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girl^interrupted

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Jun 14, 2009 - 11:09 AM

My exam was yesterday. Hard exam. BUT doable.

Concepts tested were:

1- Neurology and respiratory mainly ( I was shocked by the amount of questions on these two)and these weren't my strong subjects sadly. Headaches, dementia, head trauma, Multiple sclerosis, PNEUMONIA ( about 30 or so question, very vague), COPD, asthma, ENT infections. These 2 topics were not only tested in medicine but also heavily in peds and then surgery

2- Plenty of step-1 type questions or maybe I felt that way because my step-1 was 2 years ago (telophase , kinesin, dynein ) and many pathophysiologies which I know I got wrong because step-1 was a far-off memory and I didn't come across them during my step-2 prep

3- Very easy and very few questions on biostats which I still got wrong smiling face

because I hadn't revised it..even messed up a plain specificity question..

4- Plenty of GYN less OB.

5- 2-3 ethics questions and plenty of vague psychiatry questions

Overall impression--> To get a really great score, ONLY kaplan and UW . And believe me it's NOT an easy task. Kaplan is HUGE and so is UW. And you should memorize everything. Risk factors, etiologies among the rest.
I planned to do this but I was short of time and couldn't. I also couldn't revise MANY things and they ended up showing on the exam and I did mess up on them. so please revise ALL your notes or kaplan in last 7 days that would be just ideal. i.e. 3 days medicine, and 1 day each to all the others.

My prep: gave 2 months to kaplan medicine and UW medicine, made notes and all. Then 2 months to other subjects, last month --> did not study a lot which was a mistake. It is the last month that matters the most. So do plan accordingly.

But I am very happy and very thankful to God that I got over with it. Now, I can spend time with my little girl smiling face

I've missed that the most during my prep.

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armada81

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Jun 14, 2009 - 11:27 AM

girl^interrupted good luck to your score , u have made a great effort and i m sure this will paid off nod

, beside that you were selfless and u give your time and effort in the notes that u have made , may God reward u on that .

just a couple of questions , i need to know how many times u have did kaplan notes before u start UW , and does there any need to do any review book like FA , crush , secrets , or it will be time wasting ???

thank u in advance and good luck

GOGETA

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Jun 14, 2009 - 12:31 PM

NICE you took the exam, now lets have a minute of silence for what was known as USMLE STEP 2CK, show respect this lady killed the exam nod

Could you make any comparison with the NBME exams?
How about the Surgery questions?
Psychiatry?

Thank you

drlilac

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Jun 14, 2009 - 2:45 PM

Good for you girlinterrupted! grin

Good luck on your score nod

girl^interrupted

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Jun 14, 2009 - 3:22 PM

Thanks a lot for the good wishes everyone...

armada--> I had UW for 4.5 months. I did it in my first read. I first completed medicine in 3 weeks then bought UW and started doing medicine questions after again reading that specific chapter quickly before starting the questions..

gogeta--> Thanks a lot. You're sweet smiling face

comparison with nbme..hmm..I just did nbme 4 and I found my exam to be equal or slightly harder than nbme 4. Harder in the sense that the question was usually easy, the answer choices were very close and quite hard to rule out...maybe I wasn't better prepared that's y couldn't rule out things...

Thanks drlilac..

girl^interrupted

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Jun 14, 2009 - 3:23 PM

hey and I don't think it's necessary to have a short review book...If u can read kaplan inthe last 7 days and read ALL of it, you'll MORE than perfect... smiling face

brainstem

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Jun 14, 2009 - 4:30 PM

wish u gud luk 4 gr8 score girl. my prayers r with u.....

anitha25

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Jun 14, 2009 - 8:44 PM

hi good luck for your score.........

classymom

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Jun 14, 2009 - 8:52 PM

I am happy for you its over.....good luck for the result and have a nice time with your kids!!Its a great sacrifice to stay away from your kids....i ve been there,,,so just enjoy!!
My exam is nearing so thanks for the inputs!!

FX5

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Jun 14, 2009 - 11:59 PM

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I am happy to hear this. Well done Girl^interrupted, and I wish you achieve a really great score.

Good luck,

dr_puma

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Jun 15, 2009 - 3:11 AM

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mohammadmd

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Jun 15, 2009 - 6:01 AM

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Thanks for sharing, hope you get high score and residency in mind. Please keep us updated when score shows up.

drmjmh99

Antib

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Jun 15, 2009 - 6:11 AM

#13

good luck for high score...

Mr.action

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Jun 15, 2009 - 6:42 AM

#14

Salam,

how many times u went through your own notes and did u find them very helpful in exam.

GL

dr.desperate

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Jun 15, 2009 - 6:46 AM

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Good Luck and may Allah accept ur hardwork with dignity

girl^interrupted

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Jun 15, 2009 - 7:22 AM

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actually the notes are all UW and UW prepares us for vagueness,doing the questions twice or thrice and then memorizing notes will "seal in" the prep...this is what i recommend but this isnt what i did but truely believe that this is the way to go..my friend did it and got 670 in nbme 4 and now she is waiting for the score which I believe will be around 260ies etc...

else, thank u all for such wonderful wishes...Please pray for my score , I'm only 2% confident shaking head

zeenat09

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Jun 15, 2009 - 7:26 AM

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congratulations for the hard work and i am sure you will get a very good score.. I have passed my step1 4years back, my concern is that what you will advise to review for step1.. i don,t have enough time ( 4th August is the day) what you think reviewing my firstaid book for step 1 ( which i still have with me) will be enough to be ready for step 1, or i should not waste time on that....

how much was your score on UW when you were doing after reading the medicine.. thank you so much for your hel[p.

AceNWin

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