Afraid I failed CS again...

[FrustratedMS4]

So I'm an american medical student who failed his first CS attempt with about half of the stars in borderline and half below. My CIS was only like 2 stars in borderline and the rest above. I feel much better about my ICE portion except in my note I had to write the histories as:

PMHx: xxxx, Meds: xxxx, Allergies: xxxx, etc, etc Like a list because of the 15 line limit.

rather than the traditional:
PMHx:
Meds:
Allergies:
Etc.

I also forgot to counsel one patient, didn't get to counsel another (time), and most importantly, incorrectly counseled another (gave them the wrong answer to their question). Otherwise I feel my CIS was identical to previous and my ICE (exam, note content, differentials) were better. For ICE, I'm almost positive of my DDx on 9/12, missed a couple of tests/etc.

Is this note change a killer? I did it on every single note... Please tell me someone else who passed did that.

Thanks,

Freaking out...

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[Usmle Guy]

Dont worry abt note arrangement, what is important is writing the info and thats it.
What was ur problem exactly in ur first attempt??

 

[Surger_bees]

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[1badvette]

You guys should be fine , Part of my notes was done that way when i got to Family , Social and OBGYN hx if needed .. I passed without any issues and my notes i considered were so so ..

 

[Bigdreamer92]

I failed guys

 

[psychlife17]

So I'm an american medical student who failed his first CS attempt with about half of the stars in borderline and half below. My CIS was only like 2 stars in borderline and the rest above. I feel much better about my ICE portion except in my note I had to write the histories as:

PMHx: xxxx, Meds: xxxx, Allergies: xxxx, etc, etc Like a list because of the 15 line limit.

rather than the traditional:
PMHx:
Meds:
Allergies:
Etc.

I also forgot to counsel one patient, didn't get to counsel another (time), and most importantly, incorrectly counseled another (gave them the wrong answer to their question). Otherwise I feel my CIS was identical to previous and my ICE (exam, note content, differentials) were better. For ICE, I'm almost positive of my DDx on 9/12, missed a couple of tests/etc.

Is this note change a killer? I did it on every single note... Please tell me someone else who passed did that.

Thanks,

Freaking out...

Absolutely not, I did the exact same thing and am in your shoes - found out I failed CIS in early February and retook it last week. Good luck, try not to freak out!

 

[Surger_bees]

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[psychlife17]

Can you comment on what you think you did wrong in the CIS section?

Sure...I honestly just did not even try my first time around on the exam. I in no way ever entertained failing as a real possibility - sometimes I didn't even go into the room with a open ended question, simply a "I understand you're here for chest pain, right?" Also, didn't do closures at end. I was a f*%king fool.