SOS
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you are most welcome miss deja vu and so is anyone else who's looking for some good company while we travel this journey towards our dream scores.......
i had set high targets for myself today........... but its evening already and i have yet not started acting on my schedule........ 
just didn't feel like upto reading........ so did the questions instead..... did 50qs in micro and got only 50 %...............
followed it up with 50 qs in pathology,random ..... got 76% ....
i don't know what to make of it...
anyways.... now i think i'm ready to face those books again,i'm going to lag in my today's schedule but i'l try to make the best of whatever time i am left with.
  : well miss deja vu,nice try to lift up my spirits by saying you're lazy too......  but i'l beat anyone on that ground.......
its good to be connected to so many people on the forum..... i've already made some friends,so let's keep pushing each other towards our goal..... we are going to win
good luck to all of you
happy studying
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| SOS
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my friend abc please tell me what you mean by fgt and mgt..... each time i see them on your posts i keep wondering what you mean... 
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| keepgoing
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sorry no halucinations but by mistake(while editing)got deleted.thanks for stopping by yes u r rt,we all in same boat,sailing towards one goal,u doing so well,keep at it.all the best to you too.
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| milee99
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hello........
don't boast about ur laziness people
support and try to outweigh in studying hard and inspire also
i mean i just read in a psych book that if you keep repeating that you a bad at something , your subconscious mind helps you to be just that , so don't tell yourself u r lazy, even as a joke , because ur sub-conc mind needs to hear that only 6 times to believe it and make you act on it
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| deja_vu
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SOS wrote:my friend abc please tell me what you mean by fgt and mgt..... each time i see them on your posts i keep wondering what you mean...
I guess its Female / Male Genital tract right ABC. Don't feel shy talking these words in public ABC. We are in doctors community
just kiddin. You know that right.
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| supra
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[font style="background-color: #ffcc99"]hi supra.... i don't know what you mean by going slow.you have to assess yourself not solely on how fast you do it,but also on how well you do it.so even if yo go slow,do it well,understand the things rather than memorizing or just reading them.
when i read i don't sit for long hours..... coz i'm not able to concentrate that well for a long time,so i read until i feel i'm able to concentrate and am fresh enough to retain it.... the moment i feel its not happening anymore,i shut the books and take a break..... and i start again only when i'm ready to concentrate and grasp whatever i read..... i end up taking a break every one to one and half hours.....
when you read try to make the stuff as interesting as possible.......... it keeps you entertained and also paces you up.and one thing that helps me is..... changing lanes ,what i mean is when one thing becomes a little too much for me to sustain i pick up something different,that itself gives me a break... and i come back to the earlier thing when i really start to miss it.its like changing channels on tv............ my message is simple do whatever it take you to make it interesting ......... that way you'l learn faster and better too.
i do a lot of hocus pocus to keep me sound.... sometimes i read quietly,sometimes i read out loud,some times i take notes as i read and then review those hand written notes for revision,sometimes i pretend as if i'm teaching someone.....(one teacher of mine used to say,the best method to learn is to read and vomit..... sounds gross but he says it and it works too)and when i don't feel like doing anythnig i do questions..... they get my mind working and bring me back to my senses.....
 i hope you find your way soon
 
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[font style="background-color: #ffffff"]Thanks a lot SOS,again sorry for da delayed reply.WILL KEEP studying hard.back 2 study[/font][font style="background-color: #ffffff"] [/font]
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| SOS
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i'm still held up with yesterday's backlog......
can anyone please tell me what is the best method to do goljan pathology.... i mean i'm doing it first time and i kindo not getting the hang of it..... tried listening to the audio lectures first but its not working..... i felt as if its better to read the book first before going for the lecture..... its is so confusing. some one please suggest.
one more thing,is goljan itself sufficient for pathology or kaplan is also needed? i'd done kaplan pathology earlier and didn't like it much,so shifted to goljan this time.... but in goljan i feel its too packed,i mean even though i've read the concepts earlier,his style is very different and i'm not getting the hang of it.
please help................
