egyusmler
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Hi frnds..how is everything?
Lets share our suggestions as regards to the time issue of the test..How to speed up as the questions follow each other?
I heard some ppl saying it is better to start reading from the end i.e.scanning of the answer options,then the last 2 sentences in the question and if u need read some lines from the start....
what do u think?
any opinion is highly appreciated.
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| arlete
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I did that at the beginning of my test, not a single answer came to my mind if I didn't read the whole thing! What helped me was doing uw (built my stamina to endure the real test) and being familiar with the most common normal values for basic metabolic panel, ABG... It's good if you read very quick the numbers and any great abnormality is caught right away.
I'll try to do it for step 3, I hope I'll have more luck!
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| egyusmler
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thx arlete for sharing ur experience....so u advise to quickly scan the whole question with focus on abnormal findings,then to pick an answer..that is reasonable.
as u said,one should save time by learning the normal lab values before walking to the test.
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| zappeuse
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good topic..my experience with UW is that a tiny little part of a sentence can determine the correct answer so I don't like scanning rows quickly..I think there's enough time to be thorough and avoid stupid mistakes. It would be good though to think of having a quick look at the question first of all as many times it is totally independent of the whole long text that you spend long time reading through.
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| egyusmler
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thx zappeuse...
But u said that there is enough time to be thorough!!!.I think it is less than 60 seconds that time given for every single question;is this enough?
Anyway-as u said-it may depend on the lenght of each question.
U know,my test is coming up and till now i havnt determined a strategy for this issue
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| kleovoulos
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hello mates..
I think that although time is not abundant, it is a bit more than 60 secs ( maybe 70) per Q. So, it must be about the same time provided for step1 Qs but here, the Qs are said to be considerably lengthier.
I did not have a serious problem regarding time in Step1 but I'm definitely not the person who had many minutes left after each set. I'm pretty anxious about that in step2.
I just wanted to feel that I'm not alone
And something else..During Step1, I noticed that whenever I attempted to adopt such kind of ''tricks''( reading Qs more quickly or skipping ''unnecessary details''), I always ended up to rereading the Q! so, it could not work for me...
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| zappeuse
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why? isn't it like 46 questions in each block and 60 minutes to complete them? that would give 78 seconds per question. please warn me if i'm wrong..
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| egyusmler
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so it is my fault..i miscalculated the ratio.
anyway, 78 seconds/question still need good practice and a wise strategy to attempt all the test questions(which most of them are very long).
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| zappeuse
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sure, but still. 20 seconds is something
the good news is that there are nicer not-so-bad questions that you can save time with and than use it for nasty ones..
we're gonna do it!!!
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| Ivonne
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
1.-Practice as many timed/ramdom questions as possible during your prep and try to tailor your own technique of answering questions.
2.-As for me, it worked to read the whole question stem for short and medium lenght questions and the last phrase of the long questions, specially the long questions, for instance, sometimes they present a long description of a disease presentation, the diagnosis is given at the end and they ask for the treatment...
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| arlete
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During my practice, I scan the long ones quickly to see if there is a diagnosis given at the end, like Ivonne mentioned. Sometimes we try to figure out what the question is about, so we go "I know! The diagnosis is x!" then "Oh, they are going to ask about the ethic aspect now..." and at the end, they ask about the red butterflies menopause! It's sooo frustrating... 
So it's good to begin at the end, sometimes... Too bad it didn't work for my step 2 CK... 
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I have found some few questions for which you don't even have to read the case. For example, they give you a lengthy case and in the end they say the patient has X, and is treated with A. What is a contraindication to giving A. So, why would you have to read the case!? Very few, but it gives you extra 60 seconds.
Or one I did just today: "Lengthy case. Patient has hypertension. What's the most effective non pharmacologic way to control his HTN?! A: Stop Alcohol intake!!!!!!!!  See? It works some times!
And not only because of this, but so that you know what to focus on, I read the question first!! As Arlete said, it avoids the frustration of reading through the whole q thinking you know what tey are gonna ask... and then.. NO!!!!!! I sometimes even had to read q's again to focus on the answer and not on the diagnosis I was thinking through the whole q and they just told me...
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