nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
i've always been a night person... and i'd like to contribute what i can as long as i've got the time. i really like this little forum family.
of course, once i get my scores back we'll see how seriously people take my advice. 
|
| ELM
Forum Guru
Topics: 28
Posts: 936
|
Hey Ahdy!
I have been peeping your daily lately if i had a chance.... it's just soo appealing even to know that there are other out there doing same thing as me and trying hard! So thanks for this post! :lol:
I got online silulated Kaplan yesterday it's just like their test center ones. I did bad and i was very dissappionted .... over the night i thought... and ask myself that what can i do now? leave the whole thing???? and found out that there are no any other way ... except nomatter what i have to go all the way till the end :| :| :| ! So ia m ready to do more.
Now would you tell me what is this bussword thing you and Nuprin talking about? it it helpfull? if yes where can i get it?
Also how are you doing on Pharmo? i am just sucked with it..... it seems that i can't possibly memorise all these drugs..... it's all mixed in my head.... what can i do? any advice???? Anyway Ahdy..... thanks agian for just being here and doing same thing as me :P :P :P .Please answer my Qs 
___________________
ELM
|
| namf
Forum Elite
Topics: 80
Posts: 312
|
Ahdy2000--you must be the smartest 4 year old I have ever heard of...
But seriously, your diary idea is outstandig. I'm going to keep one from now on too. Hang tough--and just eat this junk up for now: it'll be over v soon and you'll have no regrets.
peace & g'luck!
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
Namf: i can use "bomb"! plus, i think that with more step1 info that's cramming into my head, i'm losing all my other skills, including the ability to hold an adult conversation not about the test. thx for the little note, and good luck with your diary. i think you'll like doing it.
ELM: stay motivated. like nuprin said, don't worry about the kaplan thing. do what you can do, learn as much as you can, and the rest is in God's hands. (hard to listen to that, i know, but there's nothing truer)
now for your questions:
"Now would you tell me what is this bussword thing you and Nuprin talking about? it it helpfull? if yes where can i get it? "
Buzzwords for the Boards, copyright 2005, 2nd edition, by Brent Reinheimer. You can get anywhere that sells review books for step1, or online. check amazon, or you can even go to www.lww.com, the publisher's website.
It's basically just quick question/answer formate, somehwat like Rapid Review section in the back of first aid. Questions on teh elft, answers on the rihgt. I like it personally for memorization, and also it has a lot of details that i don't know, which i like. you don't REALLY need it, but it's just another way to study. It's hard for me just to memorize first aid unless I have a background, and this book gives me that. but it's not necessarily amenable to every person's studying style. if you can take a look at it before you buy, i'd suggest that first. it also really helps to do it with somebody, even if it's somebody not realted to the test, like family member/friend. just have them read the q's, and you answer. but anyway, those are my 2cents on it.
"Also how are you doing on Pharmo? i am just sucked with it..... it seems that i can't possibly memorise all these drugs..... it's all mixed in my head.... what can i do? any advice????"
I'm terrible at pharm. I juts don't know anything. I'm going to use Buzzwords for that, then read first aid. i think, personally, the best way to do pharm is start by 1. memorizing all the drug classes, mch of action. that way, at least if you don't know the drug on the test, you might be able to classify it and figure it out. 2. memorize that list in first aid 2004 of all the toxicities and intereactions of the drugs (i think it's only 2 pgs). 3. then you can start with the individual drugs, and if you have a solid idea of the classes, it might be easier to classify them as you learn them, so they don't get mixed up. but the problem is this takes time. i'm just going to try to mem FA, buzzwords, and eh..i don't know what else. iv'e heard carbamazepine about 1,340,443 times but i still can't tell you what it does for the life of me. it's just one of those htings.
study hard and good luck. i hope today is a good day for us.
a2
|
| ELM
Forum Guru
Topics: 28
Posts: 936
|
Thanks Ahdy for your time and help!
Ok that Buzzword thing is sounds really fun to me, because i like that kind a short stuff! So the one book has buzzwords for every subject if i'm right? I can't look it up on the bookstore becuase there are no stores around here that sell med.books...... i am in the Vermont which is real country! :wink: Anyway i'll think about buying it!
Yaeh Pharm is really getting me..... just like you said i am gonna try to get classes and mechs first and then the names and side effects! yeah that's it!
Thanks agian! Hope you doing a lot today.... i'm not feeling so good today so gonna take it easy :wink: ! Will hit hard tomorrow!....Later!
___________________
ELM
|
| nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
hey guys! ahdy, your pharm attack sounds perfect. don'tcha hate those drugs you have a total block against? mine is the generic name for demerol... i still don't know it! and everytime i see the name i'm like, what the heck does that drug do?? still can't assoc it with demerol.
