The best UWorld note-taking should maximize efficiency.
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Why? Just because something can help you answer SOME questions doesn’t make it a high-yield use of time. However, that doesn’t mean you should do it. Reading Robbins Pathology might help you answer questions on Step 2 CS. A high school biology class might help you get some USMLE genetics question right. Evidence-Based Note-Taking to Maximize UWorld Retentionįew activities are useless. However, I will argue that writing down high-yield facts in a notebook is a low-yield approach. In this, the UWorld journal concept is spot-on. The issue with UWorld note-taking is in part WHAT we choose to write down. However, if we shouldn’t write down everything, what about only the “high yield” material? Should you write everything down from UWorld? No, as we discussed above. The rationale behind the UWorld Journal is in the right direction. It is often composed of things you didn’t know from the “educational objective.” (The question’s educational objective is the 1-3 sentence “take home message”). UWorld Journal: One (Short) Entry Per QuestionĪ UWorld journal is a collection of the highest-yield notes from the QBank. This leads to the second-most common UWorld note-taking technique: the UWorld journal. Very soon, you’ll be buried under annotations that you’ll never look at again. Plus, the more notes you make, the more you’ll have to review. And as we’ll discuss later, doing UWorld is more important than reading explanations. The more time you spend taking UWorld notes, the less time you’ll have actually to DO UWorld. However, that doesn’t mean you should spend your time memorizing everything in them! You may spend more time trying to FIND a particular note it takes to study it. The more you annotate First Aid, the more messy/disorganized it becomes. Finding the most logical place becomes more complicated than you would imagine.Įven when I find a suitable space to write my notes, the same issue arises when I try to FIND my notes. Let’s say that I took notes on Addison’s disease, and annotated my First Aid copy like so many people do.įirst, WHERE do I annotate my First Aid? First Aid mentions Addison’s in numerous places. Let’s use an example to illustrate this third point.
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The Standard UWorld Note-Taking Advice/Practice
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Today, I want to discuss something else: how to take UWorld notes. We’ve discussed at length the mistakes most people use with UWorld. See what I mean? Knowing we should use a resource is very different from how to use that resource.
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How the “UWorld Journal” is a beautiful theory but a poor practice.Why most note-taking techniques – including annotating First Aid – are low-yield.Why “just do questions” is terrible (incomplete) advice.Evidence-based learning strategies backed by decades of research.We don’t want to get the item wrong on our actual test! Specifically, once you’re done with the questions, how do you take notes, so you don’t forget it? Getting a question wrong on a practice question is one thing. But knowing that you should use UWorld and knowing how to take notes on it are two different things. Testing yourself has a robust evidence-base. UWorld is one of the most essential resources for your USMLE prep.