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UWorld
How to solve UWorld, and why it isn't enough alone. 8 guides.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published · Updated
How should I do UWorld for Step 1?
Start with The RPSR Method — How to Solve UWorld: The RPSR method for UWorld: 4 prep days per system (FA Guide, MCQs, Mehlman, Anki), exact UWorld settings, per-question protocol, review in First Aid. Then Never Save Questions for Random Mode and When Is a System Actually Finished?.
Start here · Method · 4 days per system
The RPSR Method — How to Solve UWorld
The RPSR method for UWorld: 4 prep days per system (FA Guide, MCQs, Mehlman, Anki), exact UWorld settings, per-question protocol, review in First Aid
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Method
Never Save Questions for Random Mode
Why not to save UWorld questions for random mode, correct UWorld settings, and the 5-point checklist for when a system is truly finished
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Method
When Is a System Actually Finished?
5-point checklist for when a Step 1 system is truly finished: all UWorld done, misses traced to First Aid, last 2 blocks >65%, Anki cleared
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Inside the Vault
What Are the USMLE Vault MCQs
What the USMLE Vault MCQs are (2,938, page by page through First Aid), why they prepare you for UWorld, and how to use them
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Resources
The USMLE Qbanks Tier List
Qbanks ranked: UWorld, AMBOSS, the Vault MCQs as UWorld's augmenter, MedSchoolGuru's Free 120, USMLE Rx
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Method
Why UWorld Is Not Enough for Your NBME Score
Why finishing UWorld doesn't raise NBMEs: understand/apply/recall First Aid with FA Guide, Mehlman, Foundation Anki, then revise all FA in 6 days
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Day-by-day plan · 12 weeks
You Already Did UWorld — The 12-Week Plan
12-week Step 1 comeback plan for students who did most of UWorld months ago: audit, 5 weeks consolidation, Foundation Anki, NBME Anki, forms 29-33
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Method
Popular Step 1 Study Methods I Would Never Use
8 popular Step 1 methods to avoid, in 2 parts (all of First Aid before UWorld, random mode, saving questions, the Sketchy PDF alone, starting with cardio or biochem, NBMEs online) and the fix for each
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