varma1986 Forum Newbie
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| | 10/26/06 - 11:29 AM  
 
   
 
|   #83 |
Hi, I am doing the NMS USMLE STEP2CK REVIEW 3RD EDITION bY Nandan bhatt. it has 1000usmle step-2 quetions with cd. Let me know if this will help me get a score of 90% on the step exam. I am short of time. I plan to do the NMS Q-book,Kapla Q Book and first aid Usmle step-2ck. Is that sufficient?. Please help..... from Dr.P.S.Varma Hyderabad,India.
sharvil wrote: you know what if you want a 99 it is possible, just follow these simple intructions, first of all decide that you want a 99, i mean if you decide that you want a 95 you will get a 90 so aim for 99 and nothing less. You are only limited by what you think. If i told you that you could never fail what would you do? Do not get frustrated easily, life has just started for you, take one step at a time and enjoy it. You have great intelligence and education and a great life in US, how many of your countrymen can get such an opportunity. here is what i would do......... i would sit down first for 2 hours shut down my cell phone and take a notepad and a pen and start answering the following questions with full honesty and sincerity.......... what do i want (if you are honest here you would say i want a 99 because anything less than that would be a lie), how would i feel when i have achieved my target? (think of you holding you usmle step 2 score sheet with a 99 and you giving your friends a great party and celebrating) what is preventing you from getting to your goal? how long would it take for you to reach your target? What are the resourses that you have that will help you reach your target? Do you have any role models who have got similar results? Describe your ideal day What is your timetable and plan for achieving your target? answer these questions, not orally, but write them down on paper. You can do this even in chinese, but your pen should not stop for half and hour, just keep on writing. then read it loud. go to the beach and stand in front of the sea and say it out loud. read it everyday after you wake up and before you go to bed. you need to be obsessed with the idea to get results. now you will start feeling more confident you should now start studying hard. first start by reading the first 50 pages of kaplan q book where they have shown you how to prepare for the test and how to answer the questions.................. there is a key to studying in medicine..before opening any book answer this question....Why am i reading this stuff? For whom am I reading this text book? What is your answer? It is for my patients? Any single line of the book can save the patients life. So then you will get highly motivated to learn each and every line of kalpan text book. So in your revision you have to do medicine + pediatrics 12 days ( e.g. read CVS from medicine and then CVS from pedia) it saves a lot of time and energy Ob-gyn 5 days surgery 3 days psychiatry/behavioral sciences 4 days so one revision in 24 days then do all the questions like usmleworld.com ( dont miss a single question), kaplan q book 10-12 blocks, q bank 10-12 blocks, usmle sample cd ( the one you get from ecfmg....dont miss a single question) what has to be done kaplan q book and bank usmleworld.com usmle sample cd harrsison text book of internal medicine......hematology slides, dermat slides and stuff.. photos from first aid last 10-12 days just dont solve questions but read all the material again. Take vitamin B complex pills everyday......or else you will get wernickes enceph 10-12 days before exam solve the kaplan simulated and the usmle sample cd then 2-3 days for each subject just read kaplan and nothing else, be confident, if you have read it before you are going to know the answer. take notes of all those things of kaplan that you think that you cannot remember e.g. leukemias, or pedia guidelines for head injury or infectious ds. at what cd4 count you get what infection in AIDS.............................. and write them in the diary........................... last 3 days, read no new material, just read those notes that you took and diary,...........also you might read certain topics that have to be memorized e.g. hemat, cns, kidney do a rapid revision of those things 2 day before exam do usmle sample cd again, see photos of harrison and first aid, read diary. day before exam just have fun,.......... go for a haircut, go for a massage on the head,..........its so relaxing, dont sleep in the afternoon or else you will not be able to sleep at night,........... do some physical activity like going for a walk,............ and relax with freinds,.........watch a movie................ and in the morning of the day before the exam read kaplan q book 1st 50 pages where they have described the ways to answer question in the usmle.....................dont read anything on last day before exam. just check your orange card and i.d. Night before the exam, when you go to bed, visualise yourself at prometric and giving the exam, you are doing so great and fantastic and you know all the answers all the time...............wow that is the greatest exam of my life..................... read something that inspires you before you go to bed, so that you go to sleep with positive thoughts in your mind............. the next morning awake refreshed and happy and ready to give the exam........... take 3-4 bottles of tang or vital z with you for energy. take some jam sandwich or something sweet so that you get lot of sugars, remember your brain needs glucose as sole source of energy. have a breakfast and take 2 tablets of vitamin B complex because you need them more today and take apples in breakfast.................one apple can stimulate you more that one cup of tea or coffee can. those of you who have a habit of drinking tea or coffee can take them to prometric as well............... again check the orange card and i.d................................... now take the blessings of your elders/god and conquer the exam in the center just take deep breaths go to toilet before the test begins............ wash your face with water and wash your eyes and feel fresh once you go inside the test terminal dont immediately start............. take some deep breathes. take the earplug and put them in your ear. take the marker pad and then write on the pad............I am going to do the very best. Come on You can and You will do it surely................Nothing in this whole world can now stop me..........Unleash my powers and awaken the giant within ........................... now you are confident........................ then start the tutorial.................... you cant skip it but just keep on pressing the next button until it gets over and then you will be asked your CIN no. Just type it and the exam starts. Read carefully and start exam. Dont worry.............. Just take the exam like you are playing a video game or computer game,..........no big deal just routine game....................... most important ENJOY the exam, after the block gets over just write on the pad. Great Job Doctor, keep up the tempo, keep up the good work , 1 block over successfully.......... DO the 1st two blocks simultaneiously without breaks. after two blocks take a break, wash your face and eyes to prevent eye strain and fatigue, drink some tang. and start the third block..... after your 4th or 5th block take a meal.................dont eat too heavy,................ and you are like 70% done. just give the blocks and after each block write something good about yourself........... i used the marker pad just for that.............. This willl be the best exam that you have ever given in your life................ Enjoy your life,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you need any help, i m here to help. best of luck and you will do great sharvil it has worked for me, my score is 99/268........and anyone and everyone can get a 99..because we are doctors..........
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| varma1986 Forum Newbie
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| | 10/26/06 - 11:30 AM  
 
