indlaxman
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hey gollum which r u studying for EKG?
THANKS!
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| indlaxman
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HEY HAMIDI! how r u ? how is study?
yes u r right about ur place,Phoenix.I hate cold too!
but no choice  I have to stay here as my hubby has job here. :lol:
ok bye
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| gollum05
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hi indlaxman,
I am reading the book called "The only EKG book you'll ever need" by Malcolm Thaler. Its very good for basics and a good reference for the rest.
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| Hamidi
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Indiaxman ,nice to hear from u.Due to Xman part to ur name I always thought u r a man :wink: I love living in Phoenix but I am sure whr u live wud have he beauty of 4 seasons that we miss here.Good luck with r studying. 
Gollum, u r right I shud not think about postponing it wud make me slow down.With ids spring break I can not slow down anymore.I still cudn't finish my paeds.May be today.Happy studying.
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| docak
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Hi gollum,hamidi,indiaxman, and everybody.
I have been reading the posts of everybody on and off. I guess its the same situation with everyone. I promised myself that i am going to study seriously as soon as i take my step 1. Its been 2 months and i am not sudying in full swing. Some days its ok some days its not.
I feel that i am not able to remember anything. i read some internal medicine, surgery and bits of other subjects. i know from the posts that most of the people are married and also having kids. i have the same issue. u guys are an inspiration, whenever i read ur post hamidi and others i feel inspired and motivated. lets not give up and try our best to overcome this. good luck and godspeed to us guys.
docak
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| gollum05
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hi all,
yup docak, everyone is in the same boat (more or less) here. So boost up your confidence levels and get into serious study.
I am back to doing USMLE world today, hoping to cover questions from Rheumat and Endo. ok then, keep going strong everybody, bi
gollum
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| ayeshah_l
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what do u mean cordmd? i am living in canada and i have cleared EE and QE-1 now i am going for step-2. Can u make urself more clear plz?
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| FH
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I am back. Also in the same boat. Thought that peds would be done this week. Wanted to start Internal medicine this week and finish it by the end of this month, but its off track anyway.So here Iam!!
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| gollum05
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hi all,
good to hear from you after a long time, FH. Paeds takes a long time if you do it first. I did my Med reading before Paeds and so could glide through many topics in Paeds which are covered in detail in Med. thats just a suggestion of course
I am still stuck on USMLE world.
hey Hamidi and Indlaxman, whats up with your studies.
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| Cordmd
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Hi - have been away from the forum, good to see you all again. I think wre all kinda in the same boat - struggling, but am glad to come here and share my misery!!! Have had a really hard time getting focused, fnally started cardio, and then I get so many q's wrong. Very discouraging, sigh.
How are you all doing?
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| Cordmd
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Hi - it depends on the province - anyway you say you've already done the EE and QE1 so u shud'nt have any problem - can you tell me what the QE1 was like?
Thx
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| Hamidi
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Hey Gollum,thanks for asking.For some reason I wasn't doing too well with paeds, so I just read through some how and finished it.
i am not able to study much for no reason.So today I changed the arrangment of my room.I just don't feel like coming to this room.M
Hopefully it wud be better tomorrow.The room looks good :lol: I m planning to stat uw from 1st apr.I de :lol: ly I wud like to do one more reading(honestly don't remember much from irst reading) b 4 doing that but don't have much tme.I did one test from Q book ,did not do too good.Ppl say :lol: Qbook and Qbank are easy.Not for me :oops: I hope everyone of u is doing well. :wink:
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| gollum05
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hi everybody,
cordmd and docak, it was good to meet you on step 2 chat discussion yesterday. It helps to know that we are a group and not alone in this study process. Hoping to see you again next thursday and all others who wish to join.
Hamidi, glad to know that you finished Paeds. Its tough to complete a very good reading, i guess you just need to read and move on. I don't think i remember half of my first reading, so you see its the same with everyone.
I am continuing USMLE world, another few days of this and it should be over. That will be a great day as usmle world tests a lot of my patience!
keep up the spirit everybody!
bi, gollum
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| Cordmd
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To all here:
I really need advice on this and since we're kind of all in the beginning middle of step 2 prep, I know I can trust you guys.
Apparently the interview season for the 2006 match starts around Sept/Oct for those who submit apps to indiv pgms. At the time ( I called and asked a few pgm directors) the predominant info needed is step 1 and 2 scores and that you have taken the CS. results of CS appear to be be preferred but not a requirement. So from now to Aug is when I have to take CK and CS. Is it better to take CS after CK - so CK by end July/beginning Aug and CS by end Aug/beginning Sept or should one take the CS sometime in the middle b/w now and Aug?
Fact is I don't do well after an exam - I agonise and worry like crazy - so I'm really concerned about taking CS right in the middle of preparing for CK in case it totally throws me off course. Since CS is kind of different , I think I'l be able to handle reading for it right after CK, plus it'l help of course to have covered the Step 2 stuff.
