A/V question prep

[BrisketAttack]

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any idea how to do this? worth the time? I've kinda written it off. supposed to be max of 5 questions. that and i couldn't hear a heart murmur if it was 6/6. what sorta questions can we expect? heart, lung, bruit of some kind? all auscultation crap? why the hell isn't this stuff tested on step 2? i'd love to have a nice little sit down with the d-bags who organize step 1, in a locked room with the blinds drawn.

 

[synapse lapse]

Well, from reading the forum, the 5-6 people who had an A/V question had only 1 on their tests, I think most of them it was the last question in a block (I remember one person said it was in the middle), and it was always a heart sound. I'm not gonna waste any time reviewing heart sounds, I figure they are probably experimental during this first round anyhow, it's probably 1 question, and I can prob. get it with my knowledge of murmers and heart pathology anyhow.

 

[peter90036]

this is tested on step 2, i got i think 2 q's: murmurs,

the annoyance was reaching in for the headphones, putting them on and then moving the virtual stethoscope over the listening points.
the simulated 3d animation was very nice, you could see their neck pulsating with the heart beat.

the questions were easy.

 

[Red Beard]

My classmate got an A/V question on her test a couple days ago and said that she didn't need to hear it to answer the question. It was a heart murmur, and there was enough info in the case presentation to know what it was.

 

[Tiger26]

I think it'd be a waste of time to go over, esp. since you've gotta think that it's going to be experimental during the first year. Even some M4's/interns don't know heart sounds that well beside the real basic ones

 

[BrisketAttack]

I think it'd be a waste of time to go over, esp. since you've gotta think that it's going to be experimental during the first year. Even some M4's/interns don't know heart sounds that well beside the real basic ones

I've noticed one thing about your posts Tiger, and it's that they're always really uplifting and positive. though I don't know you, I wish you well in life. you seem like a genuinely awesome person.

 

[Tiger26]

I've noticed one thing about your posts Tiger, and it's that they're always really uplifting and positive. though I don't know you, I wish you well in life. you seem like a genuinely awesome person.

Well, gosh, thanks--you too!

 

[Knicks]

I think it'd be a waste of time to go over, esp. since you've gotta think that it's going to be experimental during the first year. Even some M4's/interns don't know heart sounds that well beside the real basic ones

It would be the basic sounds that would be tested though anyway.

But yeah, I feel these A/V questions are useless on the Step 1 (along with many other types of questions they ask).

A/V questions are just another pretentious way for the test makers to show that they are "improving" the test as time goes on.

 

[45408]

I've noticed one thing about your posts Tiger, and it's that they're always really uplifting and positive. though I don't know you, I wish you well in life. you seem like a genuinely awesome person.

he's a real looker, too