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  #1

at last i had my step2 yesterday after 4 months of tight study schedule. studying with my husband helped a lot who also did step on same day. i didn,t slept well night before due to exam tension but my husband slept veeeery wellcool

both of us get mostly same scenarios just like we had in step1.most of my exam was IM all other subjects were equally tested exept surgery which was low.exam was very tiring i got severe headache in last 2 blocks.very few qs were straigh forfawrd most of them required brain storming.but qs were workable and wern,t too tough .doing UW helped us alot its simply great not only similar scenarios appear in real exam but it teaches correct approch toward qs.and yes kaplan its a must must.i.ll try to sumerise imp topics

IM

cvs and resp heavily tested, vertigo,thyroid dysfunctions,acid base abnormalities and nephropathy in diabetes ,renal artery stenosis 3-4 qs,co poisoning ,cardiac murmurs,pulmonary embolism,pulmonary edema do abgs well,hypercalcemia,obstuctive sleep apnea.

gynae

lots of obs qs like aph,chorioamnionitis,eclampsia,CIN,breast lumps,menopause hormonal changes

psychiatry

restless leg,night terror, depression,schizophreniform disorder2 s,bipolar,alcohol withdrawl,borderline personality,adhs,separation anxiety,sleep disorders,specificity,other statistic qs were workable and few

surgery

mastiitis,papancreatitis,head trauma,pericardial temponade ,

peads

lots of neonatology qs,murmurs,legcalve perthes

and alot of other qs ,hope u,ll get some idea,see u in cs forum








  #2

THANKS FOR THE EXP. AND GL FOR BOTH
WHAT ABOUT INFECC DISEASE AND RHEUMATOLOGY?

  #3

Thanks for sharing, GL for high score.
How about ethics question? Can you remember a few of them? thanks.

  #4

Congratulations for getting this done! So nice you and your husband could study together. Wish both of you wonderful scores!

  #5

thanks for sharing,,goodluck fr results to both of you

  #6

Thanks for sharing. Wish you a great score!nod
Would you say that cvs chapter in Kaplan was enough to answer the Questions, or do you think the level of the Qs was more detailed? Were there a lot of pharmacology questions in regards to the CVS? Thank you for your input.


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  #7

Thank you very much for sharing!!
Best of luck for you bothnod

  #8

Thanks a lot for your sharing. GL for next step!

  #9

cvs was highly tested i think kaplan notes ,cornard fischer lectures and uw are good sourses,ethics qs were easy remember 20 rules from kaplan, rheumatology was easy like dermomyositis,stills disease,sjogren synd,gout,ostoarthritis,i dont remember whole qs but they were easy

  #10

thanks a lot and GL

  #11

hey guys we got scores today yahoo i got 99 and my husband 98.we didn,t believe when we saw scores good luck to u all

  #12

congrats

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  #13

hi, yasmeen

Congratulatio to both of u for this great performance and score. A great team work.

Could u please guide me how much DVDs are important for step-2 ck preparation.

GL for ur other exams







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