Post by Admin on May 2, 2014 3:13:53 GMT -5
Ok guys .. here is my advice for u ...
There r some facts that u got to know 1st ....
- The exam is probably the easiest test u'll ever set for it if u prepared well for it. So, don't panic and don't listen to anyone telling u that this center is more difficult than the others.
- Practice, Practice and Practice is ur way to master it, when I 1st started practicing, I used to finish the case in 45 minutes and I kept on practicing till i improved my performance and did it in the required time frame.
- FA is ur main source, u've to practice all the long cases in it and by the end u've to memorize all the minicases that r in it.
- For physical exam. use the UW videos to prep for it.
- U HAVE TO KNOW THIS: the exam score is divided into 3 parts: Spoken English and ur passing score is 92%, communication skills and ur passing score is also 92% and Data gathering skills and ur passing score is about 50% ... this is a very important fact, bec. it means that u can just take 1/2 of the history and do 1/2 of the physical and u still pass, so focus more on ur English and the communication skills ( eye contact, proper draping, taking permissions, addressing all the pt concerns, ....everything)
- U've to have a study partner to practice with, online can work for a while till u master ur protocol but u've to have a live study partner.
- If u r in Houston, Kaplan center there has an examination table, drape and everything for free, u can go there and practice on it live for free, it is some sort of marketing for the center, u'll find also a lot of USMLE takers that can help u in everything. I don't know about the rest of the center, but it is worth checking out if u r staying somewhere else.
1) This is Mezo's CS notes, these r my personal notes, people used it after me and I had good feedbacks about them, hope they will help u as well isA ...
www.4shared.com/file/148850018/474840a0/Mezos_CS_Notes.html
2) This is Neeraj's notes ... These r very gr8 notes, I based my prep on them and my Mezo's notes as well, they r gr8 ... the password for it is " jupiter2 " one word ...
www.4shared.com/file/148851692/d3753861/Neerajs_CS_Notes1.html
There r some facts that u got to know 1st ....
- The exam is probably the easiest test u'll ever set for it if u prepared well for it. So, don't panic and don't listen to anyone telling u that this center is more difficult than the others.
- Practice, Practice and Practice is ur way to master it, when I 1st started practicing, I used to finish the case in 45 minutes and I kept on practicing till i improved my performance and did it in the required time frame.
- FA is ur main source, u've to practice all the long cases in it and by the end u've to memorize all the minicases that r in it.
- For physical exam. use the UW videos to prep for it.
- U HAVE TO KNOW THIS: the exam score is divided into 3 parts: Spoken English and ur passing score is 92%, communication skills and ur passing score is also 92% and Data gathering skills and ur passing score is about 50% ... this is a very important fact, bec. it means that u can just take 1/2 of the history and do 1/2 of the physical and u still pass, so focus more on ur English and the communication skills ( eye contact, proper draping, taking permissions, addressing all the pt concerns, ....everything)
- U've to have a study partner to practice with, online can work for a while till u master ur protocol but u've to have a live study partner.
- If u r in Houston, Kaplan center there has an examination table, drape and everything for free, u can go there and practice on it live for free, it is some sort of marketing for the center, u'll find also a lot of USMLE takers that can help u in everything. I don't know about the rest of the center, but it is worth checking out if u r staying somewhere else.
1) This is Mezo's CS notes, these r my personal notes, people used it after me and I had good feedbacks about them, hope they will help u as well isA ...
www.4shared.com/file/148850018/474840a0/Mezos_CS_Notes.html
2) This is Neeraj's notes ... These r very gr8 notes, I based my prep on them and my Mezo's notes as well, they r gr8 ... the password for it is " jupiter2 " one word ...
www.4shared.com/file/148851692/d3753861/Neerajs_CS_Notes1.html
