Are results back yet anywhere??
I got nothing.
Feeling blue again. I've never seen a patient with Plummer-Vinson or MEN, but if I do, I will be ready.
One of the many good things associated with having graduated is that I never have to take ABSITE again. Also very glad that the written boards were much more like the senior exam rather than the junior (which I sucked at taking)
While I felt things would be similar for me, I've been assigned as the "ABSITE Mentor" as part of my new gig...this means lectures, question-writing, etc....so I believe my ABSITE Blues will continue for quite some time.
when do you switch to the senior exam? Please say PGY-3.One of the many good things associated with having graduated is that I never have to take ABSITE again. Also very glad that the written boards were much more like the senior exam rather than the junior (which I sucked at taking)
when do you switch to the senior exam? Please say PGY-3.
Dr. Thanatos, your patient is coding! Quick, what's the mechanism for microsatellite instability?
*I have never seen that listed as a question on the ABSITE nor has anyone ever suggested it!
Exactly. I do this thing with the medical students where I ask them a series of very basic questions (what would you give someone with a BP of 170/95, what would you give someone for postop pain and at what dose, what postop fluid should I give) and very very rarely are they able to get any of those right. In fact with the exception of the fluid, I've only had one student in four years who could get the first two right and it turns out he was a pharmacist before med school.
Then I ask them to name 5 manifestations of tertiary syphillis, a disease which basically doesn't exist anymore, and they always get it right. Every time without fail.
It makes you wonder about our education as a whole. Every year I spend a significant amount of time re-learning peptide YY, moya moya, tryptophan to serine to niacin as it relates to Diarrhea, Dementia, and Death. But every time I work with a new attending and he uses a different brand of stapler I don't how to work the damn thing and look like a *******.....thats getting a little old.
And the difference is not the type of content, but just the proportion of clinical:basic science?Yup, PGY-3!
I have actually seen Moyamoya once (was watching the cerebral angio)...but I completely agree.It makes you wonder about our education as a whole. Every year I spend a significant amount of time re-learning peptide YY, moya moya, tryptophan to serine to niacin as it relates to Diarrhea, Dementia, and Death. But every time I work with a new attending and he uses a different brand of stapler I don't how to work the damn thing and look like a *******.....thats getting a little old.
and what will it be like?Get ready. Next year the absite is going back to one exam
Once bitten, twice shy I guess.
I went whole hog on SCORE last year - did close to 2000 questions, re-reviewed the ones I got wrong. I figured with the new test SCORE would be the best resource.
Got my worst score in years (despite being a PGY4 lab resident and being in the PGY3 pool for %ile purposes). So I decided to do something different with it this year.
Eh. As long as I don't bomb it I'm not too worried. I don't think fellowship directors really care that much unless your scores are atrocious (at least that's what my mentors keep telling me).
Any news yet on when results should be coming out? I imagine sometime this week.
By the way, am I the only one who thought this absite was a lot harder than last year??
My percentile almost halved! DamnABSITE 2015 RESULTS are out. this is the worst i've ever scored.
My percentile almost halved! Damn
yup. me too. 10 percent higher would have gotten me in the 98th percentile according to my friend's score. cray. i'm in the sub 50 percentile!!!! it would be interesting to see the curve or to see which questions we got wrong instead of "Peds- applied science" BS report
SSO Required them as part of fellowship application. I reported the scores and then the board provide verification.Random question: how are absite scores reported to fellowship applications?
My score has fluctuated wildly during my research years, from best to worst I've ever done. I've been told I don't have to report my research year scores, but I'm curious to hear from someone who actually has filled out an application for any fellowship.
I think you're safe with "random nitpicky".There were a lot more random nitpicky questions that when I googled the answer afterwards were based on crappy single studies from the mid nineties that don't reflect actual clinical practice in any way.
Is that too specific?
Good idea - I'll do that when I get home.You should merge this with the timeless "absite Blues" thread so it doesn't get lost to history...
There were a lot more random nitpicky questions that when I googled the answer afterwards were based on crappy single studies from the mid nineties that don't reflect actual clinical practice in any way.
Is that too specific?
And sometimes the questions are almost word for word from there.The ABS website straight up says that SESAP and SCORE are their intended sources for question subjects.
Anecdote...but I bailed on SCORE this year and did better than any other year.
I'm apparently the most anti-score person out there.
Please link these flashcards. I lived by flashcards for med school (made thousands, purchased the premade BRS ones)... I must have theseI decided to get on board with what all the kids these days are doing and I tried Anki for the first time. Someone built an ABSITE flashcard deck which if you go through the whole thing you will have basically memorized Fiser. I thought it was really helpful. I also did all the DeVirgilio questions online, and went through the ones I had missed a second time.
I'm in the lab, so I had more time - but last year I was disappointed in my score so I felt like I needed to study more. At some point I think it is more the effort than the materials.
Anecdote...but I bailed on SCORE this year and did better than any other year.
I'm apparently the most anti-score person out there.
Grr, same raw score as last year, 1 level higher, 17 percentiles lower
89 cards includes all of Fiser?
That sounds more like it - I remember doing cards in residency from Fiser and burned out around 500. Kudos to someone to be able to stick with it for 4000.Maybe that's the wrong set?
The one I downloaded had ~4000 cards
Sounds like its customizable/"smart"; that's nice.I didn't make it quite through 4000. The nice thing about the software is it's really quick to go through cards, and you can just click right through the ones you know cold and not see them again.