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Justice
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09/14/07 - 09:32 PM

All right, colleagues,
It is again my turn to tell you about my experience… I took my exam today, and I really enjoyed it!!! I loved it!!!
I am not gonna tell about my prep since I won’t have my score till after Oct 10…

My exam consisted mostly of IM, Pediatrics and OB/GYN… NO, virtually no questions from surgery, just a few (~30) Qs from Psych/Behavioral/Biostats combined… The Qs on the exam are less weird/difficult than those you see from UW…

Length of Qs was OK, around 5-7 lines +/- labs which were easily manageable… Virtually all long Qs were from Psychiatry, but again these were only a minor (troublesome) fraction of the Qs…

Have had 2 video/audios, and these were the last Qs in block 3 and 7… I had only 60 secs to answer those… The time to close the window took ~2-3 secs, and even after that it takes some time to “activate” the system… In one block I did not have time to close it and in another block I did not have time to listen to it… Both were from cardio Peds section… Hope both Q were experimental…

Had two images from derma (psoriasis and papillomas on the finger) and one image of the a vulva (to relax) with a mass lesion …

Overall: the exam is very much fair… Covers everything, but I had an impression that I had a lot of Qs from DM II… Had nothing I hadn’t read about… Time management is a key, but practicing at home will not help much as this depends upon the length of the Q you are gonna face with in the exam, not during your prep…

My personal advice: actively participate in this forum by answering Qs others post… No Qs on the exam were harder than the Qs we discuss here…

Finally, I express my best wishes to all my colleagues who contemplate to get in to US residency by actively posting on this forum…

Justice (is committed)
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Edited by Justice on 09/14/07 - 09:54 PM

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09/14/07 - 11:08 PM

Thanks for sharing. GL with your score! You will score great. smiling face

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09/14/07 - 11:29 PM

thanks justice, for your input.waiting to look your detailed prep methods.good luck smiling face

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09/15/07 - 04:20 AM

thanx justice for sharing ur experience.. nod

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09/15/07 - 04:33 AM

Thanks justice....good luck for your score

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09/15/07 - 04:58 AM

thanks for sharing.god bless u with a bigggggg score.

were qs similar to USMLE practice qs-2008? these r now available at usmle site.pls also share ur prep strategies.

Edited by USMLEGladiator on 09/15/07 - 05:03 AM

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09/15/07 - 06:55 AM

thanx and Good Luck smiling face

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09/15/07 - 08:34 AM

Thanks 4 sharing your experience....wish you the best with your score smiling face

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09/15/07 - 10:44 AM

Best of luck justice smiling face

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09/15/07 - 12:38 PM

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gl on ur score justice
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09/15/07 - 01:45 PM

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Good luck on your score, Justice!

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09/15/07 - 03:59 PM

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Hey Justice, thanks for sharing and best of luck with score and match. I know you will do great.

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09/15/07 - 05:02 PM

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There you are my dear Justice!!You will get one two:-)

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09/15/07 - 07:10 PM

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Thank you! Nice advices! You deserve a high score!

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09/16/07 - 12:17 AM

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HEY ,jUSTICE, WISH U A GREAT SCORE . Thanks for the experience post ...

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09/16/07 - 03:39 AM

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thanks buddy for sharing....did you have any wierd ecgs? i find it tough to decipher evn simple ones,so am quite worried about those....how do i go abt that?

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09/16/07 - 12:06 PM

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Justice!!!!!! nod

Justice
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09/17/07 - 07:48 AM

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Dear All,

thank you very much for your very kind wishes!!! I really appreciate your thoughts... I also wish you good luck with your prep and USMLE journey!!!

Yes, I did have EKGs, pretty simple - one trigeminy requiring placement of pacer (per answer option and my own knowledge), and an EKG of ventricular fibrillation requiring defibrillation as the Pt was unstable...

Had one OB/GYN tocogram - early decelerations

One X-ray of a humerus with lytic tumor lesion

4 X-ray films of bowel obstruction

One pedigree for sickle cell disease...

I guess that was it...

I will post on my prep protocol when I get my score,-just do not want to be misleading...

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09/17/07 - 09:29 AM

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Hey man thanks for sharing nod

At this moment I'm preparing for Pediatrics part, what can you tell me or advise me about that subject?
thansk

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09/17/07 - 09:34 PM

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Congradulation my man !

GL with the score

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09/17/07 - 09:42 PM

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GOGETA wrote:
Hey man thanks for sharing nod

At this moment I'm preparing for Pediatrics part, what can you tell me or advise me about that subject?
thansk

Hey GOGETA,
I personally used Blueprints, but my wife read both BP and Kaplan notes, and found these two pretty similar in terms of content... Sorry I cannot be more specific... I am sure you will be fine with either... GL smiling face

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09/17/07 - 09:49 PM

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Aha, some old people back here!!! I thought I lost you forever, doc_clotaire and sprint123!!! I recall we started together our CK journey... Thank you guys for your thoughts... I think one day we have to share our photos to better know each other, and, of course, if you are in the US, to get together somehow...
And, as I said before, I am thankful to everybody who takes active part in this truly great forum...

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10/23/07 - 05:58 AM

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