lie step1. And also resources in each subject during preparation of medical school that you you recommended to build strong basis videos books platforms question resources. We wait for you to matching inshaallah الف مبروك يا دكتور مشرف العرب ما شاء الله
Thank you! I did not take Step 1 yet and this is going to be what I will explain in my next video .
pls pls pls can you make a tutorial for anki it would be really helpful. For me it's so confusing the settings and everything pls
I will do that soon!
Congrats bro! 🙌✨
Thank you 🙌
Congratulations ❤
Congratulations, I just passed step 1 and
your video is gold and so helpful to me ,thank you so much.
What is your advice to improve English speaking and accent. (Any good app?)
Congratulations. Your feedback is most appreciated.
For me, I watch a lot of videos in English and tended to have friends who use English as their main language, those combined helped me improve my language.
No app suggestion but definitely you can attempt.
Congratulations doctor! Can you go over your schedule exactly? Thank you😄
Thank you! I will share it soon.
Alf mabrook! Mashallah great score
Thank you so much
Mashallah Assem, amazing score! Thank you for the tips. Just wanted to ask you what was your main source of studying the content. Besides making your own anki cards, were you studying the systems from Anking? Or did you only solve questions and study their explanations?
Thank you for asking. UW is the main source of learning. There is not a piece of information in your exam that would not be present somewhere in UW. Just focus on it and do not overcomplicate yourself with resources.
Mashaallah this is highest score i ever seen.
Thank you! I’m just grateful for the journey and learning along the way with all of you.
الف مبروووك يا دكتور انا في سنه تانيه طب حاليا ، طلع الي الفيديو بتاع حضرتك بجد ملهم جدااا ليا ❤❤ مفسي لما اكبر احقق الإنجاز ده تنصحني في ايه في فتره الجامعه ؟
شكرا على كلماتك اللطيفة، موضوع طويل جداً، بوعدك أعمل شيء مفصل أكثر لكن استثمار الوقت، اختيار صحبة حسنة، وتقليل دور الهاتف ووسائل التواصل الإجتماعي بحياتك.
Hello! Thank you for the great advice. I have a question and a request. My question is how important is the knowledge you gain from step 1 and how much does it contribute to your score on step 2? since step 1 is pass/fail, I am struggling to plan the right amount of time and the amount of attention to detail I should give it. Should I take step 1 as soon as I am able to pass or should I make sure I can score a high grade in step 1 before moving on to step 2 if I want a high score for step 2? My request is - could you please make a video on how to start with research from scratch? for a person who has never done any research or who knows nothing about it and doesn't know where to start. Thank you in advance Assem!
Hi there! I actually did not do step1 and was warned by many that this will be detrimental to my Step2, and it was not. You do not need either one to do the other. It would make some parts of your experience easier but it is not necessary. It depends on your situation and current stage. If you are an early year medical student you might focus on getting rid of Step1 first, while if you had an already good clinical exposure, Step2 might be your most reasonable target.
I will also be posting more content on research soon. It is completely for beginners so tune in!
Congrats doc❤️🎉
Can you make a step 1 experience video please
Thank you! I did not take Step1.
Congratulations on your amazing score!! Can you please share what did you use to prepare for research, ethics, quality improvement and drug ads?
I relied on UW only. I do not think adding more resources correlate with better performance on exam day.
Really congratulations ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
ماشاءالله تبارك الله مبرووك 🎉🎉
الله يبارك بعمرك
First of all congratulations on your GOAT score!!!
I want to have a opinion from your side, Ill be giving my real deal in a few months. And plz response to this comment kindly. I have made a anki deck that has summarized uworld qs on front and explanations on back. almost 4500 cards. After my first pass im doing it for 2.5 months, 60 anki has been completed and im doing it system wise. Havent given a assessment yet. What I want to ask is that i keep on forgetting tables and explanations from topics I have read a month back. How should I approach my third read after finishing anki (almost a second pass of uworld). Thanks alot!!!!
Hello doctor ! Are you willing to share your anki cards ?
