TrueLearn: A Data-Driven Approach to COMLEX Exam Preparation
TrueLearn offers SmartBanks, which take a data-driven approach to exam preparation and are designed to help students and residents excel on their COMLEX exams. Thousands of students, residents, and institutions rely on TrueLearn. The platform focuses on high-quality questions, learning science, and analytics to help users assess their progress, predict outcomes, and optimize study efficiency.
The TrueLearn Approach
TrueLearn SmartBanks are designed to help students become expert test-takers. The platform uses a data-driven approach to exam preparation, focusing on several key areas:
- High-Quality Questions: TrueLearn places a relentless focus on question quality to ensure users are well-prepared for test items.
- Answer Explanations: Answer explanations provide students with key insights and simple, memorable bottom-line explanations.
- Learning Science & Analytics: Analytics provide insight into study habits, question responses, and peer tracking.
- Predict Outcomes: TrueLearn helps to predict outcomes and provides insights to optimize study efficiency and maximize study performance.
Key Features of TrueLearn SmartBanks
TrueLearn SmartBanks offer a variety of features designed to help students prepare for their COMLEX exams. These features include:
- Extensive Question Bank: TrueLearn Combank is extraordinarily thorough, offering thousands of questions that cover all the information needed to succeed on the COMLEX exams. For example, the COMLEX Level 1 SmartBank includes 2,900+ practice questions mapped to the NBOME blueprint.
- Customizable Tests: TrueLearn allows for creating tests with various features. Test topics can be selected by system, including body systems or broader disciplines such as diagnosis, embryology, and histology. Tests can be designed using the COMLEX Master Blueprint, which separates competency domains from clinical presentations. The testing interface can be set to TrueLearn’s proprietary interface or the Prometric Interface.
- Detailed Explanations: Most questions include thorough explanations, along with relevant charts and images. Incorrect answers are explained, and references to other useful materials, such as relevant First Aid pages and primary literature, are provided. Each question finishes with a concise “Bottom Line” which summarizes the main point of the clinical presentation.
- Search Functionality: The TrueLearn SmartBanks allow users to search questions by keyword. The search provides information about the topic, category, and question ID, shows whether you have seen or marked the question before, and indicates if the question includes any media.
- User Interface Options: Students have the unique ability to utilize two different user interfaces when taking a test. There is a setting that will mimic what you will utilize on test day so you can get familiar with the layout.
- Analytics and Performance Tracking: The analytic features of the TrueLearn SmartBanks are quite extensive. You can set a goal percentile, track your overall percent correct versus the national average, and monitor your progress through all questions. TrueLearn also displays your performance across various categories, such as Body System, Discipline, NBOME Discipline, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Competency Domains, or Clinical Presentations.
- National Benchmarking: A standout feature of TrueLearn SmartBanks is the ability to compare your scores with students nationwide, giving you a clear sense of where you stand among your peers.
- Mobile App: TrueLearn offers a mobile app, allowing students to study anytime, anywhere.
- Create-Your-Own Flashcards: There is now a feature to make flashcards.
- Copy, Paste, and Screenshot: Students can both copy and paste text directly from questions and even screenshot the questions for their own personal study guides.
COMLEX Practice Questions
TrueLearn offers COMLEX practice questions to help students test their knowledge and prepare for the exam. Over 93% of osteopathic learners nationwide use COMBANK to outperform on their COMLEX exams. The more practice questions taken, the more the average student improves - an average of 0.92% per 100 practice questions taken. Completing the entire bank corresponds to a 22.87% increase in average performance.
Available COMLEX Question Banks:
- COMLEX Level 1: 2,900+ Practice Questions.
- COMLEX Level 2 CE: 2,700+ Practice Questions.
- COMAT Shelf Exams: 250+ Questions / Subject.
- COMLEX Level 3: 2,200+ Practice Questions.
All question banks feature NBOME Blueprint Match, National Benchmarking, and a First-Time Pass Guarantee.
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Data-Driven Results
TrueLearn's data-driven approach has been shown to produce significant results. Students and residents average a 20% improvement after completing a TrueLearn SmartBank. The data shows an average student improves their 3-digit Score by 60 points after completing COMBANK.
COMLEX Level 1 Exam Details
The COMLEX Level 1 exam is a full day of testing, consisting of two four-hour sessions. Students are allotted up to 60 minutes of break time throughout the day. The exam contains 352 multiple-choice questions broken into eight sections of 44 questions each. The minimum passing score is 400. Students should prepare for a minimum of 11% of the 352 questions to cover osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) directly, which will increase to 12% on May 7, 2024 at the start of the 2024-2025 testing cycle.
TrueLearn vs. Other Question Banks
TrueLearn Combank is not drastically different from other question banks, namely UWorld. The questions are overall fairly comprehensive and this platform will prepare you for test day. TrueLearn Combank stands out for its unique features, including a powerful search tool, high customizability, detailed statistical reports, and the ability to screenshot questions.
Institutional Partnerships
TrueLearn partners with academic programs to offer bulk pricing on SmartBanks. They work with institutions to customize a package to fit students’ needs and institutional goals. TrueLearn also offers a referral program for students to gain access to discounts and earn gift card rewards.
Subscription Options
TrueLearn offers various subscription options for COMLEX Level 1 SmartBank, including:
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- 30 Days
- 90 Days
- 180 Days
- 365 Days
- 545 Days
These subscriptions include 2,900+ Practice Questions, are mapped to the NBOME Blueprint, written by content experts, and include performance analytics and real-time national benchmarking. There are also options to add a Picmonic subscription and a Pass Guarantee.
TrueLearn also offers bundles that include the COMLEX Level 1 SmartBank, Predictive Assessment Exam, and USMLE Step 1 SmartBank.
Testimonials
Many students and residents have found TrueLearn to be an invaluable resource for exam preparation. Here are a few of their stories:
- One resident stated that TrueLearn was a "godsend" and helped them increase their score by almost 40 points.
- Another student found the questions invaluable for studying for the NPTE, helping to fill in gaps that other study sources did not cover.
- A user preparing for the ABSITE appreciated the ease of use and in-depth explanations of answers.
- One student, after failing the NBCOT exam, used TrueLearn for 5 weeks and passed with room to spare.
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