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marasmus
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HI all...as promised here is my exam experience....I had my exam yesterday..the first 4 blocks for me were relatively easy ..I always had 5-10 min left over after rreviewing the marked questions...the last 4 blocks I felt were a bit longer and I only had 2-3 min left over after reviewing...I was trying to go thru the blockss very fast as I was previously told that time is a huge fastor in step2....lemme now say that time is really a factor on step2..but if u keep time in mind and try to be at the 25th question by 30 min it is easily dooable..even the longest blocks.
Now about the individual subjects....
MEDICINE-OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF IT..ABOUT 50-60%.ALL THE MAJOR TOPICS WERE ASKED FROM ALL THE POSSIBLE ANGLES...MI,PE,ARDS,PANCREATITIS,ACHALASIA,PERICARDITIS,PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMESSIADH,HYPER/HYPO THYROIDISM.BACK PAIN WAS ASKED BIG TIME(5-7 QUESTIONS).PAIN MANAGEMENT WAS ALSO HEAVILY TESTED.ALL THE IMPORTANT SIDE EFFECTS OF IMP DRUGRS WERE THERE.IN NEURO I WAS ASKED A FEW STROKES..TO LOCALIZE THE SITE IN BRAIN....MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS-ABOUT MLF,OPTIC NEURITIS ETC....GBS,NPH.IN HEMATOLOGY....I GOT A FEW SCD,CLL(ASSOCIATION WITH AIHA WAS ASKED),G6PD DEF,B12 AND FOLIC DEF.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE WAS ASKED A LOT BUT MOST OF IT DOABLE.2 QUESTIONS ON COMPLEMENT DEFICINCY AND PROPENCITY OF CAUISNG N.MENING/GONO INFECTIONS.
SURGERY-BASICALLY TRAUMA,PRE AND POST OP CARE..FLAIL CHEST WAS ASKED 3-4 TIMES...BUT JUST THE DIAGNOSIS..ALL QUESTIONS DOABLE.
PAEDIATRICS...QUITE A LOT OF IT,ABOUT TORCH INFECTIONS,SORE THROATS,RASHES,HIV IN PAEDIATIC AGE GROUP WAS HEAVILY TESTED,SEPSIS,ETC.I FELT WAS A BIT TOUGHER THAN OTHER SUBJECTS..BUT AGAIN MOST OF IT FAMILIAR.
OBGYN-PLACENTA PREVIA,ABRUPTIO,PRENATAL CARE,PREMATURE LABOR,DM IN PREG,HTN IN PREG,MOST OF IT EASY AND SCORABLE ACCORDING TO ME.
PSYCHIATRY-ALL MAJORS WERE ASKED ...IN A FEW QUESTIONS HAD DOUBT BETWEEN 2..BUT WELL LETS WAIT AND SEE IF I CHOS ETHE RIGHT ON.. ....ETHICS A FEW SIMPLE..A FEW WIERD ONES...STATS..4-5...ALL SIMPLE SPECIFICITY,PPV,SENS,P VALUE..BASIC STUFF.
SO THATS MY EXAM EXP GUYS.HOPE I DO WELL.AS FOR PREP MY ADVICE IS KAPLAN +UW IN IDEAL FOR IT..ALL QUESTIONS WERE LIKE UW...AND CHOICES WERE EVEN EASIER...IT COVERS ALL THE HIGH YIELD TOPICS REALLY WELL....MY TOTAL PREP WAS FOR 4 MONTHS I STUDIED ABOUT 8 HRS AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST 3 MONTHS..LAST MONTH I WAS AVERAGING ABOUT 10 HRS..
SIGNING OFF WISHING GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF U OUT THERE... ...ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK ME.
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| lmbebo
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congrats and g/l with your score!
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| babli
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Congratulations & Good luck!!!
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| motivated2
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Good Luck. One thing's over for you. less stress & pray for the best now. Thanks for the exam infos.
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| marasmus
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thx all...hoping to get a good score..lets see how much I get
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| achilles
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thanks for wonderful and a very useful post marasmus.
and i am sure you are going to get a very good score(considering your nbme score) and yu will be celebrating in 3 weeks from now for sure. good luck !