Hi there,
Thank you for your words. This is really fantastic. You are doing a great job. Continue what you are doing and start doing assessments. You will not remember everything even after a month so the goal is not to memorize everything. See how your assessment works and fill the deficits after.
All my congraduations Doctor ! Thank you a lot for all the sharing!
Questions for you, Doctor: how much time/hours did you spend on anki? and how many cards/day? if the number of review cards exceeds like 700, should i suspend the old one? how did you use uworld (timed, tutorial ect, multiple subjects)? what is the ideal time to spend on the preparation of step 1 ?
Thank you!
So i spent maybe 2 hours per day on Anki, the number of cards varied. On most days I didn’t achieve the perfect zero. I never suspended old cards. My uworld was always in tutored mode. And there is no ideal time for everyone, it really depends on your baseline knowledge and current situation.
شكرا على وقتك دكتور بدي اسألك انا درست من Anking في step 1 بس اخذ مني وقت كثير والنتيجة كانت فعالة صح بس بدي اسئل هل انت استخدمت Anking كله ولا كنت تضيف في الاسئلة الغلط؟
السؤال كتابته شوي متلخبطة، هجاوب على ما فهمت. ما استخدمت انكينج في ستيب 1 ولكن استخدمت
mneomsyne
انا بحكي كيف استخدمت anking for step 2
congratulations 👏
Thank you!
Hey, congratulations on the exceptional score! I heard the ethics section has gotten a lot tougher recently, was ethics in the final exam doable with Uworld alone?
It was hard. Not UW-alike, but I argue that you should not over-prepare because I do not think that helps either. Repeat ethics from UW in your last week
Congratulations ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
That’s a Great achievement
Thank you!
Congratulations Dr. Which anki cards would you recommend? How many cards did you have in total?
Also what nbmes and cms forms do you recommend going through, and how many passes for each?
Thanks
Thanks! I have discussed all of the details regarding anki in another video in the channel.
الف مبروم يا دكتور ما شاء الله علي اصرارك وعزيمتك
عندي طلب ممكن توضح طريقة عمل انكي كارد للاسئلة اللي بتحلي غلط
اشكرك علي الفيديو فادني كتير مع اني لسه بدرس ستيب ١
اهلاً دكتور هشام،
أبشر ❤️ وان شاء الله موفق بمسيرتك.
Hello Asem,
I hope you're doing well. I have another question for you! 😊
I recently started preparing for Step 2 and began using UWorld from scratch, and I just can't retain information without using Anki. I've tried both a pre-made deck and creating my own deck (focusing on my wrong answers and things I don't know). I found making my own cards to be more effective, but it takes more time.
Do you recommend continuing with this approach? Is it sustainable in the long term, or should I stick to the pre-made decks?
Thank you so much Asem
Hi,
Great question and study approach. You should try to not make Anki kill your UW time. Try using pre-made decks to get material on your mistakes. Like you made a mistake on tularemia, search it in the browse feature of anki, and transfer it from the pre-made deck to yours. I will published a detailed video tomorrow on my anki use.
@@alrefaeiMD
Got it, that makes sense. Using the search and unsuspend method sounds like a smart move.
One last question for the next video. Which deck would you recommend: Janki, Tzanki, Ankingv11, or Anking V12?
Thanks a lot for your effort. I'll be eagerly awaiting your next video.
Congratulations on your amazing score! Thank you for the honest video. What is the best way to go through UWorld 3-4 times? Did you go through incorrects or marked questions since there is only one reset option? What do you think is the best approach? Also, do you have any suggestions for using UWorld during shelf exams, which I need to do subject-wise as well?
Thank you for your comment! I went through every question up to the second read. After that, it was really mixed but definitely passed over all incorrects. This is the approach I suggest. Lastly, always do UW subject-wise.
Congrats Doc! Anking consists of STEP1 Deck and STEP2 Deck, which one did you do? If you did STEP 2 Deck, how many total cards did it have? please elaborate...
