07-30-2004, 06:45 AM
Junming
Hi, guys,
First of all, thank you for your support. I promised I will post my experience after the test and here it is.
Anatomy: Lots of MRI and X-ray and CT and angiogram. Webpath is very good for this part. Neuro, especially hand and foot innervation are high yield. Many eye movement and vision field q, feel just like qbank. Very few histo q. One I cell disease and want u point out which is lysosome in EM.
Behav: tough pt and physician relationship q. Only 3 calculation, FA cover all those. One case control study, easy. personality disorders, ego defense and psych q are strait forward. FA plus Kaplan and qbank cover all the concept. I mean it, all.
Biochem: surprisingly, not many q. basic q about rate limiting enzymes and global regulations. Kaplan note are good enough. DNA and RNA syn and structures and protein syn. No ATP calculation. No q on electron transport. Few q on lysome and glycogen storage dx. FA good enough
Genetic: Experimental basis q, never see q like that before, but if u understand the concept in Kaplan. U will get them. Few autosomal dominant, recessive q based on chart, not hard. FA not enough for this part, must have Kaplan note or other resources.
Path: Big big big target. 65% or higher. Like Dr. Goljan said, not what and how but why, why why. Many many integrations. Give u the picture of fungus and tell u the symptom and ask u what the mechanism of the drug most likely give to the pt for the disease. Few atypical lymphocyte and infection and ask u the pathophysiology of the disease. Some q are little unfair for students don?t have clinical experience. But almost all of the path q will be covered well by Goljan and Kaplan note and qbank.
Pharm: antibiotics and anti cancer drugs are high yield. Must know the side affect. They don?t ask what anti cancer drug to use on particular cancer but they like to make complicate drug interaction. Must study FA hard for these. Autonomic nerverous system drug and drug of choice for arrhythmia, FA are good.
Physio: some pictures about lung and heart function, FA and webprep are not enough. I use old version of BRS physio and qbank, work pretty well then. Acid base and respiratory and kidney regulation are based on charts, not hard. Hormone , especially rennin, aldo, angiotensin are very very high yield. PTH and calcium regulation related to osteopoosis and tumor. GI hormone are important too.
Micro and immune: all about integration with path and pharm. Don?t have to mem too many toxins but u got to know the mechanism how they cause disease especially those involved cAMP and EF toxins. Twisted but doable immune q all about mechanism. Kaplan note is very good on this part.
Overall, my test is a doable test. I always have more than 7 minutes left. If I failed the test, it got to be b/c I didn?t sleep well the night before. I actually failed to sleep at all. Very tired.
Overall, I feel the difficulty of the test similar to qbank and NBME. Much easier than USMLeasy.
I know some of u like correlation too. OK, I did my Kaplan stimulation after I reviewed the Kaplan once got 62% only. I started to do 1000 usmleasy got 70% on path and 60s% on others. 1 ½ months ago, I started to do qbank, started with 65-70%. 6 weeks ago usmle CD 40, 42, 40. 4 weeks ago NBME 510. Goljan pracitce q 80%. I then scheduled the exam. Before the exam, I set my qbank to 3 sets of 7 blocks each in the last 2 weeks. My scores were 70, 78 and 75
OK, everyone, thank you for ur time and good luck for ur exam
Also, please pray for my passing score.
Thank u.
Junming
Hi, guys,
First of all, thank you for your support. I promised I will post my experience after the test and here it is.
Anatomy: Lots of MRI and X-ray and CT and angiogram. Webpath is very good for this part. Neuro, especially hand and foot innervation are high yield. Many eye movement and vision field q, feel just like qbank. Very few histo q. One I cell disease and want u point out which is lysosome in EM.
Behav: tough pt and physician relationship q. Only 3 calculation, FA cover all those. One case control study, easy. personality disorders, ego defense and psych q are strait forward. FA plus Kaplan and qbank cover all the concept. I mean it, all.
Biochem: surprisingly, not many q. basic q about rate limiting enzymes and global regulations. Kaplan note are good enough. DNA and RNA syn and structures and protein syn. No ATP calculation. No q on electron transport. Few q on lysome and glycogen storage dx. FA good enough
Genetic: Experimental basis q, never see q like that before, but if u understand the concept in Kaplan. U will get them. Few autosomal dominant, recessive q based on chart, not hard. FA not enough for this part, must have Kaplan note or other resources.
Path: Big big big target. 65% or higher. Like Dr. Goljan said, not what and how but why, why why. Many many integrations. Give u the picture of fungus and tell u the symptom and ask u what the mechanism of the drug most likely give to the pt for the disease. Few atypical lymphocyte and infection and ask u the pathophysiology of the disease. Some q are little unfair for students don?t have clinical experience. But almost all of the path q will be covered well by Goljan and Kaplan note and qbank.
Pharm: antibiotics and anti cancer drugs are high yield. Must know the side affect. They don?t ask what anti cancer drug to use on particular cancer but they like to make complicate drug interaction. Must study FA hard for these. Autonomic nerverous system drug and drug of choice for arrhythmia, FA are good.
Physio: some pictures about lung and heart function, FA and webprep are not enough. I use old version of BRS physio and qbank, work pretty well then. Acid base and respiratory and kidney regulation are based on charts, not hard. Hormone , especially rennin, aldo, angiotensin are very very high yield. PTH and calcium regulation related to osteopoosis and tumor. GI hormone are important too.
Micro and immune: all about integration with path and pharm. Don?t have to mem too many toxins but u got to know the mechanism how they cause disease especially those involved cAMP and EF toxins. Twisted but doable immune q all about mechanism. Kaplan note is very good on this part.
Overall, my test is a doable test. I always have more than 7 minutes left. If I failed the test, it got to be b/c I didn?t sleep well the night before. I actually failed to sleep at all. Very tired.
Overall, I feel the difficulty of the test similar to qbank and NBME. Much easier than USMLeasy.
I know some of u like correlation too. OK, I did my Kaplan stimulation after I reviewed the Kaplan once got 62% only. I started to do 1000 usmleasy got 70% on path and 60s% on others. 1 ½ months ago, I started to do qbank, started with 65-70%. 6 weeks ago usmle CD 40, 42, 40. 4 weeks ago NBME 510. Goljan pracitce q 80%. I then scheduled the exam. Before the exam, I set my qbank to 3 sets of 7 blocks each in the last 2 weeks. My scores were 70, 78 and 75
OK, everyone, thank you for ur time and good luck for ur exam
Also, please pray for my passing score.
Thank u.
Junming