RESERPINE! right? argh.
i thought buzzwords was great before bedtime for pharm and path. there were a couple of things i learned from it. a friend of mine loved it for those two subjects. i started it with biochem and it made me hate it bc it's wayyyyyy too detailed in that subject.
oh, this might help: for pharm i just recopied FA (drugs and concepts both) into notecards. never looked at them again but i found i knew most of it by recopying. if i'd had more time the notecards woulda come in handy. it was useful to put the cards in piles depending on what class they were. oh wait, i lied. i looked at my side effects notecards a bunch of times bc it was kinda fun, and that helped a bunch.
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
5th block 60% eh...
Elm yea, buzzword's got all the subjects, which is nice.
I think i'll try your notecards thing, Nuprin. I've been doing it for other stuff, but FA pharm is a good idea. (although, i've got almost 1g of notecards by now, idon't think i'll have time to look over any of them).
|
| docarjun
Forum Elite
Topics: 11
Posts: 334
|
Ur way to do Pharmac is good... if i sort it by this way ,it will be a lot easier for me also.
Anyway is first aid enough for the anatomy?I have done kaplan once.Its quiet a big to revise it again from kaplan.If first aid is enough ,i will just take this shortcut.
What do u say Nuprin?
|
| nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
yeah, first aid was enough for anatomy on my test. the anatomy was very basic, but there are some crucial facts to memorize, most of which are in first aid. in addition to first aid, though, make sure you flip through MRIs, CTs, and angiograms and that you're familiar with histo (particularly special features about different cells and lining epithelia and embryo origins). if you've got the time, everytime you miss an anatomy q, make sure you look in your netter's and be familiar with where everything is.
don't worry about looking over your notecards. it's the copying part and the inherent organizing that goes along with fitting info on one card that makes the difference. it'll probably help a lot with side effects. if i'd had more time i would have carried those side effect notecards with me and flipped through them while waiting in line for things. i had some "macro" cards, too, which grouped drugs and side effects together, e.g. different anemias, -penias.
oh, do you guys have that small embryo program that quizzes you on ecto/endo/mesoderms? i did that program while i was procrastinating or on the phone and it really drilled important things in my head. try to think about things like "clefts" are "ectoderm," etc. while doing it.
|
| docarjun
Forum Elite
Topics: 11
Posts: 334
|
hey can u please tell me ...from where u did ur psycho pharmacology?Psychiatric medications?
It seems i am poor in them.....will appreciate any help!
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
12 days left...brrrr...makes me shiver.
Nuprin, what's that embryo program? (well, i guess i know what it is..but you know what i'm asking  )
DocA, i think you were asking Nuprin, so I won't answer, as I haven't touched pharm yet (well, i touched it, but it punched back, so i've stayed away for a while).
today's work was
5th block of kapsimtest
60Q webpath
35 p. BRS physio (as this rate, i should be done with my studying program by 2005)
4 hours of buzzwords to finish neuro in it...freakin' hard as .... a big rock!
my eyes are tired now. i'm going to do the dishes while i listen to goljan heme (for some reason, i can't get that stuff about heme to stick, don't know why).
nighty night.
|
| nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
oh, sorry docarjun, didn't realize you were asking me a q. i did almost all my pharm from first aid. also used "drugs of choice" by the medical letter as a reference (mainly to be able to correlate namebrands with generics, but also to read recommendations in prose form). psycho pharm has always been my favorite (no comments, please. ) so i have never had too much trouble with it. high yield behsci also covers some stuff, and i have an old text book called "drugs and human behavior" from a class i took eight years ago or so. try that if you're having trouble with particular classes, but it's too lengthy for boards studying.
embryo program is on my preparation_e yahoogroup, so chekkit. it was a good way for me to spend time on the phone and not feel guilty, and i must say i know derm origins very well now. it's a really small executable.
if goljan doesn't take care of that heme blockage, try doing the robbins review chaps. hard as big rocks, but it'll drill that stuff into your head, and you'll get exposure to good pics, too.
|
| docarjun
Forum Elite
Topics: 11
Posts: 334
|
Thanks Nuprin!
It seems i will have to go by the same techniues which Ahdy told to memeorise them .
Ok....
Bye the way what r u people talking about embryo?
what is this preperation_e?
I mean how to get it started?
|
| docarjun
Forum Elite
Topics: 11
Posts: 334
|
Hey Nuprin ,i am getting tempted to extend the date of the exam.
Looking at my poor performance in simulated exam,feeling really nervous.
O God ....help me!