Thank you for your words. I did STEP2 deck. It was around 9K to 10K cards.
Congrats 👏
Thank you!
Hi! Thank you and congratulations on your score. Do you prefer a 3rd round of uworld or amboss qbank? Please reply, I’m on a time crunch, thank you 🙏
Thank you for your comment! Always UW. Best of luck.
Alf Mabrook Dr Assem MashAllah that is a great score :) . Wish you all the best on your journey to the US.
So you don't advise making Anki cards from the first read?
Thank you so much. Yes, only after first read!
congratulations☺👏
Thank you!
Hello, its absolutely new to hear someone repeating UW 3-4 times. Would you mind sharing how didnyou make notes out of it ? And how did you revise them regularly ?
Hi, I did do that in a recent video.
Do you recommend First Aid, sir??
Congratulations on your amazing score!
Thank you!
Not particularly, you can refer to it if there’s a something specific you want to review but keep your resources simple and focus on UW.
hello Dr Assem; i am a British IMG and have recently decided to ditch the PLABs to pursue the USMLE path for my medical career. I just took the step 1 and passed, currently going over my step 2 readthrough.
I wanted to ask you if you think that only using u world is enough to get a 260+ or do I have to use another resource to get a high mark? I should also mention that I use U world extremely religiously and I go over the right and wrong answers very well.
As I mentioned in the video, I only used UW and anki to achieve this score and many people I know did the same and achieved +260 scores.
Thank you for this informative video, can you please share the Anki link that you've used in both Step 1&2
I shared them in the description of another video about anki.
Hey! I just took step 1 last month and my last NBMEs were 73,74,77. In the scored era step 1 score was ultra predictive of step 2 score. 77% is only 228 lol, so I wonder if I have to do strong content review like boards and beyond for step 2 to get into the 260 range. Only problem is I don't want to prep inefficiently and waste time. Would appreciate your thoughts thanks!
I suggest for Step2 to focus on UW, and repeating your mistakes through Anki. Short story is every info you need to score 260 is in UW, so why complicate with more resources? More is less.
@@alrefaeiMD Alright that makes sense thank u so much!
Congrats and thanks alot for this, it has been great! I just have difficulty in understanding how to use Anki so may you plz guide me?
Thank you. Sure thing! I made a detailed Anki video in my channel.
Was your studying only through uworld? You didn't try studying materials, videos, etc. before jumping into doing blocks?
Only UWORLD and ANKI. Explanations are enough for the exam. However, if I didn’t understand something or felt a gap, I would google it.
Congratulations Dr. Asim🎉🎉🎉 may i ask you what were your scores in nbme exam and UWAS? Were they predictable for your real deal?
Thank you! My scores were in the 260-270 territory and I took them during my second read.
I have a question. I am entering Med school next year. And as I was watching this, I realized that there are a few terms that I am not aware of such as: Blocks; CMS/NBME. Could you clarify?
Also, a question: I studied for the MCAT in 2months and got a 509. Ik I have to work harder for the Step exams. So, I wanted to ask you: How long did you spend time studying for it every day?
Tbh, I dislike Anki because I hate the making of cards. So, I might be using UWorld alone.
Congrats on going to med school and your on MCAT performance!
Here are the terms defined:
Blocks: Chunk of questions in a Qbank (40 is typical, you have 8 on exam day (hour for each)).
CMS/NBMEs: assessment exams that are often used to assess your readiness, thus after the first read.
For the second question, you can definitely take the exam without anki. Many of the things I said relate to style and what you are comfortable with. I studied 6-8 hours most days!
Congratulations! That’s an amazing score 🎉
Just had a question- on UWorld, there are 2 parts- shelf review questions and the CK review questions, each having around 4000 questions , both together would be over 8000 questions right? Did you do all 8000 questions? Were they helpful?
They are almost the same questions. He would have done just the 4000 CK questions only.
I only did the CK review questions. They share the majority of questions btw.
Congrats. What were the resources/decks you used for anki please. Can you please share
Thank you! I used anking and cards for my incorrects.
