➣ How best to use the NBME questions as an ASSESSMENT TOOL to IMPROVE YOUR SCORE ?
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NBME tests are highly predictive of not just the actual USMLE score but also of subjects and sections within subjects you may be weak at.
For example : After taking your first NBME, you see the subject areas you are weak in are Behavioural Sciences and Neuro Anatomy. You look at the exact questions you got incorrect and see that the Behavioural Sciences questions are all Patient - Physician Relations (PPR). If the Neuro Anatomy questions which are incorrect are related to brainstem cross sections & brainstem syndromes.. then from the above two you can deduce that you need to focus on those 2 parts specifically. If before the next test you prepare these 2 areas well (and anything else you were getting wrong questions on) then your score will likely improve. I know this because i did this and my score improved from mid 230s to mid 260s over the course of 4 online NBMEs i gave (and many offline). When you assess yourself and look at the incorrect questions it is essential that you look at them in an objective way.
You could be facing one of the following mistakes:
1. You did not know a fact which was covered in the books you read.
2. You knew all the facts but your thought process was incorrect.
3. You knew it all but your brain was not alert and you were half asleep. It feels terrible to get these type of questions incorrect.
4. Stuck between 2/3 options.
5. You had no f*cking idea what the question is asking and have no clue about anything.. Try to assess questions properly as in NO NBME test are there more than maybe 2 questions like this out of 200. Very rare and you can’t get these correct no matter what you study.
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NBME tests are highly predictive of not just the actual USMLE score but also of subjects and sections within subjects you may be weak at.
For example : After taking your first NBME, you see the subject areas you are weak in are Behavioural Sciences and Neuro Anatomy. You look at the exact questions you got incorrect and see that the Behavioural Sciences questions are all Patient - Physician Relations (PPR). If the Neuro Anatomy questions which are incorrect are related to brainstem cross sections & brainstem syndromes.. then from the above two you can deduce that you need to focus on those 2 parts specifically. If before the next test you prepare these 2 areas well (and anything else you were getting wrong questions on) then your score will likely improve. I know this because i did this and my score improved from mid 230s to mid 260s over the course of 4 online NBMEs i gave (and many offline). When you assess yourself and look at the incorrect questions it is essential that you look at them in an objective way.
You could be facing one of the following mistakes:
1. You did not know a fact which was covered in the books you read.
2. You knew all the facts but your thought process was incorrect.
3. You knew it all but your brain was not alert and you were half asleep. It feels terrible to get these type of questions incorrect.
4. Stuck between 2/3 options.
5. You had no f*cking idea what the question is asking and have no clue about anything.. Try to assess questions properly as in NO NBME test are there more than maybe 2 questions like this out of 200. Very rare and you can’t get these correct no matter what you study.