[-o<
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
is it's not necessarily about the score (well, it is) but it's about learning the information. i don't know..it kind of helped me to worry less about the score, and study more. good luck DocA whatever you decide to do. just remember, if other people have done it, so can you.
Nuprin, love the pharmaconemonics...an original ? the embryo program drives me beserk i just can't remember what i just put, if it was right or wrong, then i click on the wrong answer and something else comes up. it's freakin' awesome, i feel like i'm sprinting in an embryo race. wish i knew code, i'd make one for pharm. do they have one for pharm?
well anyway. thanks.
|
| namf
Forum Elite
Topics: 80
Posts: 312
|
Bless you for your encouragement and sincerity posting here, Ahdy2000. Your posts give me strength!! I know you are close to completion now--this is the scariest time. Use your main weapon--discipline and work. Giving it your every effort will assauge worries (I hope), but it can also lead to discouragement if you begin to focus on the "not done" pile rather than what you are doing. I speak from experience, as you're coming to see--I am a perfect turtle. So do high-yield work--things you almost know, but could stand one more pass thru: renal pathophys, CNS tumors, heart dz physiology/pathology, Ca metabolism + vit D + PTH/calcitonin, whatever..
I know you'll do great. Thank you for posting your experiences in a frank manner. It is very helpful to me. Good luck man! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
|
| nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
docarjun, no worries! you'll be fine. don't let your nervousness dictate your studies for the next two weeks. you will get much less accomplished! i can't tell you whether or not to postpone your exam but i can say two things: 1) acc to your sim test you will pass, esp with 2 weeks left to study and 2) postponing my test by 2 days was invaluable to me bc i had more time for a final revision, but honestly, if i had taken it 2 days earlier it wouldn't have made that big of a difference. you'll recognize everything on your test; trust me. just make sure you trek through that goljan and really understand what he's saying. oh, and pm me with your email address and i'll add you to my preparation_e list, which is just a group where i keep some useful links and files.
ahdy, yeah, i was doing that program like 100 mph, too! it's fun, huh? especially when you're on the phone--you should try it!  i don't know of one for pharm... i wonder if the code is released somewhere... shouldn't be a difficult matter to modify it for pharm. i didn't do most of those mnemonics but there are a couple i came up with (Florida Grapfruits INHibit Some Key Enzymes for drugs that inhibit P450 and NSAIDs F*** up My Renal System for drugs that cause interstitial nephritis). i've got a bunch that i'm gonna submit for next year's first aid, but that means i gotta go through first aid again...
good sentiment. not about score, but about learning the stuff. even though my test is over i'm still excited about knowing all the stuff. i hope i get my medicine rotation first bc i hear boards info comes in really handy (those int med mds love zebras). but i'm still nervous about my score, just bc i worked so hard.
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
Nuprin i'm sure you kicked ass, and i'm sure your score will reflect that. i can't tell ya not to be nervous, cause well...i don't think it's conscious. ) i'm actually getting pretty dang nervous right about now...because i want to do tooooo much, like 5 chs in pretest path and pathphys, like renal pathphys, path cardio/resp/heme and pathphys cns. i think those are my worst subjects, so i feel i need an extra push to do them. but at the same time, i gotta read phys..cause i kno no phys....and PHARM...freakin' pharm, pharm can kiss my phat a**. no time...no time no time....but i'm trying to remember..not about the score, about the info, not about the score, about the info, do only what you can do, can't do more than that, just study, forget about the time, learn the material, and a million other supposedly positive self talk crap that's not really doing anything to help....well, actually, trying to focus on what i gotta do today is helping a little.
if i only had 6 more years...i could definitely ace this mofo
|
| Ahdy2000
Forum Senior
Topics: 5
Posts: 203
|
did cardiophys today
webpath
buzzwords histo and 1/2 bs
i think buzzwords takes waayayyyy tooo long if you don't know the info before you study it. i think i'm going to abandon it for now, and just read. then myabe just do path/pharm/micro next week. argh..soo many choices, so little time.
|
| nuprin
Forum Elite
Topics: 16
Posts: 338
|
darnit, i wrote a reply but it got lost.
anyway, chill out man, bc you're gonna do great. can the pretest--it's a waste of time. keep doing goljan and robbins questions if you need reinforcement. i wanted to do too much, too, but it's okay if you don't get to it all, bc it won't affect your score bc of the way the testis. i say focus on phys bc the usmle is mostly phys-like--not str8 up phys, but phys thought processes.
the last thing i said was not to worry bc worrying wastes valuable time. if you're gonna spend time not studying, spend it relaxing bc relaxation is actually constructive. worrying also wastes energy that you need. you've got the right idea by just focusing on what you gotta do today.
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
