TOOK STEP-2 TODAY....MY EXPERIENCE.........

[Anonymous]

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HI GUYS.............MEMBERS OF THIS GR8 FORUM.......
I FINALLY TOOK MY STEP-2 TODAY..............

IT WAS NOT AS TOUGH AS MY STEP-1.......AND I M QUITE SATISFIED WITH WHAT I HAVE DONE.......

I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I FEEL ABOUT MY EXAM........THIS IS ABOUT MY OWN EXAM....OTHER CANDIDATES MAY GET A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE EXAM.......

WELL THE BASIC THING IS THAT THEY ASKED ME THE MOST BASIC THINGS.....

YES GUYS....THEY ASKED THE MOST COMMON THINGS IN THE MOST UNCOMMON MANNER THAT IS POSSIBLE.....

SMITHA WAS RIGHT WHEN SHE DESCRIBED HER EXAM EXPERIENCE.....I TOOK NOTICE OF HER ADVISE.....

I GOT QUESTIONS FROM ALL SECTIONS.......

THERE WAS A MAJOR PORTION OF IM........A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF PSYCHIATRY.....A LARGE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY....AND NOT TOO MUCH OF PEDS OR OB-GY.......THOUGH THERE WAS SOME......

PSYCHIATRY WAS HEAVILY TESTED....PROBABLY EACH AND EVERY DISORDER AND PERSONALITY TRAIT.......AND ALSO CHILD PSYCHIATRY WAS HEAVILY TESTED TOO........A LOT NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THERE TOO........I PROBABLY SAW ADHD AND CONDUCT DISORDER MANY TIMES ON MY SCREEN....

SIMILARLT SCHIZOPHRENIA AND RELATED DISORDERS WERE ASKED IN MANY QUESTIONS....
AND VERY IMPORTANT....I GOT MANY QUESTIONS FROM PSYCHIATRY PHARMACOLOGY TOO.....SO IF U HAVEN'T DONE THAT PROPERLY IN STEP-1 THEN MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ALL OF THEM.....BEFORE YOUR STEP-2.........

I GOT FEW EKG .....MAY BE THREE OR FOUR..........LIKE ANTERIOR WALL MI, SVT, AF AND THE FOURTH ONE I DON'T REMEMBER

GUYS MAKE SURE THAT IN INTERNAL MEDICINE YOU KNOW THE COMPLICATION OF ALL THE DISORDERS AND THE TREATMENT OF THESE COMPLICATIONS VERY WELL....CUZ THEY DON'T SIMPLY ASK ABOUT ANY DISEASE......MOST OF THE TIMES IN MY QUESTIONS IT WAS COMPLICATIONS OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.....

FOR EG...I GOT A CASE OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE.....AND THEY DESCRIBED CVS EXAMINATION OF CARDIAC TAMPONADE......SO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT IT'S PERICARDIAL EFFUSION.....AND IT'S MANAGEMENT....THAT IS PERICARDIOCENTESIS....


I GOT ONLY ONE CT-SCAN .......THAT WAS PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS.....

I GOT FEW X-RAYS........NOT MUCH IMPORTANT CUZ I WAS ABLE TO MAKE DIAGNOSIS FROM THE CASE HISTORY ITSELF......AND THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURES AND X-RAYS IN USMLE EXAMS....YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT IT SO I DON'T NEED TO TELL U THAT......

I GOT TWO SLIDES OF PERIPHERAL SMEAR....BUT THAT TOO USELESS CUZ DIAGNOSIS IS OBVIOUS FROM THE HISTORY ITSELF.....THEY GAVE ME BITE CELLS...AND HISTORY OF FLANK PAIN AND BLACK URINE IN AN ARMENIAN JEW AFTER UPPER RESP INFECTION TREATED WITH BACTRIM....I GUESS IT WAS G6PD DEFICIENCY.......HOPE I M RIGHT.....

I GOT MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT INFECTIOS DISEASES TOO....LIKE LYME'S....SECONDARY SYPHILIS.....RMSF......MALARIA......AMEBIASIS IN MEXICAN IMMIGRANT......ETC.....

I GOT LOL MANY ON PREVENTIVE MEDICINE....VACCINES.....SCREENING TESTS.....ADVICE REGARDING STOP SMOKING.....ALCOHOLISM.....

I GOT FEW ON STATS TOO....ONE Q ASKED ME TO CALCULATE SPECIFICITY OF THE TEST AND GIVEN THE DATA.....

THERE WERE FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT COHORT....CASE CONTROL...AND TWO OR THREE ON VARIOUS FLAWS IN THE TEST EXPERIMENT....I M PROBABLY NOT SURE OF THIS SECTION....CUZ THAT IS MY WEAKEST PORTION......

I GOT MANY QUESTIONS ON SICKLE CELL........RANGING FROM PRENATAL SCREENING...PREVENTION......TO COMPLICATIONS....

BOTTOMLINE IS THAT GUYS....KNOW THE MOST BASIC THINGS VERY WELL....KNOW EACH AND EVERY THING ABOUT TOPICS LIKE SICKLE CELL....AND YA I GOT FEW ONE'S ON CYSTIC FIBROSIS TOO.....

THERE WERE MANY TYPICAL QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONE GIVEN IN KAPLAN QBANK..........I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS NEAREST TO THE ACTUAL EXAM IN SIMULATION....BUT NOT EXACT......


BOOK THAT I RECOMMEND FOR STEP-2.............

1) CMDT FOR MEDICINE...

2) KAPLAN SURGERY IS THE BEST BOOK ON THE EARTH....DON'T RUN HERE AND THERE FOR SURGERY....

3) OB-GY IS EXCELLENT IN KAPLAN

4) KAPLAN PEDS IS LENGTHY....YOU NEED TO CUT IT SHORT FOR EXAM PURPOSE CUZ IN PEDS AND OB-GY THEY DON'T TEST YOU HARDLY....IT'S BASIC QUESTIONS........


5) KAPLAN QBANK.........AND I ALSO DID HARRISON'S PRETEST BEFORE GOING FOR EXAM.......

I DID NOT FIND CRUSH THE BOARDS VERY USEFUL....CUZ EVERYTHING IS COVERED IN KAPLAN NOTES VERY NICELY.......


GOOD LUCK TO U ALL............

[baci]

Hi
how do you recommend studying the last 10 days?
QBANK?? or review first aid for step II?
i dont remember all the kaplan notes i read last month,.. thanks a lot.
:P

[shirish_sss]

HI BACI....
THAT WAS MY POST IN TEO OTHER FORUMS....ANY WAY U COPIED IT ON THIS FORUM...

I DON'T OBJECT FOR THAT....NO COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS BUDDY...
THNX....SINCE I DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR THAT.....U DID MY JOB...

ANYWAY......I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO REVIEW OF THE ALREADY STUDIED MATERIAL DURING THE LAST DAYS OF EXAMS...IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE WITH THE QBANK AND SIMULATED CD PREVIOUSLY........

SINCE CONSOLIDATING THE FACTS YOU ALREADY KNEW WOULD BE MORE USEFUL RATHER THAN DOING MORE AND MORE MCQS....NONE OF WHICH I GUESS ARE GOING TO GET REPEATED ON THE ACTUAL EXAM......

[Anonymous]

thx shirish for the detailed exam experience. best of luck with ur scores.