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[Espressso]

Just get through Step 1 and you'll get better at finding horses once you're on rotations

 

[risus_sardonicus]

I'm a preclinical student. We're learning about all sorts of rare and interesting diseases that illustrate important concepts about the way the body works. That's great and all, but I don't wanna be that med student who shows up to clinical year and has stupid stuff like kuru on my differential for common, obvious things.

In other words, I want to train myself to think of horses and not zebras when I hear hoofbeats on the wards (while still keeping in mind that you will run into the occasional zebra).

How have others approached this? Are there any good resources to help with this?

No one will care if you can find horses or zebras if your step 1 score is trash. Focus on what’s important at this stage, and pretty much all of med school: boards


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[libertyyne]

Only if you know of the zebras will you be able to tell them apart from horses. Do well on preclinical, learn everything you can.
No one will care if you come up with zebra's once in a while as long as they are justified.

 

[sella.turcica]

No one will care if you can find horses or zebras if your step 1 score is trash. Focus on what’s important at this stage, and pretty much all of med school: boards


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Where is the cutoff for a trash step 1 score?

 

[Doctor Strange]

You'll learn about horses pretty quickly when you get to clinicals because the hospital will be a horse stable with the occasionally lost zebra in there.

 

[Goro]

I'm a preclinical student. We're learning about all sorts of rare and interesting diseases that illustrate important concepts about the way the body works. That's great and all, but I don't wanna be that med student who shows up to clinical year and has stupid stuff like kuru on my differential for common, obvious things.

In other words, I want to train myself to think of horses and not zebras when I hear hoofbeats on the wards (while still keeping in mind that you will run into the occasional zebra).

How have others approached this? Are there any good resources to help with this?

You should be learning about what's common.

 

[ace_inhibitor111]

I'm a preclinical student. We're learning about all sorts of rare and interesting diseases that illustrate important concepts about the way the body works. That's great and all, but I don't wanna be that med student who shows up to clinical year and has stupid stuff like kuru on my differential for common, obvious things.

In other words, I want to train myself to think of horses and not zebras when I hear hoofbeats on the wards (while still keeping in mind that you will run into the occasional zebra).

How have others approached this? Are there any good resources to help with this?

Ideally you should be thinking of both. Thinking that everyone with a cough and runny nose has a viral URI can also get you in trouble. It helps to have a mnemonic or memory hook you can use to remember differentials.

 

[libertyyne]

Where is the cutoff for a trash step 1 score?

depends on the specialty of choice.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Where is the cutoff for a trash step 1 score?

Pretty soon, fail.