"This text should serve to highlight test taking weaknesses and the skills or strategies that may be useful to improve those weaknesses. Such weaknesses include a poor approach to the exam, difficulty reasoning through concepts, difficulty categorizing information, and anchoring. These weaknesses are the focus of this text. There are also skills and strategies that are important to refine as we become expert test-takers, such as time management, approach to reviewing labs, dealing with under confidence, and re-viewing answer choices at the end of an exam. You will be lead through general and specific test taking skills and weaknesses with practice questions so that upon completion of this text, you will hopefully be fully equipped to achieve the score (and career) of your dreams"--
Build the test-taking skills you need to ace your coursework and USMLE exams
The very first resource of its kind, this innovative resource helps you build the skills specifically required to pass the first two years of coursework and the USMLE exams.
Test-Taking Strategies for the USMLE Step 2 walks you through the process of how to generally approach questions, how to approach specific types of questions (i.e., those with labs or images), and how to review questions and their answers. Each chapter includes an explanation and/or exam-taking advice and sample questions, which are followed by a breakdown of the question/answer process.
Build the skills you need perform at the top of your game on test day, with:
- Pro Tips provide suggestions on what you should ask yourself about certain exam questions, such as, Did the test writer include this as useful information, unnecessary information, or a trap to lead me to the wrong answer?
- Randomized practice questions help you synthesize the concepts and strategies taught throughout this text.
- Insightful content helps you determine your personal test-taking strengths and weaknesses, so you can focus on skills you need to build most.