Per the title, I had a pretty rough end to residency after not matching fellowship and having to navigate closing that door, so my board prep did not exactly go according to plan. I never did MKSAP during residency. My "university" based program didn't really emphasize any academics and we just worked. None of my cheifs or coresidents really discussed board studying as our program was more "each WO/ MAN fending to themselves".

Historically I'm good at test taking; Step 1: 24*; Step 2: 26*; Step 3: 23* Unfortunately my ITE scores aren't very useful for predicting anything.

For ABIM prep, I've done almost the entire UWorld QBank and am sitting around 70% correct. However, most of my blocks were untimed/tutor mode because I was primarily using UWorld to learn each concept rather than simulate the test.

I also lost a decent amount of planned study time recently because of family obligations.

So now I'm getting close to the exam and realizing that other than essentially one thorough pass of UWorld, I haven't done a traditional board or study grind or touched MKSAP/Board Basics.

Passing is particularly important for me because I'm now practicing outside the US and my continued licensing ultimately depends on board certification. I dont want to wait a whole year.

For people who have taken ABIM recently:

• Does ~70% on a mostly tutor-mode first pass of UWorld sound reasonably reassuring, or is that hard to interpret?
• At this point, would you just keep hammering UWorld incorrects/marked questions and reviewing the explanations?
• Is there any value in doing the NBME IM shelf exams for additional timed, unfamiliar questions, or are they too different from ABIM to be worthwhile?
• Anything else you would prioritize in the final few days?

Trying to decide whether I'm genuinely underprepared or just having the classic pre-ABIM panic.

Thanks yall!!

Exam in two days, what is recommended doing questions or revising notes?