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| milee99
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best way is to read fast , listen to audios ..lesson by lesson and then read again
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| abc1234567
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hey sos .. fgt and mgt mean female genital tract and male genital tract :P
Goljen pathology is difficult to do .. but u got ti do it patiently .. lissen to the audio its really good ... read first and then lissen to the audio thats my suggestion ..
things tht u need to do from goljen r : everything excpet for bone (i wud suggest u look at kaplan too or rather do it from kaplan and just look at goljen i dontthink there is much in there .. kaplan has given tumors in a better detailed way ..
skin has too mcuh detail in goljen u cn stick to kaplan for that and then just do the questions .. general . blood , respo cvs , kidney , male genita and female genital all from goljen but again tumors shud be done from kaplan tooo ..i mean just add the things which rnt there in goljen ...cns is also a topic i wud suggest u look at kaplan for tumors .. if u really get sick of it u can afford to do cns and bone from kaplan and leave goljen .. i know goljen isnt easy to do 
okay read one para and then just try to recall wat u just read.. READ IT QUICKLY AGAIN and move on and keep on doing it .. if u do like tht atleats u know ur just not reading without retaining ... rem. u mite not retain everything but it will help ... do keep kaplan in front of u caz rem . kaplan patho is like your old friend and goljen is a new guest so u do need some support ritenow .. but as soon as u get in teh flow i wud suggest u stick to one boook caz and ditch kaplan and for a few topics u can leave goljen ..
goljen takes time .. and thts y tht part of your timetable was a bit toomuch for me but then again step2 is fresh in your mind so thought u wud do it
.. rem one thing SOS whenver u start studying after a long time r whne ur trying to get in the flow its wise to amke an achievable timetable so tht u get encouragement from it and makes u organized and not make u all confused again .. once u get in the flow make it harder and harder caz then your mind is ready to take the chllange .. THE PROBLEM IS we know we can do all tht caz we have done it before and we do believe in ourselves but we dotn know when xctly we r gonna get our rythem back.. all i knw is if we keep trying we will get it back ..............
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okay SOS Just to let u know i cudnt do much too earlier but i know i ahve to compete it today at any cost ... i hate getting stuck .. so ur not alone buddy .. but we will do it .. we will ..
today i ahve to DO ENDO ( rem for endo u just need to do one book dont waste your time doign ti from patho and phy ..do it from one book and just do the histo path from any book thst y i dint mention it in last post ).. anyway so i have to do do endo .. and bone ...
and ofcourse yesterday's shit tht need to be finshed .. tht shud prolly not take more than 3 hours ...
man its gonna be a long day todayyyyyyyyy
btw one more suggestion for u if u really wanna get strated with patho do male genital and female genital , breast or endo ... u will be just going thru them caz these topics r LOT LIKE step 2 stuff so instead of doign general start with any of these ... ( i ahve written female genital and male genital quite a few times now ..and everone kows wat it is so i guess i will stick to fgt and mgt from now on as iam tooooo SHY ..u were rite de javu :P hehee
Good luck SOS ...
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| abc1234567
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i do a lot of hocus pocus to keep me sound.... sometimes i read quietly,sometimes i read out loud,some times i take notes as i read and then review those hand written notes for revision,sometimes i pretend as if i'm teaching someone.....(one teacher of mine used to say,the best method to learn is to read and vomit..... sounds gross but he says it and it works too)and when i don't feel like doing anythnig i do questions..... they get my mind working and bring me back to my senses.....
thts a great suggestion by SUPRA .. KEEP IT IN MIND SOS
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| supra
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hey abc123...that was written by SOS ,not me,i was just quotin sos.
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| keepgoing
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Hi sos,dont worry patho at first look ,esp with RR goljan books, looks huge but like everyone has suggested,read 1st and listen later,but im doing opposite(all hav edifferent ways).im listening 1st and than just read text,u too have read patho atlesat once so no probs if u listen 1st but everybody has own liking,so ur prefernce may vary too,so just do as u like ,try every way for 1 or 2hr and u will know what suits u more.w/ goljan audios patho BORE?? --->NOWAY happy studying!
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oh ok .. well its worth reading ..doesnt matter who said it ..
