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stressulcer
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Hi all, I recently took my cs and am now having mixed feelings over it. I keep remembering all the mistakes I made..and just wanted to ask how grave they will be overall to my passing ..(any wisdom from cs veterans would be highly appreciated here!) mistakes I can remember: -didn't ask 18yo female any menstrual history (although it wasn't relevant to her cc) -ran out of time when closing once and panicked slightly (said to the pt 'i was going to test strength in both arms, but will do that next time'...weird i know, but i became flustered!) -one pt i only tested reflex on one arm, not bilaterally, and i may have used the wrong end of the reflex hammer..(don't remember now) -i think i have the wrong ddx for one case -i left out urine toxicology as workup for an obvious substance-abuse case -for one where i put cystic fibrosis as ddx, i put genetic testing as a workup instead of the pilocarpine test -at times i felt like i missed alot in data gathering, but i asked all the liqoraaa and pamhugsfoss for all pts; i draped all; washed hands and kept good rapport with the pt, counseled and tried to close well/confidently. Running out of time would make me anxious though..so sometimes i had to do a quick PE instead. I'm an IMG but born /raised in america so english was not a problem. Please tell me your honest thoughts on my chance of passing? Many thanks in advance.
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drbrain
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Hi, dont worry everyone feel the same way. Where did you take the exam and when. I did in LA on 8 April and i am expecting the score around June 16, i am very worried, feel anxiety but i cant do anything abot it, its just wait. Does anyone know if OASIS trick still work?? i get the red text that says that i am registered for the exam ........ would appreciate if anyone can tell me, the anxiety is killing me
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ironman
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stressulcer wrote: -for one where i put cystic fibrosis as ddx, i put genetic testing as a workup instead of the pilocarpine test What is wrong with genetic testing as a work-up for cystic fibrosis? why would you want to do pilocarpine test for CF? you mean "sweet chloride test"? when you say you missed something, how do you know what exactly was on their checklist? sometimes it is good to miss some of the stuff on first aid for the cs because of irrelevant and silly question and sometimes they miss important and relevant information. who knows what exactly is on their list? from what you described you exam was perfect, who cares if you missed to check the reflex on one side, people sometimes forget to do the whole neuro exam. relax man, you passed that exam. dont give yourself reasons as to why you might have failed.
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