11-30-2005, 03:34 PM
Hi
I just took my exam.
Let me tell u a bit about myself. I am an 'old' graduate, with 2 kids, 2 and 6. I have been preparing approximately 6 months. In the end , I just couldn't wait to be done with this exam. After a lot of hard work and stress on me and my family, I hope and pray that I pass. Even though I was not an active participant, I would read all the posts. I took a lot of comfort in finding people in the same boat as me. I want to thank some people like knight, Billl, xalatan1 etc who posted so many of their tested concepts. That was really really helpful. I dont think I can do such a good job as them, but I'll try .........
Overall I think the test was mostly fair. Even tho I did not know many answers and had to guess quite a bit, I feel they were not hard. Some qs were very straightforward and I knew the answers. Soem I just did not know and had to guess or rule out most answers and choose between 2 or 3 choices. As to the time factor, it was close, but not as bad as I thought. I had planned my breaks and I was at the edge of my seat the whole time monitoring my time. For a couple of blocks I had time left over to review my answers. The fred system is good. This is what I remember-
Anatomy- not much at all, some CTs, some muscle attachments and action, some histo qs that I am not able recall, 2 on intermediate filaments
Biochem- gluconeogenesis, one pedigree, some genetics, one Hardy-weinberg, phenylketonuria, Hurler's, receptors,
behavioural - lot of statistics, SD from data grap, a lot abou tthe sensitivity, specificity, som,e calculations odds ratio, relative risk, About 6-7 qs on doctor patient relationship.
path- not as much as I expected, fibroadenoma, MEN II, thyrotoxicosis, a lot of CVS, esp chest pain and MI and a lot of alcoholic complications, and a lot on HepB.
physio- Renal aff and eff arteriole qs. , up and down arrow qs, a lot of them from endo
pharm- MOA of antivirals, resistance to acyclovir, heavy metal poisonign, ACE inhibitors(3 qs), interactions, overdoses of a couple of drugs, some adrenergic, cholinergics
Even tho this is the hard part to wait for the score, I want to really forget about this and spend some time with my kids, I've really missed spending quality time with them. So I am in no hurry to know my results, since I dont look forward to them. Anyway, I am glad it is over. Good luck to everyone in this forum and thanks again. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping all the ones I got wrong were experimental :-)))))))
I just took my exam.
Let me tell u a bit about myself. I am an 'old' graduate, with 2 kids, 2 and 6. I have been preparing approximately 6 months. In the end , I just couldn't wait to be done with this exam. After a lot of hard work and stress on me and my family, I hope and pray that I pass. Even though I was not an active participant, I would read all the posts. I took a lot of comfort in finding people in the same boat as me. I want to thank some people like knight, Billl, xalatan1 etc who posted so many of their tested concepts. That was really really helpful. I dont think I can do such a good job as them, but I'll try .........
Overall I think the test was mostly fair. Even tho I did not know many answers and had to guess quite a bit, I feel they were not hard. Some qs were very straightforward and I knew the answers. Soem I just did not know and had to guess or rule out most answers and choose between 2 or 3 choices. As to the time factor, it was close, but not as bad as I thought. I had planned my breaks and I was at the edge of my seat the whole time monitoring my time. For a couple of blocks I had time left over to review my answers. The fred system is good. This is what I remember-
Anatomy- not much at all, some CTs, some muscle attachments and action, some histo qs that I am not able recall, 2 on intermediate filaments
Biochem- gluconeogenesis, one pedigree, some genetics, one Hardy-weinberg, phenylketonuria, Hurler's, receptors,
behavioural - lot of statistics, SD from data grap, a lot abou tthe sensitivity, specificity, som,e calculations odds ratio, relative risk, About 6-7 qs on doctor patient relationship.
path- not as much as I expected, fibroadenoma, MEN II, thyrotoxicosis, a lot of CVS, esp chest pain and MI and a lot of alcoholic complications, and a lot on HepB.
physio- Renal aff and eff arteriole qs. , up and down arrow qs, a lot of them from endo
pharm- MOA of antivirals, resistance to acyclovir, heavy metal poisonign, ACE inhibitors(3 qs), interactions, overdoses of a couple of drugs, some adrenergic, cholinergics
Even tho this is the hard part to wait for the score, I want to really forget about this and spend some time with my kids, I've really missed spending quality time with them. So I am in no hurry to know my results, since I dont look forward to them. Anyway, I am glad it is over. Good luck to everyone in this forum and thanks again. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping all the ones I got wrong were experimental :-)))))))