   
 
|   #84 |
hI, let me knwo if the Nms USMLE STEP-2CK review 3rd edition is a good book for the usmle exam review.
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| varma1986 Forum Newbie
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| | 10/26/06 - 11:30 AM  
 
   
 
|   #85 |
hI, let me know if the Nms USMLE STEP-2CK review 3rd edition is a good book for the usmle exam review.
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| step2urgent Forum Newbie
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| | 11/18/06 - 05:35 AM  
 
   
 
|   #86 |
can any body help me with usmle / kaplan q books zip iles to my mail raoketana@bigpond.com
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| openmind Forum Newbie
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| | 11/25/06 - 10:58 AM  
 
   
 
|   #87 |
hello guys i am a 4th year student. i am planning to take my step2ck after 2years from now .so i will read usmle stuff along with my currculium (which isnot in english) what do u recommend me to study (big text books or mid ones or just notes like in kaplan ) do u recommend to take step1 or step2ck first(since iam now in my clinical years)(please tell me specific books to read not just .i am so confused) please help >thanks in advance     
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| merris134 Forum Junior

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| | 01/18/07 - 12:30 PM  
 
   
 
|   #88 |
Kaplan medical Simulated USMLE STEP 2 CD, where you can get it?
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| 0522 Forum Newbie
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| | 02/03/07 - 11:27 AM  
 
   
 
|   #89 |
hi , sharvil i m new on this forum first thing i read is ur post ......thanx fr writing such inspiring words GOD BLESS U .............fr giving everybody this courage that they can do this . thanx again fr inspiring us
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| qfatima Forum Newbie
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| | 02/03/07 - 06:59 PM  
 
   
 
|   #90 |
sharvil thanks for encouraging mail
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| hatem hamdi Forum Newbie
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| | 02/05/07 - 01:10 PM  
 
   
 
|   #91 |
HI.SHARViL CONGRATULATIONS for your high spirit & score .I hope do like u but i will choose medical genetics.I THINK TO KNOW THE LIMITS OF POSSIPLE YOU SHOULD DO THE IMPOSSIPLE.......... DR.HATEM
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| jam Forum Newbie

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| | 02/07/07 - 03:03 AM  
 
   
 
|   #92 |
doc sharvil, i like your motto!! is that original? hehe. CONGRATULATIONS! (even if you were already greeted by a gazillion docs, family, friends) thank you for sharing your experiences with us. aspiring to have your grade too, jamilla it's not just yourself who made the 99% possible, but also GOD! (whether Allah/Jesus/Buddha, etc etc) =)
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| Nooran Forum Newbie
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| | 02/08/07 - 11:47 PM  
 
