mjl1717
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Took exam on June 7th ,my birthdate. I think I did ok,but you never know until you recieve the score. Id like to thank just to mention a few, asmi,
Idiopathic, meg, Yulia, dxtxpx, oddisey (excuse spelling), *Mash
and the others. My exam was schedule for 1 oclock pm so I didnt finish till 9 pm. First my exam covered all bases except general biochem and no embryo. AS you know they were 2 and 3 step question, leading to the diagnosis but asking the receptor or the treatment. Id say a good 50-60 percent was pathophysiology,15% was molecular or cell bio/genetics, 10% was behavioral including patient doc relations and statistics,10% micro and 10% pharm, anatomy was mostly CTs and MRIs.[When you go to exam Id say bring two forms of Id like I had, because one lady couldnt get in because of an expired drivers license-Security is tight-which is good]
What I found most helpful not neccesarily in this order:
First Aid-As they say memorize it.
Goljan- His main materials are helpful (Iused the stars book+his notes)
Hi Yield series -Is concise and to the point
Kaplan is helpful-esp Robert Dunn for physio and the Biochem
I only have 3 main reference texts to be more detailed
Harrisons/Goodman&Gillman Pharm/Guyton Physio/
On q bank I eventually was getting in the 70's
Thx to every one on this forum :idea:
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| tasneembanu
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Thanks for sharing ur exam experience with all of us,all the best for ur results.
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| mash
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mj, congrats on taking the exam....all the best fr the results and step2 and fr the future too....
thanx fr sharing ur experience....
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| kalsam
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Atlast you are done ..mjl...Congratts!!!
thanks for sharing ur experience
All the best for your score!!!
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| indlaxman
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did u take the NBME TEST?
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| nico
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congratulations, taking the test alone is an acheivment, I know how difficult it is to study and have a full time job. I have a question ,what source did you use for pathology slides and did you have a lot of radiological imaging?.
Thankyou
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| mjl1717
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addendum:
I did 250 qs until I could not take it. (Dont neccasarily(spelling) follow me, because I swim 3 or 4 hundred meters everyday) Then took a half hour break for a sandwich, piece of banana and some mints. Then completed the last 100 qs.
In answer to the qs:
1) I took NBME test, but I cant say I got above the mean.
2) for path I used some Kaplan pics that a friend gave me on DVD/some
Web path before I found out it was online.( looked about 5%Webpath)
3)images were mostly CTs and MRIs of almost anywhere on the human
body,especially above the neck.
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| rida
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congrats mjl, all the best for your score, i am sure you'll do great!!!!
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| itsme
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Hi !! congratulations for u r nice score.
hope you will share your experience and guide me correctly.
Currently I am using Kaplan notes & q banks of 2000 edition. Please let me know if 2000 edition will be good enough to score or I need to go for higher version kaplan edition like 2002-2003.
waiting for ur reply.
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| oddissy4u
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Congrats mj.Best luck for ahead. 
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| mjl1717
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This edition is OK if you absorb at least 90% of it, but Id update the pharm and Molecular biology part.
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thanks mjl.........best luck for ur result.
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