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So, my university does these ukmla style exams, 4 times a year. We are put on satisfactory initially. If we pass, we stay there, if we fail it drops to borderline and then again to unsatisfactory. I passed PT1, but failed PT2 and 3. Unfortunately that puts me on a must pass for pt4. Now, ill be honest I didnt take these progress tests seriously, the one I studied for the most I got the highest score in (37%). My recent one pt3, I got 31%. Now, the final 4th one is on June the 5th.
For context im a 2nd year medical student. I heard many other unis have a similar system, im at cardiff.
Now, I did about 30 questions of each of the "big 5" which I fully understand is no where near enough. Now im obviously trying to up the quantity much more. I have taken advice from many and the main thing they tell me is just to spam questions and get pattern recognition. Obviously this is something ive always avoided and ive always been one to meticulously understand a topic before learning the medical/management side. However as I dont exactly have time on my side this isn't going to be possible. The pass mark for the final one is 41% I believe.
Now, when I do questions, I feel as if I see so many diseases/conditions that I have no clue about. Passmed also doesnt exactly explain these conditions well either, its just the identification and management that it does well.
My main question is, do I just prioritise volume and try to just understand from reading? I see alot of other medics in my uni do this. However for example some questions will want me to identify if a said disease is urgent or moderate ect. It'll be like aged 50 or older plus one of the 5 symptoms.... ect. I just dont see how people read that and go oh ok, and remember it. My pre clinical knowledge on alot of these also isn't great but again I dont exactly have much time.
There is that little green box of info that passmed gives once you answer but I feel it has too little info? Or just focusing on the green box is enough?
I can also dm my feedback for the last one (they dont give us the qs after) if anyone wants.
I was thinking of making ankis on the stuff I get wrong, but idk.
I also heard kcl students do this. If you are in a uni thay does this, please share advice. If you know someone that is, please tag them.
Please lmk.
Thanks
Im incredibly stressed atm. We have pt exams (look at my last post) which are ukmla style. Im y2 but I cant seem to get my head around so many concepts. My motivation is at an all time low. Out exam is in the first few days of June and I have 2 other exams to study for. Im just at a loss atm. Ive been using passmed but I can barely do 30 questions a day along with lectures and isce practice. People keep telling me not to read in to the details too much and focus on pattern recognition but it just ain't sticking. Idk how to pattern recognise some minute detail in the long ass management's. Theres also so many diseases and conditions im getting lost the more I do it. If I fail I get kicked out. I just dont know what to do.
I have some exams coming up and lets just say I have alot of work to do. However I still have university and after the 9ams I come home like 3pm ish, I am absolutely gassed out and I cant study at all. I tried power napping but I feel even more tired
Im in 2nd year with about 3 weeks until our exam on the 29th. Im already trying to catch up on alot for that, its based on lectures and case studies ect. This year they've introduced performance test exams which are basically ukmla exams made by the university. I passed the first one, but the second and third one I didn't. The first one had the lowest pass mark while the 2nd and third one were at 37%. I did better in pt2 than pt3. I absolutely bombed pt3 and only got 32%. Now for pt4 its 42%. I just dont know how im going to do it with the end of year theory exam, a few days later pt4 and then our first isces too, its all within 1.5 weeks basically. I just did passmed and made notes but even then I wasnt remembering anything, and I felt like it took me way to long to get through specific topics. Any help would be appreciated.