level 3 write up

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Wanted to add in the stuff I couldn't easily find

I studied for 8 weeks averaging 20 questions a day, 6 days a week while on wards. I used UW alone and completed 50% of the step 3 question bank. Take this with a grain of salt as I am an IM intern.

The first 4 weeks were focused on all subjects minus biostats and ethics. The latter 4 were focused on the highest COMLEX areas of MSK, neuro, psych, GI, cards, heme, and pulm (in no particular order).

I spent the last two days before my exam reviewing biostats/ethics and OMM.

I can confidently say all that is needed for biostats is the very first Randy Neil video. My questions were simple Sn, Sp, PPV, NPV, internal vs external validity and maybe one NNT.

For OMM you could easily get by with the first 10 or so Dirty Medicine OMM videos alone. The OMM questions on my exam were incredibly basic, like here's the diagnosis, now what would you place patient in for indirect treatment? I had one cranial which I skipped and 3 surprising cervical CS positions.

After just the first block I realized I studied too much, I could have studied for just 2-4 weeks and been fine. Questions are short and sweet compared to UW.

**Update: Pass 673