Mashallah mashallah mashallah mashallah mashallah mashallah mashallah tabarakallah God bless
Thank you! God bless you too!
Ma Sha Allah bhai❤
Thank you!
well done doc 🙏🙏
Thank you!
thankyou assem , I would ask about writing notes ? is it important or just I need to read the explanation?
I have made a video about how to solve UW questions and did include within it how I take question notes.
Congratulations,God is good
Thank you 🙏🏼
Congratulations! 🎉Thank you so much for such a helpful video! 🙏🏼How did you time your self-assessments when your exam got pushed back? Did you repeat them?
Thank you for your words!
I did not repeat any assessments. I had made anki cards for the mistakes I made and these were repeated frequently before my exam. I made a video of anki, I think it might be helpful!
@@alrefaeiMD I just watched it, thank you so much 😁
which Anking subdeck you specifically used for prep ?
I used Cheesy Dorian. More in my anki video.
wow! god bless you
Thank you!
that's amazing doc
Thank you!
Congratulations, Asem! What an incredible score and fantastic advice.
If I may ask, how important is the first-round percentage? Does it matter significantly? For someone who recently started using UWorld and hasn't done any other question banks like AMBOSS for Step 2, is it normal to have fluctuating and sometimes low block scores?
Hi there! Thank you for your words. I can't recall my first-round percentage that well. I do not think it is important, you should expect yourself to make mistakes but put an effort in learning from them. After that, all of your scores matter.
@@alrefaeiMD
Oh, ok, I got it.
If I may also ask, on average, how long does a block take you to finish? And what is your strategy for doing so?
Like, do you do the whole block in one setting, solving and studying?
Thank you again for your efforts.
@@lightrain6211 I think it might have taken me 3 hours during my first read. I would answer a question and study its explanation immediately. In the other reads, it was within one hour to align with the exam structure.
@@alrefaeiMD
Ok, looks like I might switch to this method
Thank you so much Asem 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Hi, can you please tell if you were working during your preparation period? If yes, how did you manage your schedule?
I was working but not for lengthy hours and also had breaks. There was not a schedule. It was continuous studying.
Which book to use for neuroanatomy? Also did u use kaplan medical
For Step2, i did not revise neuroanatomy and relied on the information in UW. For Step1, you can rely on the material in the FA book.
@alrefaeiMD which book did u use for anatomy? Any additional Resources for anatomy that can help w usmle scores?
@alrefaeiMD i wanna match into surgery how can i do that
Where did you get the anking deck resources. Would be very helpful if you replied. Thank you for the advice!
There are available on Ankihub. I will post a detailed anki guide from A to Z tomorrow!
Thank you, please answer my question, I don't understand that how your main source is only uworld? It's only questions so how you read and know topics before you read it in main sources or textbooks?
The explanations in Uworld can make up a textbook. Study them as if they were a textbook. I will soon share a video on how to solve and study questions.
@@alrefaeiMD
thank you very much, we will wait for your next vedio! thanks
Please make a video on step 1 too
Sure I will. Thank you!
Thank you Doctor ! Alf mabrouk ^^.
Thank you! 😃
Wow congratulations
Thank you!
شكرا على الفيديو دكتور، ممكن أسألك إذا درست خلال روتيشنات الجامعة دراسة ستيب ٢؟ وكيف؟ نفس الطريقة المذكورة في الفيديو؟
Ahlan. I only studied the university material during my school but made sure to study well.
Congrats brother , that was great .
Question is that is it really hard to do a +260 in step 2 ?
I don’t think it is hard. If you give it sufficient time consistently, you will be able to score it.
Doctor what about biostatistics questions and behavioral any tips
Just UW. I think it is sufficient and if something in the exam is weird you will probably not find it in other resources as well.
❤❤❤❤❤. Congratulations
Thank you!!
Mashallah, congrats man .. what a goat 🐐
Appreciate it
which anki deck you have used brother
I posted a video on anki resources.