this is a surprise!!!!!!!!!! for 2009 test takers. - dr41dr

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Sequential Item Sets
A single patient-centered vignette may be
associated with two or three consecutive
questions about the information presented. Each
question is linked to the initial patient vignette but
is testing a different point. Questions are designed
to be answered in sequential order. You are
required to select the one best answer to each
question. Other options may be partially correct,
but there is only ONE BEST answer. You must
click œProceed to Next Item to view the next
item in the set; once you click on this button, you
will not be able to add or change an answer to the
displayed (previous) item.

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omg its scary, my exam is in 10 days, and i didn't knew about this type of questions at alll!!!!!!!!
has anyone taken thr exams in past few weeks??
if yes i wannaa know the format..plzzzzzzzzzzzz
thnks a lot

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plzz any one who took thr exams this jan, plzzzzz reply

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no clinical vignettes for 2009

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A single patient-centered vignette may be
associated with two or three consecutive
questions about the information presented.

not for step 1

maybe for step 2 ck and for step 3 ( sure)

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actually i found this thing on step 1 booklet-2009

http://download.usmle.org/2009step1.pdf

u can see this on page 4, step 1 format.

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its page 5, little note about the new format questions, with the audio/video ones.

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Thanks dr41dr! That is a very interesting thing that you found. I put the word out amongst my friends so hopefully they will do some digging to find out what it means. I will try to post their findings to you.

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how many qs like that? all or just a few?

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What a big deal guys. If you are prepared it won't be difficult. And it saves time, read 1 Q and Ans 3. WOW. It's scary.....