[indian]

OK me and my friend have finished the FA practice cases and we still have one month before our exam.
Should we do the UW practice cases! Are they useful?

 

[khanar]

Yeah
why not
the idea is to practice as many cases as you can before you hit the exam

 

[khanar]

If you have done FA cases in one way i.e. one case you are doctor and next case you are SP then I think it's better you switch roles and do those 31 cases again in the reverse manner.
I think FA practice cases are much better written than UWorld and repeating them is better.
If after finishing the reverse order you still have you may then do UWorld cases.

 

[Zaydoon]

USMLE World CS Practice Cases are not good

UW practice cases are terrible and not useful at all.
Why?

• no proper doorway information
• incorrect differential in several cases
• unmatching information between SP check list and PN
• no mention of patient name
• no or bad challenging questions
• cannot print SP checklist and therefore you need laptop to practice
• no extra features, like show anxiety, stain the skin, ...etc

 

[Sabio]

A thread relevant to this issue is here
http://www.usmle-forums.com/usmle-s...good-usmle-world-step-2-cs-online-course.html

 

[Dr.A]

UW CS cases

I did UW and I really liked it. They have a list of standard cases and special situations.
They have also a lot of good guidelines.
Do it if you have time.