Post by Admin on May 2, 2014 2:57:42 GMT -5
please read below for Mohamed's exam experience (part 1) & hopefully Houston's testing center logisitcs soon to follow isA (part 2).
------(part 1)
Well, First of All my Name is Moahemd Shamel. I did not get the results till now and actually I was not perfect over there because I am an anxious person, anyway I will tell you what I did and I tell you how I tried to be perfect before going to the exam.
USMLE STEP 2 CS in 40 days.
YOU NEED!!!! First aid 41 cases, Keyboard and study partner:
( I prefer live study partner over online, don't forget third of the exam is for communication ). your options to find someone will take the exam within the same period in here in Egypt or in USA. If you can't go the USLME forums and find tans of ppl from the far east. I think you should do this once at least to know one thing that most of us are good in English ( I graduated from public schools ).
YOUR STUDY!!!! should cover 3 things 1- practice Questioning, Physical exam ( both data gathering and English proficiency ) and communication Skills. 2- Typing ( patient notes) 3- D.D.
well, we are human and most of us will focus on the first item and forget about the rest. So what we should do now guys?
try to practice 5 cases everyday with typing. you need to read D.D from FA or notes every day. Don't do my mistake by focusing on one thing. You should be smart and divide your effort to be perfect over there.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO PRACTICE!!!! again I did not get get the results but let me tell you what I found. the best way to be perfect over there that you stimulate the real exam. YOU NEED !!!! Clipboard, pen, drape and chair. for the stop watch you can use : www.online-stopwatch.com/ use stop watch interval and set the alarm 8 for history taking and 5 for PE and closure. then 7 and 2 minutes for Patient notes. try to practice with alarm to know how to manage your time over there which is big challenge for us. you start the time before seeing the doorway information lol.
most of us think that the best will be 1 on 1 for practicing but the fact is that if you are 3 guys practicing together, you will not loose too much time; let me explain for the first time 2 practice one watch then the examinee will type the SP will be examinee and the observer will be SP. the first time one lost 13 minutes watching the other 2 guys but in the next rotation every one will loose only 4 minutes which is the gap between the one who is typing ( 9 minutes ) and the other 2 guys who are practicing a case as SP and examinee ( 13 minutes ). I want to add one thing if you can practice in one big group at first at that center in El 3bor building
LET'S TALK ABOUT TYPING !!! if you will use a laptop you should get a keyboard. you have to go to this page to practice patient notes; www.usmle.org/practice-materials/step-2-cs/patient-note.htmlPLEASE DON'T Forget to read the patient notes examples, you can type using one of these 2 ways which will save the time comparing to FA patient notes. In the exam you will have like bar showing how many lines that you have, you will not be able to find this bar on their website.
I saw guys asking each other touch typing or not? with how many fingers do type? how many words do type each minute? loooooool there are 2 ways to do it, if you have 6- 12 weeks you can learn how to touch typing the most famous program will be TypingMaster pro www.typingmaster.com/education/pro/ , if you don't have this time, don't worry dude, do you know how fast you are during typing your email or your password of the facebook, you see!!!!, you should practice the same s**t everyday in 9 minutes, then you will be able to do this there.
LET'S TALK ABOUT D.D. you don't have to be perfect in medicine I met ppl took the CS before Step 1 and step 2 ( NB I AM TALKING TO PPL WHO WILL TAKE THE EXAM BEFORE MAY ). Anyway just read the first aid and the notes that you wrote down during practicing.
OUR FALSE FIXED BELIEF
YOU SHOULD HAVE + 100.000 L.E before visa interview, I did not have that amount of money before the interview. But you still should take a bank statement with you, they will ask about it but they may not have a look at it.
PHILADELPHIA CENTER IS THE BEST CENTER IN THE STATES, loooooool I was going to reschedule my exam to philadelphia, everyone is telling me philadelphia, philadelphia. loooooooool I came to take the exam in Houston and I thought I am doing a mistake, loooooooooool I met ppl came to Houston from other states to take the exam. It is well known here that Houston is IMG friendly.
Well, I will finish to the most important part which is logistics Friday. because I am sure logistic will be helpful to you, I am not sure my experience is good enough to pass the exam or not because I did not pass the exam yet, anyway I trust Allah and I trust your prayer : ).
