05-18-2007, 05:34 AM
I've been a silent observer of this forum, it's been very useful, most of the people here are really willing to give a colleague a hand, thank you all.
as far as the exam itself, it was definitely the hardest of all usmle exams, the questions were very vague. I know lots of people simply love usmleworld but I did not use it, I am not saying it is not good, I am only saying that regardless of the study source you use, the result is more dependent on your general knowledge of medicine, your ability to do a good clinical reasoning, your ability to do an educated guess and yes a bit of luck too, as for everything in life friends!
So, my advice, study hard, make sure that what you read you understand, it is not just a matter of doing questions like crazy,but to read and understand ehy you are selecting or ruling out an answer. I used kaplan q bank, kaplan step 2 ck noptes, and some questions from a cd i bought on Ebay, with lots of questions from sources I had never heard of them but since I had them why not do tehm , right?
My ccs cases all ended early except one, cases were the typical one, diabetes, Cervical cancer, heart attack, GI ulcer, foreign body aspiration, intermitent claudication, stroke, etc. Nothing really different from what has been posted in past posts.
I will be glad to answer your questions and help you in whatever I can.
Good luck to all, and thank you.
as far as the exam itself, it was definitely the hardest of all usmle exams, the questions were very vague. I know lots of people simply love usmleworld but I did not use it, I am not saying it is not good, I am only saying that regardless of the study source you use, the result is more dependent on your general knowledge of medicine, your ability to do a good clinical reasoning, your ability to do an educated guess and yes a bit of luck too, as for everything in life friends!
So, my advice, study hard, make sure that what you read you understand, it is not just a matter of doing questions like crazy,but to read and understand ehy you are selecting or ruling out an answer. I used kaplan q bank, kaplan step 2 ck noptes, and some questions from a cd i bought on Ebay, with lots of questions from sources I had never heard of them but since I had them why not do tehm , right?
My ccs cases all ended early except one, cases were the typical one, diabetes, Cervical cancer, heart attack, GI ulcer, foreign body aspiration, intermitent claudication, stroke, etc. Nothing really different from what has been posted in past posts.
I will be glad to answer your questions and help you in whatever I can.
Good luck to all, and thank you.