amer_almohssen
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hello everyone,
i am preparing for my step 2ck, and everything is going well, i just can not seem to be able to finish doing the questions on time. though i make sure that i have enough sleep, and i am in a quite environment i can not seem to be able to keep my concentration on the question sometimes. Moreover i have noticed that the more questions i add to a block, the more questions i end up not doing on time.
i keep pushing my self, but nothing seems to work. i tried to read the last 2 lines, and that does help, but not enough to finish on time. i tried to read, and stop at every full stop to try to paraphrase what i just read, and i tried to read as fast as i can but nothing seems to work. i do not reread a questions very often and i try to push my self to just make a choice and move on, but it is still not enough to finish on time!
the hardest part about all this is when i review the questions, i often find that i missed some questions because i overlooked some info here or there.
please if anyone has any advice, then i would be very thankful if you would help.
thanks to everyone,
amer
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| robin082006
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This is a problem for all of us.
Old test takers advise that:
1. Read qs quickly,
2. Skip normal values (just stare rapidly at them)
3. Step 2 qs give lots of distracters, think about the disease the question mentions after reading 3-4 lines, and look for findings relating to the disease to confirm it, this is very helpful to speed up our reading.
Good luck.
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| priyagrove
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READ THE LAST LINE FIRST! THAT SEEMS TO WORK IN 20 QUESTIONS IN EACH BLOCK. i MEAN, MANY A TIMES THEY GIVE ALL KIND OF STORIES ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE BF's NAME IS GHARRYY & HER SMOKING HABIT & HER COUGH HISTORY & HER FAMILY HISTORY & THE SECOND LAST LINE SAY SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH Lung CARCINOMA, 2 MONTHS BACK, & NOW WHATS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LUNG CANCER IN SMOKERS?
SO YOU SPEND ALMOST 45 SEC READING THE STORY & FIND OUT IN THE END THAT OHHH THE DIAGNOSIS IS ALREADY MENTIONED & THEY WASNT TIO ASK SOMETHING ELESE! MAKE IT A HABIT OF READING LAST LINE FIRST! IT WON'T HELP U IN EVERY CASE BUT WILL BE HELPFUL IN 40-50% CASES... THATS MY OBSERVATION!!!!
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| priyagrove
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priyagrove wrote:READ THE LAST LINE FIRST! THAT SEEMS TO WORK IN 20 QUESTIONS IN EACH BLOCK. I MEAN, MANY A TIMES THEY GIVE YOU ALL KIND OF STORIES ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE BF's NAME IS HARRYY & HER SMOKING HABIT IS 20 YRS OLD & HER COUGH HISTORY & HER FAMILY HISTORY & ...................................... IT GOES ON... & THE SECOND LAST LINE SAY SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH Lung CARCINOMA, 2 MONTHS BACK, & NOW WHATS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LUNG CANCER IN SMOKERS? SO YOU SPEND ALMOST 45 SEC READING THE STORY & FIND OUT IN THE END THAT OHHH THE DIAGNOSIS IS ALREADY MENTIONED & THEY WASNT TO ASK SOMETHING ELESE! MAKE IT A HABIT OF READING LAST LINE FIRST! IT WON'T HELP U IN EVERY CASE BUT WILL BE HELPFUL IN 40-50% CASES... THATS MY OBSERVATION!!!!
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| askdoc
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My suggestion is, if long q do what priyagrove says and read last q. If short one just proceed. Only 25% or less of q's will be 3/4 to over 1 screen page long(need to scroll) Half will be 1/2 to 3/4 page long. The rest is less than half a page. In actual exam, when encountering long q, try to have final answer for q before moving on. Harder to recheck, since more things to reread and reprocess if you go back for it.
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