coolbabe76
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hi people
finally its over.and i am here to post my exam experience as promised.
first of all,its more interesting to do this exam thsn step 1 which is immensely boring .here its fun solving the questions.
everything is tested.......but whatever important things are stressed upon in kaplan and usmleworld are really the most important.
medicine-the bulk of almost all questions is medicine plus some other system disorder....endocrino,neuro,vitamin B 12 deficiney,anaemias ,SOB,......rheumatology (polymyalgia,fibromyalgia etc),electrolytes...
surgery- not much but mainly trauma,aortic aneurysm,prostate
peads-lots almost touching al systems
obgyn-heavily tested.gyn endocrino,labour,eclampsia,genetics.
psy-mood disorders,adhd,antipsy medications
biostats-not much
ecgs-yes but u cud figure out the diagnosis with more of common sense and less of the actual ecg
thats all i can think of now....study kaplan well and do usmleworld and u shud be fine i think
i hope the wait is not longer cos of the change over to fred...
one more thing-geriatrics is important
ask if there are any questions....
good luck
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| drkpp
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amm.. the usual questions for u coolbabe, before anyone else poses them!!
1)how long did u prepare for ie. how many months and how many hrs each day?
2)your nbme scores?
3)how many times did u go thro the kap notes.
4)did u watch the kap videos?
geeee...this are the only ones i can remember for the time being thanx
good luck for the match 
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| sumie
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were there lots of preventive med qns
were any qns tricky
were any qns from biostats and how was the level of difficulty
how would u compare UW and usmle as far as level of difficulty is concerned
thanks
and good luck with ur results
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| coolbabe76
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one by one.....
yes atleat 5 preventive questions.
many questions were tricky.....
level of difficulty was like kaplan q book and usmleworld.
i prepared for 2 months.full time study.
NBME 510/510
went thru kaplan 3-4 times as ppl had suggested .its really very high yield to go thru the kaplan notes and also read the answers of usmleworld questions....from them
watched kaplan videos once
anymore questions and i will be happy to answer
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| coolbabe76
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oh yes and 4-5 questions from biostats....2 were easy rest i have no clue
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| drkpp
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thanx
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| coolbabe76
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good luck to u
when r u taking the exam?
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| drkpp
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20th oct.
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| merrk
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I have a few questions
Did you get step 1 questions? like metabolic/ storage diseases?
Do they ask about localization in neuro? (syndromes etc)
Are all the questions very long? Did u get time to review the questions?
Are there experimental questions like in step 1?
Thanks a lot!!
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| coolbabe76
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genetics from step 1 was tested.
one question about stroke with localisation but very classic history
some were long but never had to scroll down to read the question .most were reasonalbe
i guess there is one block of test questions like step 1 but not sure.
good luck
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| cprax
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hi,
Can u tell me where to study geriatrics from.
thanks
good luck for the result
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| coolbabe76
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actuaaly nowhere specific.....just kaplan but lot of old peoples diseases were asked like menopause ,depression,alzheimers,parkinson.....
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