So IMO the heart sounds in kaplan QBank are pretty bad, so I usually just use the stem to answer the questions. Do you guys think realistically to answer most of the AV questions- you should:
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I'm going to rely primarily on the stem, give it a quick listen to confirm that I have no clue what I'm hearing and that it isn't something obvious that I might actually recognize (like a rub or something funky) then base my answer primarily off the stem.
Spending time trying to learn the sounds is just too low yield for me at this point and trying to listen to the sounds over and over when most of the info can probably be derived from the stem/history sounds like a waste of valuable test time.
Spending time trying to learn the sounds is just too low yield for me at this point and trying to listen to the sounds over and over when most of the info can probably be derived from the stem/history sounds like a waste of valuable test time.
Also, what do you guys think about radiology? Enough in first aid- or should I look at an atlas? The thing about radiology is that most of my kaplan qbank questions had a couple of arrows and you were supposed to just find the structure- basically you know it or you don't. Unlike micro images/heart sounds, reasoning wouldn't help much.
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Yeah, I think the heart sounds are so freaking hard. Too fast for me to really differentiate all of the sounds. It takes like 15s for me to figure out where the S1 and S2 are relative to the sound!!!!
What resources are ya'll using? The UCLA website?
What resources are ya'll using? The UCLA website?
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i would at least learn the difference btwn a systolic and diastolic murmur (it's amazing how hard it is for some people). i had a few, like 4, where it would tell me everything but that and i'd have to listen to determine the answer. trying to rely on the stem would not have gotten me the right answer as it just listed most or all of the possible hear murmurs (one had 7 or 8 choices). i'm not saying learn the diff btwn mitral stenosis and mitral regurg. just know systolic vs diastolic then you can figure it out from there.
