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true, below freezing morning, usually perfect to sleep for some more time but then i'll need to read. I couln't start psych yesterday as i was reading CS material. Today will start with psychiatry book and try to finish it within a week too....
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| CristinaCol
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Did my homework!
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| CristinaCol
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I made it to page 42!
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| rody
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u are fast reader cristina............i have to do 30 pages every day but i fail to finish them........... how are u dong that??
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| ckprep
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yeah ....atleast after so many days of procrastination i made a start. After coming from hospital, i could actually sit and read after soooooo many days. Although till now its only 21 pages (tried to mug up charts in developement). But still its a good start for me...Will try to catch up soon as i'm on for few more hrs..
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| CristinaCol
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I struggled to read 20 pages when I first started preparing step 1, but after passing that test and seeing the future coming closer, I feel very motivated, plus, the time pressure is a big push too. Keep it up CKPrep and Rody, better 21 pages than nothing!
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| ckprep
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Did 20 more...it was a good mixture of CS and CK material with psychiatry being the "break" time. With the background of step1 i had a feeling that reading through the BArbara Fadem "BRS-Behavioural science" would be a good choice to support the little material given in Kaplan Psych notes...waht is your opinion?
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| CristinaCol
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I like the latest kaplan notes on behavioral science for step 1. I also find the material for psychiatry a little bit too general, but I think Kaplan knows their bussines and they must know what you really need for the test. I am gonna wait till I do questions on the subject to consider reviewing some other sources.
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| CristinaCol
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I am on page 135!!!
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| CristinaCol
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I kissed the psychiatry book goodbye today. How is your study going ckprep? I am going to do some questions tomorrow on internal medicine mainly. Good luck to you!
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| ckprep
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wow you are really fast cristinacol!!!
do you study full time? I'm struggling to fetch time for studies. Just complete psychiatry part and would start epidemio part. Seems i'll need till weekend to go through the whole stuff again.
Suggest me some tips to keep myself motivated and persistence to regular study...
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| CristinaCol
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I am studying full time. I find great motivation envisioning myself starting my residency. I have a wonderful family and husband and I want to make them proud, and after all is said and done, I want to be able to enjoy with them the rewards that hard work brings along.
Sometimes I just want to be lazy and watch the tube, but I look at myself and I feel guilty for wasting time, and that thinking gets me going again!
It is important to have a support system to help you stay on track, so rely on those who care about you and ask them to be your cheerleaders. Hope you can keep up the efforts to take your tests this year.
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| ckprep
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cristinacol, that was really a nice piece of inspiration for me. I've increased the speed of reading and I hope i'll able to catch up the speed soon...Thank you for the kind words..
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| CristinaCol
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You're welcome. Yesterday was snow day, my husband stayed home and I did not study. I am going to do some more questions on the material I've read so far, and I will move on to surgery tomorrow.
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| k2mle
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hi
was going through your post,you guys are reading really fast.keep it up.........
hey cristinacol...from where are you doing the ques?are you doing usmle world with first reading...... or some other source?
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| CristinaCol
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hi k2mle, I am trying to take advantage of the rush that you feel during those first weeks of preparation to get the first reading round done in 2 months or less. Along the way, I am using some old kaplan questions. I am planning on buying the q-bank at the end of the second round, but I have heard that usmleworld is better. Have you used usmle world? whats your opinion? Best of luck with your studies.
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| k2mle
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hey cristinacol...
i m about to start usmleworld in a day or two.yes i have read on the forum that it is good.but they say that new kaplan q bnk is equally good.so i have decided to take both.but first i wud do uworld.
good luck! keep studying
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| ckprep
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Alrite! here i go....
although its not a big thing but i felt its noteworthy to post that finally i completed psych and ethics today.
While reading from diff materials i think High Yield Psych and Kaplan are need to be clubbed with drug section from Blue print Psych (its very little). But then its my perspective as i was not comfortable with vague info given in kaplan....
will start with surgey tomorrow...
whats on your side kristinacol? Your moivational words made me to do this (though late)..
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| shagan
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Hi CristinaCol- I just read through your journal and I find it very motivational to start studying. I'm planning on taking the Step2 CK in July and am going to start studying this week. I have a couple of questions- did you buy the kaplan books or are you using an old set? Also, are you going to read anything else like boards and wards or Crush step 2? Thanks
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| CristinaCol
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hello everyone, I have to confess that I have not studied a lot during the last 3 days. I spent the weekend on taxes and some home improvement, but I am back and just eager to make up for the wasted time. I have found that book of surgery mortaly boring, but easy to read. CKPrep, I am so glad that you are done with your first book, way to go! What book are you starting now? I agree, kaplan is very vague, but I am going to wait and see my performance on the test before considering going to other sources. Shagan, I am using the Kaplan notes 2005 for now, and I will get the q-bank and usmle world eventually. I will take the test around june or july like you, so we better get busy! OK, time to get started, good luck for everyone!
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