tdmed
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Before my exam, I felt I can pass according the experience posted in this forum. This made me confident toward the last month of my prep. Thank you guys. I took the exam on Dec 3rd, ECFMG updated 1-5-06, receive score this afternoon, 229/93, very happy.  Here is my experience. Since I graduated from medical school in China 12 yrs ago and never worked with patients after that, I spend almost 1 year to prepare for it. Couple years ago when I am doing PhD here I considered preparing for it, but did not start. Now I am doing full time research, spend about 3 hours each night and 4-6 hours each day during weekends.
The books I used are:
Anatomy: high-yield.
Biochem: Lippincot.
Behavioral Science: high-yield.
Immunology: high-yield.
Microbiology: ridiculouly simple.
Pathology: BRS, Webpath.
Physiology: BRS, also Clicnical cases by same author.
Pharmacology: Lippincot.
Cell biology and histology: high-yield.
I did not worry about molecular biology too much. I read every subject 4 times, and read Kaplan organ system book one time 2 months before exam.
Kaplan Q book 2 mo before exam: 71%.
Kapan simulated CD 1 mo before exam: 71.6%.
Robbin's review of pathology: about 2 mo before exam: 65%-80% for different chapters.
Also did "Q block" from a CD I bought from ebay, don't know the source, many pathology q, two 7-block exam about 3 and 2 weeks before exam, 75% and 80%.
Q bank, maybe 65% to low 70's.
Did not do NBME. My exam has a lot of pathology, which is my strong point according to performance on Kaplan simulated CD. I did not get a lot anatomy, which I am afraid of.
Most of the questions (including pathology) are basic concept, straigtforward. Many are clinical cases.
Some are tricky, and I marked 2-3 for each block, but usually can not feel confident after recheck them. All calculation questions are easier than those in q book or other sources.
On average, I have 5-10 minutes left for each block, since those easy questions did not cost me much time. I took a 10 minutes break after 2 blooks, then 5 minutes after 3rd, and took 30 minutes break including lunch after 4th block. I took 5 minutes break after 5th and 6th block. I drink water or coffee and had some choclate at each break, it helped me maintain energy.
Goodluck to all.
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| reet
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CONGRATTS........
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| fakhan
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| Doc2378
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Good Job man!
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| sturge_weber
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great work man
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