retroviridae
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Just a quick note to share my post-exam thoughts ....
Very tough. Questions are just plain strange. Lots and lots of electrolyte and ABG questions (not pure electrolytes, just as diagnostic clues). That having been said, I feel better about this exam than I did for step I. These questions are not as wierd or out there. I studied from Kaplan notes and was getting in the 80-90s on Kaplan question bank. Took NBME 4 days before the test and got 530 (not very good considering my q bank scores). Anyway I felt I did better on NBME than on the real test. I don't know what you should study for this test. I think only the bigger books are really helpful for medicine and pedi. Kaplan is fine for surg and OB-GYN and maybe psych (lots and lots of psych questions). For medicine and pedi even the bigger books will only help so much. I feel the best prep for this is just working in the wards. If you have been away from clinical medicine for a while like me, reading books will only help you so much. Anyway, now just have to wait and see.
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| ELM
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Hi there,
When did you take the test? Just did yesterday??????
Anyway........ what's ABG stands for?
Huhn.......i have been away from clinics quite a bit .....so i have no hope for the test????? ....is there any other study method or anything that would help ones like me? Please give us your thoughts!!!!! What should we do? and how we do this????? You seem nice person from your posts.....yeah give us your advice since you just have done with the test!
Your input will be very helpfull!
Thanks and wish you a great score...which i think you allready got it a! :P
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| VM
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ABG .. Arterial Blood Gas ..
I have been away from clinical medicien for a bit but I known people have doen it before and they will do it after me and I AM goign to do it NOW and so do you. Good luck!
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| ELM
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Thanks VM for the input........ i am just asking him if there are any short cuts for the best results since he just had the test!!!!!!! You know what i am talking about 8) ............anyway!
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| retroviridae
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I don't know what advice to give. You read Kaplan books and you learn something. But most of the med/pedi questions (which are the majority of the test) are not really from the books. I would have felt more comfortable if I had had more questions to practice on of the type on the exam. Kaplan Q bank is nothing like the test (which I expected). I didn't do USMLE world. Maybe I should have. Anyway, maybe I did ok with just Kaplan. We will see in a month. I never feel good after these type tests. We shall see....
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| ELM
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Thanks for the input anyway!!!!!
Sure ......i will do as many as qs i could!
Wish great score for you!
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| kg_doc
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hi everyone
i am new to this forum...i wud say i got late in joining it...just took step 2 on 18th oct...i completely agree with u guys....its a horrifying exp.
i did join usmleworld...good for learning...but actual exam is very confusing...ques too long with lots of confusing info....timing is a big problem...
after the exam i was feeling very unsure...cant say anything...i think i had same feeling after step 1 and scored 90....so just keeping my fingers crossed...
the oasis trick seems very helpful...will check as soon as my scores are reported....thanks to the great mind who discovered it
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