06-06-2012, 02:43 AM
I want to share my experience as I got many ideas from this forum and now it is my turn to give some experience to people here, I took my exam on first days of may but has been in so much stress till last night, because I did awful on ccs I can say just two or three cases got better and case ended in a good way other cases awful even I was wondering why I forgot even simple things my first case was not good and the same for second and third case and I was very panic as i heard before we can not make mistake for more than one or two case on ccs this made me so panic that I was not able to concentrate on other cases so frustrating almost all other cases I had very very stupid approach eventhough the time was enough and I did diagnosed the patient very well but I believe I did awful on management and my approach was stupid all these months after exam I was thinking how stupid person I am !!so much stress as I did not do well and I am old grad how can I stand in match if I fail in step 3 and all these thoughts made me so stressed out
even I did not want to talk about step 3 with most of my friends as I was sure I will fail and did not want to explain to everybody this failure
but thanks God I passed and my performance on ccs was high?!!
my advice do ur best for preparation but do not stressed out if case ended early or if surgeon denies or if patient becomes frustrated as many of my patients on ccs did not say they are good and soem of them become frustrated do not worry and do not stressed out before results just because u feel bad with the cases after exam.for ur information time was more than enough for ccs cases .
regarding mcq first day it was long questions but doable.second day blocks are shorter and questions are much easier.regarding material I used mostly uw and mtb also I got great help from premier review it is great.good luck to every one
even I did not want to talk about step 3 with most of my friends as I was sure I will fail and did not want to explain to everybody this failure
but thanks God I passed and my performance on ccs was high?!!
my advice do ur best for preparation but do not stressed out if case ended early or if surgeon denies or if patient becomes frustrated as many of my patients on ccs did not say they are good and soem of them become frustrated do not worry and do not stressed out before results just because u feel bad with the cases after exam.for ur information time was more than enough for ccs cases .
regarding mcq first day it was long questions but doable.second day blocks are shorter and questions are much easier.regarding material I used mostly uw and mtb also I got great help from premier review it is great.good luck to every one
I was even thinking yesterday when you are going to take it. Wonderful. You got rid of the USMLE. All the best