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| SOS
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i'm back friends... hopefully for good.was held up in something so couldnt do anything.this day has been very hectic too..... i tried reading some path but its not going in..... i think i've had too much for the day.
thanks for those suggestions about goljan... i think i'l go with reading first and then listening to the audio....let's see if it suits me.
there's one more question.... when you say Goljan you meant the Pathology Review by him,right?okay what i really want to know is..... does this book i just mentioned has color pictures? i have got a xeroxed one and the guy told me the pictures were black and white in the original,without letting me see it... did he fool me? coz this one's got a lot of pictures and they don't make much sense without the color.i'm asking here coz i would like to confirm before i go back all the way (its too far) and waste half a day to pick up a fight with him.
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| cutekity
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hey SOS ,count mein as well with this journey of step 1 ...im doing goljan saily like what i do is i finsh 1 hr audio daily and read the same chapter from the book (rapid review) ..so far i have done only 2 audios with text cuz before i tried listening lectures without reading the book and it didnt work for me so i switched it to this pattern !! alrite GL studying ....
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Hey sos.. i would also agree on reading the text first then listening to the audio. for sure, it'll make more sense. its jus most of us are used to this style of learning (reading) even though auditory learning is more of an effective tool. I think most are referring to Rapid Review of Pathology 2nd edition. you can easily google it and see the cover being blue. It has color pictures and margins on the side for pointers and note taking. About the fight.. you need backup??l.. I got some worthless textbooks i could throw at the dude.. 
ps: when are you planning to tackle the step.
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[quote=Fyred-up]Hey sos.. i would also agree on reading the text first then listening to the audio. for sure, it'll make more sense. its jus most of us are used to this style of learning (reading) even though auditory learning is more of an effective tool. I think most are referring to Rapid Review of Pathology 2nd edition. you can easily google it and see the cover being blue. It has color pictures and margins on the side for pointers and note taking. About the fight.. you need backup??l.. I got some worthless textbooks i could throw at the dude..
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Count few mine too. So Sos, how much did you implement from your plan? I am always laggind behind my timetable. Am starting physio kapnotes with KapQs. finished micro.
Hope you are doing great.
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| paheli
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thanks for your post at my journal.
good luck with path. golhan's rapid review is excellent, have you got the old edition? or the new one, which was released in 2006? the new one's a lot better. it's worth buying a new copy, the pictures are high quality. there is some errata to be entered in to the textbook, though. so watch out for that. i actually like that massive subject now, it's great.
wish you loads of luck on this journey! let's stay in touch!
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i feel so ashamed of myself.... i haven't done anything worthwhile again... just did one audio lecture of goljan and took notes from it...
Edited by SOS on 03/07/08 - 01:38 PM
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| cutekity
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hey SOS, its not only you !! i was lazy all day as well and just did a lil bit of patho feel like was waste of time today !!
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| supra
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hey SOS,this is but natural ,we cant read everyday all the time like robots /machines,kambakth dimaag apna keeps freakin out.so lets tame it now n then n start studyin,N LETS GET BACK 2 OUR books,SOS.
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will definitely pray for you sos.. i hope the situation around you clears up soon and you're able to get back to studying at full speed. Maybe if you give yourself fewer hours, say study only 5-6 hrs instead of 9-10.. that could give you some time to clear things up. you're in our thoughts. God's still listening and He has big plans for you laid out already and He wont let you down on the long run. keep the chin up.
--> --> --> -->  --> Get better soon.
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thanks a lot for your message at my journal. it helped.
looks like something is bothering you. trust me on this one - you are certainly not alone. perhaps you can take comfort from that, and we'll make it through this together, all of us. so, let's take it one small bite at a time, and chew well before swallowing!! do let me know if i can help.
if your mind is nor willing to passively read from a book, switch tracks. listen to papi's voice, or do some qns instead. or try the various sites listed by contributors on the 'step 1 links' thread in the support forum. [here's the link: http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/60870/ ] as long as you're spending your time on step prep, that's time well spent.
ok, this post is turning out really long. better stop now.
oh, btw, that was a very nice poster in cutekity's journal. very motivational. GO READ IT!!
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hey SOS, just checking on you !! hp ur doing ok and ur studies are going as planned !! ......GL
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