02-01-2008, 01:31 PM
Hi.
Im back from the exam... i was actually back really early.
I got there about 1 hour before the exam time, i took enought food to fed an army... and water.
I entered the exam, did the tutorial and then started.
i think my blocks where pretty similar all together...
im very happy that i did not get questions on HOX genes or something like that... i saw a post a few days ago and just freaked out... fortunately my exam did not have that!
a few HY points about my exam:
1. neuroanatomy and clinical applications. They dont just give you the MRI, they give you the angiogram, pathology cut... everything. hopefully i hit it correct... im really doubting myself now...
2. dominant, recessive...etc...
3. ETHICS. ETHICS... ETHICS.. wow. they love that. and the bad thing is that there really is no way of knowing if you get it right or wrong.. ^O^
4. i got quite a few microbiology questions... a lot on endocarditis...
5. i felt that pathophysiology was tough... it went from a simple calcium and PTH question to a miofibril and crazy points that i dont remember..... but try to get the questions that you have seen on the q banks ... they are gonna give you something really twisted and turned... but also they are gonna give you the one you understand. i think this subject was the tricky for me.
6. if you have the goljan 36 pages... PLEASE READ THEM... really do. I read them this last two days, and a few points where there that really helped.
7. i didnt get questions on hardy weinberg! yeye!! it was such a relief.
8. one question of odds ratio, one question on interpreting that graph on kaplan where they tell have the diseased population and the healthy and they ask where is the highest PPV, NNV, sensitivity.. etc.. you remember, that graph?
9. i got a lot on receptors, second messengers.. insulin and mechanism of action, growth factors and mechanism of action... etc.
10. pharm was ok... mechanisms of action, a few side effects, a few questions on cancer drugs.
I dont know what my result will be... i did my best, tried to manage my time the best i could.
i did 100 questions, then took 10 min break, then 100 questions... 5 minute break.. then 50 questions... 5 min break.. 50... and then the last 50. i was out of there on time.
Im gonna try to stay calm and just try to focus on the next step of my process.
Im really glad i met you guys and im glad that we interacted during this last month. I do think that the activity in the forum keeps you going and that it makes you think!
If my result is positive... i'll let you know about preparation and stuff... right now lets see what happens.
god bless.
Im back from the exam... i was actually back really early.
I got there about 1 hour before the exam time, i took enought food to fed an army... and water.
I entered the exam, did the tutorial and then started.
i think my blocks where pretty similar all together...
im very happy that i did not get questions on HOX genes or something like that... i saw a post a few days ago and just freaked out... fortunately my exam did not have that!
a few HY points about my exam:
1. neuroanatomy and clinical applications. They dont just give you the MRI, they give you the angiogram, pathology cut... everything. hopefully i hit it correct... im really doubting myself now...
2. dominant, recessive...etc...
3. ETHICS. ETHICS... ETHICS.. wow. they love that. and the bad thing is that there really is no way of knowing if you get it right or wrong.. ^O^
4. i got quite a few microbiology questions... a lot on endocarditis...
5. i felt that pathophysiology was tough... it went from a simple calcium and PTH question to a miofibril and crazy points that i dont remember..... but try to get the questions that you have seen on the q banks ... they are gonna give you something really twisted and turned... but also they are gonna give you the one you understand. i think this subject was the tricky for me.
6. if you have the goljan 36 pages... PLEASE READ THEM... really do. I read them this last two days, and a few points where there that really helped.
7. i didnt get questions on hardy weinberg! yeye!! it was such a relief.
8. one question of odds ratio, one question on interpreting that graph on kaplan where they tell have the diseased population and the healthy and they ask where is the highest PPV, NNV, sensitivity.. etc.. you remember, that graph?
9. i got a lot on receptors, second messengers.. insulin and mechanism of action, growth factors and mechanism of action... etc.
10. pharm was ok... mechanisms of action, a few side effects, a few questions on cancer drugs.
I dont know what my result will be... i did my best, tried to manage my time the best i could.
i did 100 questions, then took 10 min break, then 100 questions... 5 minute break.. then 50 questions... 5 min break.. 50... and then the last 50. i was out of there on time.
Im gonna try to stay calm and just try to focus on the next step of my process.
Im really glad i met you guys and im glad that we interacted during this last month. I do think that the activity in the forum keeps you going and that it makes you think!
If my result is positive... i'll let you know about preparation and stuff... right now lets see what happens.
god bless.