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| aimhigh
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Hi Marasmus, Good job done! Thank you for your generously providing us your exam experience! According to your clear thoughts about exam-question orientation, I feel that you will get a great score!
May I ask you how your arranged your last four pre-exam weeks? did you do mainly review reading or questions? Thanks a lot in advance!
Good luck!!!
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| 3535
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Hi, can you please tell your UW scores, the no. of revisions?your approach to UW.
It'll be very helpful to so many of us doing UW at this stage.Thanx.
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| marasmus
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TO AIMHIGH-HI THX FOR U WISHES.ABOUT MY PREP IN LAST FEW WEEKS....I WROTE NBME 1 ON 30ST OF MARCH...GOT 600~239....FELT I CULD HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER...AND ALSO GOT A FEEL FOR THE HIGH YOELD TOPICS...CHKED OUT THE PREFORMANCE PROFILE GIVEN BY NBME..MADE A NOTE OF MY WEAK AREAS..WROTE THEM ALL DOWN AND I STARTED MY LAST REVISION....READ MEDICINE AND PAEDS COMBINED FOR 6 DAYS....AFTER EVERY SYSTEM IN MEDICINE DID ALL UW QUESTIONS AGAIN AND READ ALL THE EXPLANATIONS TO ALLMOST ALL QUESTIONS AGAIN..WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ONCE WHICH I WAS NOT VERY CLEAR ABOUT...AFTER THAT GAVE 1 DAY FOR SURGERY AND 1 DAY FOR PSYCHAITRY...THEN TOOK NBME 2...ON THE 9TH OF APRIL..SCORED 650~248..ALSO FELT CONFIDENT DOING IT..MORE IMPORTANTLY MY PREFORMANCE PROFILE IN WEAK AREAS IMPROVED....AFTER THAT DID OBGYN FOR 1AND 1/2 DAYS..ALONG WITH UW QUESTIONS...LAST DAY CARDIO AND RESPI FROM KAPLAN NOTES FOR ABOUT 6 HRS..THEN REVISED ALL WRONG ANSWERS FROM MEDICINE FROM UW WORLD....HAD A GOOD SLEEP AND WENT FOR THE EXAM....THATS MY PREP IN LAST 2 WEEKS..HOPE THAT HELPS
TO 3535-WELL INITIALLY I SCORED AROUND 67 % IN UW WORLD...THE SCORE IMPROVES AFTER EACH READING...THE SCORE IN UW IS NOT IMP..SEE IT AS A LEARNING CURVE..KEEP IN MIND THAT IT ALWAYS HAS TO GO UP...TO ASSESS UR SELF U HAVE NBME....I DID ABOUT 3 REVISIONS...AND READ UW WORLD EXPLANATIONS THOROUGHLY..UW IS REALLY HELPFULL AND EASILY DOOABLE...SO STICK TO UW + KAPLAN..AND EXAM WILL GO SMOOTHLY...
ALSO I FELT MY PREP FOR STEP 1 HELPED ME..I HAVE 98 IN STEP 1.....BUT FOR THOSE OF U WHO HAVE NOT DONE STEP 1...ALL THAT U NEED TO KNOW IS THERE IN KAPLAN+UW..INCLUDING THE OCCASIONAL STEP1 KNOWLEDGE THAT U MAY NEED...SO RELAX AND WORK HARD AND U'LL DO IT
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| marasmus
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ALSO DOING UW WORLD IN TUTOR MODE IS BETTER ACCORDING TO ME...COZ THAT WAY WE TEND TO READ ALL THE EXPLANATIONS INSTEAD OF THE ONCE THAT U WERE JUST WRONG IN....
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| aimhigh
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Thank you, Marasmus!! You will get a 99 for sure!!
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| srf
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| karusmle
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thanks for ur advice ...........
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| sheena2005
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Thanks a lot marasmus for such a detailed explanation of ur exam experience.I have my exam is 4 weeks, n i feel that i don't know nething, but ur post has really boosted me.i have not taken step 1 yet, so just worriede if they ask a lot of step 1 type questions.
Good luck for ur score.
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| marasmus
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U R ALL WELCOME..THX A LOT FOR UR WISHES...WILL LET U KNOW HOW i DID ONCE I GET MY RESULT
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