I've had some major discussions with a friend who's in the same boat and we can't decide whats better?
I feel very stupidly undecided( yeah whats new!) so thought I'd ask?
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| Hamidi
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Beleive me cordmd u r not alone.I am exactly in the same cofusion.I have reached the decision thatI'll take CS after CK.At least a big monster wud be out of the way.I still cannot decide when to take them.I want to get done by may and june but feel that I wud not be ready by then Let's see what happens.I think I'll go ahead nd take uw in apr and see how I am doing.
Havn't got my orange slip yet.My 183 was received on march 4th
Ur plan sounds perfect to me.
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| Cordmd
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You are right - this decision making is so hard - however that is what I am sticking to now.
ECFMG got my 183 on the 10th - have'nt heard from them yet about CK or CS.
How is everyone elso doing? - I guess busy studying cos no posts recently from anyone.
I keep saying "Happy Studying" is an oxymoron, but hey, you might as well be happy while doing it cos it sure has the potential to take the stuffing out of one anyway!!!
So - Happy Studying!!!
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| sujju
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hi guys i am in the same boat.started psychiatry today try to finish finish it in 3days.happy studying.
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| jaylike
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hey all,
i found the kaplan peds woefully inadequate.
plz anyone what else should we read or is the exam based on this much alone?
jaylike
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| prepck
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I am new in this group. But I have studied ck for a while so I hope to join a group. Could anyone tell me if there is a plan in this group? Thank you in advance.
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| gollum05
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hi cordmd, hamidi, sujju, docak, FH, jaylike and everybody else,
What are you all studying right now?? hey guys and gals, please keep in touch
i have got into doing some pretest questions and will get back to USMLE world later on. Has anybody else been doing pretests/uw? i have been getting a li'l tensed lately with so much stuff to study and so little time
prepck, this is just a group to share things like your study progress and plans so as to motivate each other and so, there isn't any plan as such; you are welcome to join and yes, if you want to discuss on studies some of the guys from this forum meet on thursdays on step2 ck chat, this week's topic is endocrino
ok then, everybody, take care, keep posting and yes, happy studying!
gollum
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| ayeshah_l
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Hi
the first half of QE-1 is exactly like EE, the second half is different. They give a case and can ask u anything about it from DD to investigations to something like how would u counsil this patient. The second half counts ..if i remember correctly... about 25% of the total score. The scoring is a bit different. If u write an outrageously stupid investigation or DD or drug u get a zero, if u underwrite the required no. of what ever they have asked u get marks accordingly. If u overwrite u get a zero. So u are pretty much clueless as to how u are doing!! plus its a computer adaptive exam which means if u are doing well the difficulty of ur questions starts increasing, but if u aren't doing that good, u start getting simpler questions!!! Pretty confusing!! :roll:
My first half went well, in the second half i got a lot of obs. cases. but like i said, u can't say how u did ....at least i wasn't able to say after my exam.... just kept my fingers crossed and answered Qs as best as i could and thankfully i passed!!!
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| Hamidi
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Hi gollium and rest of the team,how is everyone doing?Where is everyone these days?I am still not able to overcome my studies.It is not just that my kids r home these days,I am just simply cursed or something.I wud be very lucky if I can do 50 questions from q book in whole day.I am seriously starting to feel that I am not going to come out of it.Beleive me I am trying.This is worst than S1.How are all of u doing.I am just doing q book these days.just lost my motivation, can't focus.Share urs so we motivate each other.I'll be starting UW from 1st of Apr.
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| pvs77
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Hello to everyone,
are you guys meeting for a chat today? I want to join your group; I passed step 1 and was studding for step 2 for someitme now but didn't finish my 1 st reading. Hey, Hamidi, I am doing qbook too now, and I am on my 6th test of internal med. I have full time research, so 50 questions is all I can do somedays too. I hope it is still possible to get it over with at this pace. Well, let's hope for better. I also started ped a week ago by the way. It is much tougher than med. May be its better just to go over cases - I am not sure I can gain much from kaplan notes in this subject. They take a lot of motivation.
Hope to see you all soon.
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| gollum05
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hi all,
Hamidi, I guess the imp thing is to keep going; even if you do 50 qs a day, keep doing it and then try to push it to another 50 questions and i am sure you will soon get into the mood. Well, its strange for me to say this, when i myself haven't been doing much these days, but as you say, providing others with motivation helps us too. I too feel I am going at a slower pace than step 1 but then it could be just because we have now something for comparison!
pvs77, welcome to the group. Go ahead and join the chat today evening. I am not sure yet whether i will get the time today for chat.
hey cordmd and others, where have you disappeared
bi, enjoy today's studying, gollum
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| sujju
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hi i don't know u guys r doing chating.can u plese tell me the timings.i want to join.
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