Are DO shelf exams easier?

[Yadster101]

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For those of you that share rotations with MD students, do you feel that your shelf exams are easier? From talking to a lot of different students I feel like everyone says 3rd year is hard but it seems to me like more DOs tend to say that shelf exams arent that terrible. Most of the MD students I've talked to say shelf exams aren't super difficult, but it still seems to me like they are a cause for greater stress in the MD world.

 

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For those of you that share rotations with MD students, do you feel that your shelf exams are easier? From talking to a lot of different students I feel like everyone says 3rd year is hard but it seems to me like more DOs tend to say that shelf exams arent that terrible. Most of the MD students I've talked to say shelf exams aren't super difficult, but it still seems to me like they are a cause for greater stress in the MD world.

We (my school) take MD shelfs, bro. Doesn't matter if you are rotating with MD students or not.

 

[D4C]

For those of you that share rotations with MD students, do you feel that your shelf exams are easier? From talking to a lot of different students I feel like everyone says 3rd year is hard but it seems to me like more DOs tend to say that shelf exams arent that terrible. Most of the MD students I've talked to say shelf exams aren't super difficult, but it still seems to me like they are a cause for greater stress in the MD world.

I can only compare the IM/FM DO/MD shelfs so just fyi. They are certainly different but I wouldn't say either of them are particularly more or less difficult.