------(part 1)
Well, First of All my Name is Moahemd Shamel. I did not get the results till now and actually I was not perfect over there because I am an anxious person, anyway I will tell you what I did and I tell you how I tried to be perfect before going to the exam.
USMLE STEP 2 CS in 40 days.
YOU NEED!!!! First aid 41 cases, Keyboard and study partner:
( I prefer live study partner over online, don't forget third of the exam is for communication ). your options to find someone will take the exam within the same period in here in Egypt or in USA. If you can't go the USLME forums and find tans of ppl from the far east. I think you should do this once at least to know one thing that most of us are good in English ( I graduated from public schools ).
YOUR STUDY!!!! should cover 3 things 1- practice Questioning, Physical exam ( both data gathering and English proficiency ) and communication Skills. 2- Typing ( patient notes) 3- D.D.
well, we are human and most of us will focus on the first item and forget about the rest. So what we should do now guys?
try to practice 5 cases everyday with typing. you need to read D.D from FA or notes every day. Don't do my mistake by focusing on one thing. You should be smart and divide your effort to be perfect over there.LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO PRACTICE!!!! again I did not get get the results but let me tell you what I found. the best way to be perfect over there that you stimulate the real exam. YOU NEED !!!! Clipboard, pen, drape and chair. for the stop watch you can use : www.online-stopwatch.com/ use stop watch interval and set the alarm 8 for history taking and 5 for PE and closure. then 7 and 2 minutes for Patient notes. try to practice with alarm to know how to manage your time over there which is big challenge for us. you start the time before seeing the doorway information lol.
most of us think that the best will be 1 on 1 for practicing but the fact is that if you are 3 guys practicing together, you will not loose too much time; let me explain for the first time 2 practice one watch then the examinee will type the SP will be examinee and the observer will be SP. the first time one lost 13 minutes watching the other 2 guys but in the next rotation every one will loose only 4 minutes which is the gap between the one who is typing ( 9 minutes ) and the other 2 guys who are practicing a case as SP and examinee ( 13 minutes ). I want to add one thing if you can practice in one big group at first at that center in El 3bor building
LET'S TALK ABOUT TYPING !!! if you will use a laptop you should get a keyboard. you have to go to this page to practice patient notes; www.usmle.org/practice-materials/step-2-cs/patient-note.htmlPLEASE DON'T Forget to read the patient notes examples, you can type using one of these 2 ways which will save the time comparing to FA patient notes. In the exam you will have like bar showing how many lines that you have, you will not be able to find this bar on their website.
I saw guys asking each other touch typing or not? with how many fingers do type? how many words do type each minute? loooooool there are 2 ways to do it, if you have 6- 12 weeks you can learn how to touch typing the most famous program will be TypingMaster pro www.typingmaster.com/education/pro/ , if you don't have this time, don't worry dude, do you know how fast you are during typing your email or your password of the facebook, you see!!!!, you should practice the same s**t everyday in 9 minutes, then you will be able to do this there.
LET'S TALK ABOUT D.D. you don't have to be perfect in medicine I met ppl took the CS before Step 1 and step 2 ( NB I AM TALKING TO PPL WHO WILL TAKE THE EXAM BEFORE MAY ). Anyway just read the first aid and the notes that you wrote down during practicing.
OUR FALSE FIXED BELIEF
YOU SHOULD HAVE + 100.000 L.E before visa interview, I did not have that amount of money before the interview. But you still should take a bank statement with you, they will ask about it but they may not have a look at it.
PHILADELPHIA CENTER IS THE BEST CENTER IN THE STATES, loooooool I was going to reschedule my exam to philadelphia, everyone is telling me philadelphia, philadelphia. loooooooool I came to take the exam in Houston and I thought I am doing a mistake, loooooooooool I met ppl came to Houston from other states to take the exam. It is well known here that Houston is IMG friendly.
Well, I will finish to the most important part which is logistics Friday. because I am sure logistic will be helpful to you, I am not sure my experience is good enough to pass the exam or not because I did not pass the exam yet, anyway I trust Allah and I trust your prayer : ).