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Finally over with Paeds (thanks god). Got 79% in UW . not bad i think. Will start gyane. obs. now. Lets see how good these lectures really are.
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| kingsofke
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Ah another day goneby. Well like almost all the days yet i havent finished what i intended to . Lots of distractions (of my own creation offcourse). I read 5 chapter of obs but could only listen to lecture for 3(man he is so good).
p.s. i did first test from pretest and it was very good(loads of information) I will tell you later if rest of the tests are any good
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| LisaM
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Kingsofke, it would be really nice if you let us know if you find the pretest series useful. I had planned on doing Q book, UW, NMS and internal medicine Q bank for Kaplan for CK prep. I will look for the pretest books if you recommend them. Thanks.
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| KEROCHI
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hi kingsofke,
are you done w/ UW? Wow" Great score 79!! for UW.
Keep up the good work!
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Hey lisaM i cant comment on Pretest , its so variable. i did the surgery pretest and liked it much and then i didnt do IM pretest cause it was so poor and i did 3/4 of paeds and it was so so. I am doing obs and its ok. Actually the only reason i do it is because i get many extra bits of info which i add on to my kaplan. On the whole i wont recommend it for everybody. I wont be doing qbank of kaplan from your list and i would add qbook of step3 in it. and just may be AL review for paeds too.
hi kerochi , saw you after somedays man. I am doing UW subjectwise which is to say i have OBGYN and Psychiatry left. thanks .
Very slow progress although i didnt wasted much time today or did i?  . Any ways still in obs and miles to go before gynae.
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| LisaM
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Thank you Kingsofke.
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Finally over with OBs and into GYN. and doing pretest along.
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| lucky
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king do u recommend surgery videos. listened to only 4 mi n. of pastana and hated it.
is pretest surgery any good.[ pretest gynae is good.]
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| kingsofke
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no i dont. Pretest surgery is good.
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| sobia naeem
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hello everyone.well done with gynae obs and pretest was sure good as i felt that i did better on usmleworld questions after that.i,m took up the surgery book today and decided to do dermatology.but i cant find lectures for it in my kaplan set..is that the way it is or am i missing lectures.???
alright good luck everyone
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| kingsofke
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there is a single derma lecture which is very poor video quality. I listened to it with monitor off. But its very very good. Its in there somewhere i think dvd 1 or 2 .
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thanks kings.i found the lecture and it was quite good.but the pics werent visible so i saw emedicine pics side by side to get an idea for dermatology.i,m doing surgery now and just notes and no videos.well this is my last subject..then first reading will be finally over..
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| kingsofke
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you are wellcome. Man this gynae gonna kill me. Still got 3 lectures to go. i will try to finish it all up tomorrow. I want to finish my reading by the end of month and have psychiatry left.
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| sobia naeem
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hi everyone.good productive day today.did radiology,opthalmology and trauma.plus also read around 50 pages from step 3 books..the course of step 3 is the same.i love reading the case and forming a differential diagnosis of it.and the management is almost the same as well.
i,m hoping on finishing surgery by end of this month and also do pretest surgery..lets see.
good luck to all!!
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| kingsofke
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Done with ObGYN. and into psychiatry . I dont think i would make it by 30th . you would like explainations of pretest surgery Sobia (not questions though) there is alot not written in kaplan. I dont know if thats high yield or not.
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hi everyone.well yr right king .i still have 2 chapters left in kaplan surgery.i think i just might be able to finish those till 30th.well wasted a whole day on an earthquake alert.we had a tremor of 5 on richter scale but an anxiety level of 9 .
anywayz i like surgery esp the vignettes.so pretest after 30th inshallah.good luck to all
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| lucky
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finished with psych.thank God. the lectures are very good . still have ethics and epidemiology left. cant get the step 3 books . not available yet, but since u guys recommend them i'll certainly try. havnt done pretest surgery yet.
good luck all
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| wheat beer
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hi, what resource(s) you use for emergency medicine? thanx and good luck
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| kingsofke
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Done with ethics and epidimeology but have UW for this last subject to do tomorrow. Then my first reading will be over .
Wheat beer i am using kaplan which covers emergency medicine in the internal medicine book and trauma in surgery.
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| sobia naeem
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hi,done with surgery and pretest as well..still got usmle world left..
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| kingsofke
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Finally i am over with my first reading though i have just a few things unfinished but thats what second reading is for right  . Just a quick over view I did all the kaplan step2 and step3 lecture notes . I listened to most of the kaplan dvds. I did almost all of the UW. I did much of pretest .
Am taking couple of days off. Esp as i am planning for a very intense prep ahead (lets see ). I have made a 1m 15d schedule for the second reading, And i am planning to do Kaplan lecture notes ,read boards and wards subjectwise, Do wrong Q.s in UW and read other underlined explanations (yes i have it on books) and Step2 Qbook subjectwise. I am also planning on doing STep 3 Qbank which is not given subjectwise so i would do it 50 q,s daily , starting late in the 2nd reading. I will leave step3 Qbook for 3rd reading.
But for now i am going to enjoy the weekend completely. All the best to all of you in your prep, keep up the good work.
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| LisaM
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Kingsofke, you are an inspiration to the rest of us! Goodluck! 
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| lucky
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king u seem like a jinn to me , mere mortals like myself can never do that much. i salute u.
need som e help with second reading , dont know how to plan it. how many hrs do u plan to put in and what is ur time table gonna be like.
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| lucky
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sobia how r u doing.
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| sobia naeem
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well i am quite confused abt how to start second read myself.i started off with int med .did first 2 chapters and wondering tht i need a schedule too.i,m gonna do 50-100 qs per day.but i dont know how many chps to do every day..any suggestions!!!!!
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