Just took Step 2.

[stergs]

Well, Ithought that it would be hard but instead it wasn't. It was HARDER than I could have imagined. Over all some of the basic questions were on like Child Development (milestones) and some basic pharmacology like Trazodone and the perpetual erection. But then there were these....questions...that had answers that you had to say to yourself "Self, are any of these answers realted to the question...at all" I'm hoping that those were the experimental questions. It was needless to say a long day. Once I had finished, I went to my car and slept for close to an hour. Hopefully this will not have to be repeated. I will try to write down as many questions as I can remember. I can tell you this much, there were alot of questions with a 50+ year old male or female with dyspnea. Strange question about a wasp bite and the Pt. having a reaction. what do you do first? answers were a) remove stinger, b)give epinephrine, c) give something else. Well luckily I remebered that wasps don't have stingers only bees do. I am not able to rmeber alot but I will keep trying and let everyone know.

[nmd2b]

Congratulations on being done with it!! :P

Thanks for sharing your experience and please remember to share questions that you tackled. How many hours did you study for the exam? What materials did you use that you thought worked best. Also do you think your basic sciences training prepared you well for it?

[stergs]

Thanks. I am still trying to recover but work won't allow me. There were alot of Preventive questions like 40 yo female w/+ history that comes in for a well being physical. MAMMO. Also Hypersegmented neutrophils with MCV> 110. B12. Slowly they are coming to me.
I will try to remember more.

[Anonymous]

hey, thanks for ur post and i'm sure u'll b fine, of course the recovery i'm sure will b a while....
i just wanted to say that i hear ppl say that u usually remember the questions u get wrong but i know when i did my step 1 the ones i remembered were the basic ones that i know i got right.
as in ur case, u seem to mention the basic questions for step 2, and this to me seems like we tend to remember the ones we got right instead of the ones we got wrong(make sense?,lol)...
anyways, good luck, i'm doin my step 2 on monday....
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"every man dies, but not every man lives.."..braveheart...

[Anonymous]

hey ppl, i just finished my step 2, well i hope it is done , damn, what a tiring exam, ........gotta have stamina, gotta stay focused and gotta exercise at each break,lol.
well, if i may remember somethings it would b,hmmmmm..
..firstly, i'd say all sections were covered equally..
..a lot of schizophrenia, personality disorders,
...positive predictive value(i seem to get that wrong, no answer on the screen matched mine).
...biases....
....alzheimers...(history, histologic finding, mri)
....mexican immigrants(neurocysticercosis was the diagnosis i came to, an mri was shown and it asked for the mode of transmission).which i chose as fecal contamination of food).
....a lot of copd and the organisms assoc with it...
...no ventilation.....
....ecg was shown and i noticed the tall peaked t waves in pretty much all leads...
...photo of a rash....herpes..
....placenta acretta since retained placenta even after pulling...
....dic....
....itp, ttp....
...ped(no milestones, but immunization).
...adult immunisations..
...preventive med and screening tests in man with colon cancer history, woman with no cancer history and over 35 yrs age..
...ascus smear, hgsil...mgt.
...vit b12 def, alcoholism....
...htn mgt in diabetics, etc...
...lipid mgt...
....trauma to chest(mva, bike accident, ) pericardial tamponade,tension pnthx., hypovolemic shock..
....dvt mgt....pt on airplane and just lands and has pain in calf when walkin.
...mgt of strokes...tia,etc
...mgt of hiv, aids, in adults and babies...
hmmmmmmm...i'm sure there was more, (obviously) but i can't seem to recall more...

the distribution was definitely equal and i'm glad i spent time reading peds in my last wk...
good luck to all and i just pray to God that i don't have to take this again.
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"every man dies, but not every man lives.."..braveheart..