   
 
|   #93 |
sharvil wrote: hi, first of all,congratulations for your grea success...and thank you so much for your nice encouraging words,ally it gave me a lot of self sonfidient...i'm new in studyingstep 2 and i need to get i good score ,just we have to know that nothing is immpossible in this life if you really want it...thank you again for your advices and good luck. you know what if you want a 99 it is possible, just follow these simple intructions, first of all decide that you want a 99, i mean if you decide that you want a 95 you will get a 90 so aim for 99 and nothing less. You are only limited by what you think. If i told you that you could never fail what would you do? Do not get frustrated easily, life has just started for you, take one step at a time and enjoy it. You have great intelligence and education and a great life in US, how many of your countrymen can get such an opportunity. here is what i would do......... i would sit down first for 2 hours shut down my cell phone and take a notepad and a pen and start answering the following questions with full honesty and sincerity.......... what do i want (if you are honest here you would say i want a 99 because anything less than that would be a lie), how would i feel when i have achieved my target? (think of you holding you usmle step 2 score sheet with a 99 and you giving your friends a great party and celebrating) what is preventing you from getting to your goal? how long would it take for you to reach your target? What are the resourses that you have that will help you reach your target? Do you have any role models who have got similar results? Describe your ideal day What is your timetable and plan for achieving your target? answer these questions, not orally, but write them down on paper. You can do this even in chinese, but your pen should not stop for half and hour, just keep on writing. then read it loud. go to the beach and stand in front of the sea and say it out loud. read it everyday after you wake up and before you go to bed. you need to be obsessed with the idea to get results. now you will start feeling more confident you should now start studying hard. first start by reading the first 50 pages of kaplan q book where they have shown you how to prepare for the test and how to answer the questions.................. there is a key to studying in medicine..before opening any book answer this question....Why am i reading this stuff? For whom am I reading this text book? What is your answer? It is for my patients? Any single line of the book can save the patients life. So then you will get highly motivated to learn each and every line of kalpan text book. So in your revision you have to do medicine + pediatrics 12 days ( e.g. read CVS from medicine and then CVS from pedia) it saves a lot of time and energy Ob-gyn 5 days surgery 3 days psychiatry/behavioral sciences 4 days so one revision in 24 days then do all the questions like usmleworld.com ( dont miss a single question), kaplan q book 10-12 blocks, q bank 10-12 blocks, usmle sample cd ( the one you get from ecfmg....dont miss a single question) what has to be done kaplan q book and bank usmleworld.com usmle sample cd harrsison text book of internal medicine......hematology slides, dermat slides and stuff.. photos from first aid last 10-12 days just dont solve questions but read all the material again. Take vitamin B complex pills everyday......or else you will get wernickes enceph 10-12 days before exam solve the kaplan simulated and the usmle sample cd then 2-3 days for each subject just read kaplan and nothing else, be confident, if you have read it before you are going to know the answer. take notes of all those things of kaplan that you think that you cannot remember e.g. leukemias, or pedia guidelines for head injury or infectious ds. at what cd4 count you get what infection in AIDS.............................. and write them in the diary........................... last 3 days, read no new material, just read those notes that you took and diary,...........also you might read certain topics that have to be memorized e.g. hemat, cns, kidney do a rapid revision of those things 2 day before exam do usmle sample cd again, see photos of harrison and first aid, read diary. day before exam just have fun,.......... go for a haircut, go for a massage on the head,..........its so relaxing, dont sleep in the afternoon or else you will not be able to sleep at night,........... do some physical activity like going for a walk,............ and relax with freinds,.........watch a movie................ and in the morning of the day before the exam read kaplan q book 1st 50 pages where they have described the ways to answer question in the usmle.....................dont read anything on last day before exam. just check your orange card and i.d. Night before the exam, when you go to bed, visualise yourself at prometric and giving the exam, you are doing so great and fantastic and you know all the answers all the time...............wow that is the greatest exam of my life..................... read something that inspires you before you go to bed, so that you go to sleep with positive thoughts in your mind............. the next morning awake refreshed and happy and ready to give the exam........... take 3-4 bottles of tang or vital z with you for energy. take some jam sandwich or something sweet so that you get lot of sugars, remember your brain needs glucose as sole source of energy. have a breakfast and take 2 tablets of vitamin B complex because you need them more today and take apples in breakfast.................one apple can stimulate you more that one cup of tea or coffee can. those of you who have a habit of drinking tea or coffee can take them to prometric as well............... again check the orange card and i.d................................... now take the blessings of your elders/god and conquer the exam in the center just take deep breaths go to toilet before the test begins............ wash your face with water and wash your eyes and feel fresh once you go inside the test terminal dont immediately start............. take some deep breathes. take the earplug and put them in your ear. take the marker pad and then write on the pad............I am going to do the very best. Come on You can and You will do it surely................Nothing in this whole world can now stop me..........Unleash my powers and awaken the giant within ........................... now you are confident........................ then start the tutorial.................... you cant skip it but just keep on pressing the next button until it gets over and then you will be asked your CIN no. Just type it and the exam starts. Read carefully and start exam. Dont worry.............. Just take the exam like you are playing a video game or computer game,..........no big deal just routine game....................... most important ENJOY the exam, after the block gets over just write on the pad. Great Job Doctor, keep up the tempo, keep up the good work , 1 block over successfully.......... DO the 1st two blocks simultaneiously without breaks. after two blocks take a break, wash your face and eyes to prevent eye strain and fatigue, drink some tang. and start the third block..... after your 4th or 5th block take a meal.................dont eat too heavy,................ and you are like 70% done. just give the blocks and after each block write something good about yourself........... i used the marker pad just for that.............. This willl be the best exam that you have ever given in your life................ Enjoy your life,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you need any help, i m here to help. best of luck and you will do great sharvil it has worked for me, my score is 99/268........and anyone and everyone can get a 99..because we are doctors..........
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| antigen2 Forum Newbie
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| | 03/14/07 - 03:05 PM  
 
