DrVirgo
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Does anyone have any suggestions on a strong study schedule for the last 10 days before the exam?
I'm thinking of doing one subject for 1-3 days:
Peds, 2
Ob/Gyn, 3 -(more days because its my weakest one) 
Surgery, 2
Psych, 2
Epid/Statistics -1 day
AND do something from Internal Med every day of those 10 days.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and good luck to everyone. 
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| bhanusupriya
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drvirgo,i just took my exam 3 days ago,so i'm not sure whether my suggestion is useful or not.so,these r the things i've done during my final 15 days b'fore exam;
*UW q's - did it topic wise,sothat i'll get a feeling of completing that topic.
in final 2-3 days i did them in random mode.
*NBME - i discussed them in phone ,1-2 hrs. a day with a study partner
*SECRETS - this is a really nice book.it covers UW topics too.but,i couldn't
complete it in full.
*MY NOTES - i didn't gothrough all the kap books again.instead i revised the notes i've taken from kap,UW.
*DERMA PICS,MRI,CT,X-RAY,ECG'S
*USMLE CD - i'm very scared with the thought of exam,so i did these cd's in timed mode 2 days and 1 day before the exam to desensitize my self.and i'm sure that it worked with me.i'm not at all nervous at test center by GOD'S grace.
*FINAL 2 DAYS - many people will say not to read day b'fore the exam.but,that's not the thing with me.
2 days b'fore,i flipped through OBGYN,PSYCH,SURGERY -my notes,UW notes.
1 day b'fore i completed IM ,PAEDS.it's just going through the notes at a quick glance.
again,i'm telling u that i don't know whether it's a succesful strategy or not as i just took the exam and don't know the results.
i wish u good luck.
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| mytime
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U have 10 days, means u can do plenty. If u are done with KAplan many times I'd say Secrets n UW for 4 days, and BNWs n UW for next 4..2 days to look at whatever that u don't like and yea NBME is a good idea as well. 
I'm on my last 4 days now so guess what I'm doing?
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| Ivonne
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Hi Dr Virgo, i read somewhere that in the last days try not to learn new material, but reinforce what you already know and memorize important values( cholesterol cut off values and so for). Best of luck.
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| caduceus
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dnt learn any new material...
read kaplan again and if u get time uw notes again..or solve the wrong questions...
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| multifactorial
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i have six days to go and starting from today,i am doing a multitude of things in the same day with a little time management.
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| arlete
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I read First Aid and my notes.
Good luck!
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| DrVirgo
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Thanks everyone...
I will definitely cram all that short term memory stuff during the last 2-3 days, like values, etc... Definitely Pictures... Any advice for audio/visual questions?
I did read secrets but many months ago... I don't know if i'll have time to read it again, and if I do it will probably like reading something new since it's been so long... I'm still debating on that.
-oh yeah, FIRST AID.... I have not yet finished it.... Should I attempt to go through it BEFORE the 10 days? I'm about 1/4 finished.
-And UW questions, I'm almost done... How quickly should I review all of them AGAIN?
Thanks again everyone and good luck for your exam and for your results!
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| Feyza
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very best luck dr virgo ! I felt for you while reading through the post added to my to be prayed list !
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