u/Feeling-Win1399

I'm not talking about your dance moves but rather all of your Patient QI & Safety resources… which doesn't include the AMBOSS HY plans 😭 Trying to expand my resource horizons a bit

5 weeks out. Done NBMES 9-15. Hit a low with NBME 15 a while back, decided to go through all subjects again from scratch.

Almost done with the reviews of the subjects.

Planning on doing questions again before the exam and then UWSA2 + NBME 16.

What should I slowly transition myself into doing, NBMES (again), all the CMS (again) or UW Q's (guess what: again lol)? What do guys feel like was closer to the exam?

I've noticed that my main issue when taking an NBME is mainly the stress that comes with it, meaning the mental jungle that I have to face, whether that is retrieving the information, filtering out what I don't need to know or overthinking the whole vignette. I don't feel like i'm lacking the knowledge, its just calming down my brain to pick out the right information that is needed at that given time, if that makes sense?

It's like I get overwhelmed with trying to balance the time, but also getting the correct information out of my brain and I end up giving a half-assed answer.

If anyone else experiences this when doing tests/nbmes, how do you manage and what are some concrete tips and tricks on overcoming this?

i've tried so many apps, websites, claude, doesn't work