   
 
|   #94 |
hi sharvil congrats on ur gr8 score can u tell me how u reviewed peds. the videos give a lot of extra info....i don't have too much time.....do u think just going through the book is good enough for scoring very well...i am referring to the 2006 videos by Dr. Cvetnic. and is there smthing which is good and needs to be done from the extra stuff he has discussed in the videos.... thankz for ur help in advance
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| Pan4ev_ProfDrHC Forum Newbie
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| | 06/10/07 - 08:03 AM  
 
   
 
|   #95 |
Hey Dude,i think that you told enough I strongly recommend you to take your Littium pills regularly with proper care in order to prevent all this profound and obvious maniac future spells.You need a good psychiatry help,you are out of your mind.Why dont you understand that we cannot treat patients with a knowledge from all that exams,theese exams are only selections But you are so blind by your intrusive thoughts about self-entitlement and excesive need of admiration.....you know very weel what does it mean?- Narcistic personality disorder! I dont want to treated by this kind of physician Take care If you need any help i'm also here to help you sencerely
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| positive1 Forum Newbie
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| | 06/17/07 - 01:50 PM  
 
   
 
|   #96 |
Thankyou so much Sharvil; your post is very motivating and encouraging! I am planning to write USMLE, starting with part CK 2. Can you or any member here advise me how much time I need to prepare with a full-time job? and whats the deadline to finish the parts and which parts should be completed before the match and do I have enough time to appear for the 2008 match? Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| GLO MD Forum Guru

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| | 06/25/07 - 02:06 AM  
 
   
 
|   #97 |
To all of you out there fighting hard the "epic battle" of the usmle's... I want to say that everything is possible!! never loose faith!!! I did my step 2 ck past March and got a 99, I literally cried!!! I thought those scores where impossible but they are not!!! My advice: kaplan books and first aid they are not as good as the ones for step 1 but they are a good start up point. DO!!! your own notes. USMLE WORLD is a must!!! it's so great the real exam turns out to be much easier! Watch kaplan lectures especially internal medicine and obgyn (did not watch pediatrics, surgery and psychiatry, they turned out to be really boaring and not helpful). Do the NBME exam 3 weeks prior. Start with step 1 first if you can because it helps a lot and don't wait for long so that you have the info fresh in your mind. That's all I did plus a great deal of help from God. Good luck to all of you and be confident in your capabilities!! Never retreat, never surrender!!!
Edited by GLO MD on 12/23/07 - 09:54 PM
___________________ Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground....Theodore Roosevelt
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| dr.samar Forum Newbie
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| | 07/01/07 - 12:46 AM  
 
   
 
|   #98 |
congratulation shervil u deserve it
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| tongsaa Forum Junior
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| | 07/07/07 - 07:58 PM  
 
   
 
|   #99 |
Congrats Sharvil...U r the man!
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| WaleedBadr Forum Newbie
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| | 09/02/07 - 11:13 AM  
 
   
 
|   #100 |
Hi guys I am currently preparing for 2CK. I get days when I am doing fine, others when I hardly study. I don't know what to do to feel motivated for all the time (or most of it). I have to admit this site helps alot, but there are times when I feel like not doing anything at all. Please help
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