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Advice for those taking their exam soon - drtwix - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
multivit, eeman and whoever is taking their exam soon.. i would recommend going over the following stuff for each subject a few days before the exam..
PHYSIO: graphs (all), cardiac and renal physio, action potential ion changes
PATHO: usually long term memory, ok if u dont get o revise it
MICRO: major virulence mechanisms of the BIG bugs.. parasitology-infectious and tissue forms, fungology--major morphological forms, treatment, among the viruses which are positive, negative, dna-- just revise the classification
PHARMA: first 2 chapter of pharma--most important
BIOCHEM: rate limiting enzymes and their regulation.. no extreme details.. just the major steps.. substrates and products oof only the ratelimiting enzymes
B.S: sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, confidence interval.. WHAT THEY MEAN.. how would u interpret their results
ANAT: limbs limbs limbs.. thoracic and abdominal walls.. embryo-- major deformities and their pathogenesis
histo.. can ignore a few days before the exam
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
Thanks alot drtwix.i appreciated ur concern.
ill definitely do wat u suggested.
Do u think i shud stopped doing UW anymore.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
thanks for detail advice
how many qus did you get in mol biology,
what did you find in your test that you didnot expect?
How about CT,MRI Images?
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
thanx a lot. i have about 500 q left in the UW. and i am not doing them anymore. coz it makes u think everything in twisted. so i was making simple mistakes in the NBME forms.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
am left with 200 Qs in UW (incorrect ones)
i do 50 Qs everyday n go thru explanations v fast.i will be doing them untill my exam along with other stuff just to be in touch with Qs.
don't care if i am still left with some untill my exam
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
sorry.. forgot microbial genetics.. got atleast 5 ques. on that.. eeman, Q banks hv a tendency to repeat within themselves.. so i would suggest stop doing it a week before the exam and read up high yield stuff..
multivit.. did get approx. 2-3 Qs on mol. bio in each block. sometimes 1 liner, sometimes a whole picture with graph and blotting etc. but dont get scared and pick up the big things from the graph.. what is present, absent, adding a substance did what.. i would suggest quickly skim it once and then mark it for the end.. dont keep thinking over it there and then.. there was nothing in my test that i didnot expect.. u guys know everything what to expect.. CT, MRIs were easy.. circle of willis asking for ant. cerebral A.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
alright...i will stop doing them now.
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
50 ques a day is not that exhausting so i guess u should be ok..
imi2007, how many days to ur exam?? if more than 2 weeks then u can do questions alongside..
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
thank you for your advice and wish you high score. any more wierd qs!
0 - ArchivalUser - 05-18-2007
drtwix, congratulations,
Did you read FA? is it necessary after kaplan for review. I read it for pharma only, immuno with some points added from kaplan, others-physio, bioch, anatom from kaplan and patho from goljan. I mean I dont' want to read the same staff in a different format (i mean kaplan and FA). I would rather stick to one source. also did UW-62% 2 month ago, doing q-bank with review of kaplan notes. having exam mid-june.
Thanks,