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I have recently passed the BSCE and studying for the NAVLE now. Here are a few things I did.
- I used zuku review
- Firstly watched the videos in HOW TO TAKE THE TEST. You have to be a good test taker and have a method that helps you go through the questions without wasting time.I believe the advice given on a couple of videos in Zuku is very helpful
- Went through the practice questions first.
- Watched all the video lectures and made my OWN NOTES from the lectures.
- As I was doing the practice questions I was reviewing my notes from the vídeos.
- I studied the Zuku review notes
- I strongly recommend "Duncan and Prasse´s Clinical Pathology" as a book to have by your side during your studying.(Many images and info seemed exactly as in BSCE)
- I recommend "Muir handbook of veterinary anesthesia"
- I recommend "Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary" (Especially for those that are not familiar with latin terminology)
- I recommend "Plumbs veterinary Drug Handbook"
- Initially, I started by opening Textbooks (like Ettinger) but after a week I abandoned this study method.
- I used a LOT the Merck Manual instead of textbooks. It is easy, exact and on my opinion, you need no more than that and the books I mentioned above.
- Used images, graphs and vídeos I found on line mainly for: Exognostic terminology (anatomical parts), Imagiology, Reproductive cycles, Surgical Instruments/Sutures
- Used notes from my university lectures
- I finished all the practice questions and the did all the questions divided by area in timed mode.
- Finally i did all the questions in timed test mode (shuffled) in blocks of 4 (240 qsts) without breaks.
- I reviewed all questions and notes at least twice.
- By the time I was tested my average score at timed shuffled mode was around 85-90%%
- I focused on the areas I was not scoring high
- I found that toxicology and pharmacology are the most difficult to get into
- I tried to adapt my body to a 4 hour test non stop. (hunger, thirst)
-DURING the TEST: 1) I read only the question first. (skip superfluous info and go to the last sentence where it asks exactly what he wants) 2) DONt look the answers, but think of the correct answer on your own first. 3) Look at the answer and click it right away if it is what you thought. 4) If you dont know eliminate by right clicking (it strikes out the option) the obvious wrong ones. 5) choose from the remaining the one that firstly seems correct. 6) DO NOT change your answers often.
- I studied 2 1/2 months daily between 3 and 12 hours per day.
- Always started a study session with questions. (or video lectures in the beginning)
Last tips:
-This is not a crazy test. It is very difficult though.
-I left the testing center with a sorrow filling that I have failed. Do NOT expect the same exact questions you found on Zuku. The subjects are there though. For example: Zuku gives you questions on cat behavior only : Go and study dog behavior too!
- Use critical thinking to eliminate wrong options
- Be prepared to encounter questions that you have no idea about
- Don t stop on one question a lot of time. Eliminate wrong options , choose the most probable and go on.
- Do NOT expect Cats and Dogs only. This is a test that spreads equally (at least it seemed to me) to all species.
- Know your MNEMONICS (for cranial nerves, hypersensitivities etc etc)
Study hard and don't give up. Luck is the least you need on your side.
Best success to everybody.
- I used zuku review
- Firstly watched the videos in HOW TO TAKE THE TEST. You have to be a good test taker and have a method that helps you go through the questions without wasting time.I believe the advice given on a couple of videos in Zuku is very helpful
- Went through the practice questions first.
- Watched all the video lectures and made my OWN NOTES from the lectures.
- As I was doing the practice questions I was reviewing my notes from the vídeos.
- I studied the Zuku review notes
- I strongly recommend "Duncan and Prasse´s Clinical Pathology" as a book to have by your side during your studying.(Many images and info seemed exactly as in BSCE)
- I recommend "Muir handbook of veterinary anesthesia"
- I recommend "Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary" (Especially for those that are not familiar with latin terminology)
- I recommend "Plumbs veterinary Drug Handbook"
- Initially, I started by opening Textbooks (like Ettinger) but after a week I abandoned this study method.
- I used a LOT the Merck Manual instead of textbooks. It is easy, exact and on my opinion, you need no more than that and the books I mentioned above.
- Used images, graphs and vídeos I found on line mainly for: Exognostic terminology (anatomical parts), Imagiology, Reproductive cycles, Surgical Instruments/Sutures
- Used notes from my university lectures
- I finished all the practice questions and the did all the questions divided by area in timed mode.
- Finally i did all the questions in timed test mode (shuffled) in blocks of 4 (240 qsts) without breaks.
- I reviewed all questions and notes at least twice.
- By the time I was tested my average score at timed shuffled mode was around 85-90%%
- I focused on the areas I was not scoring high
- I found that toxicology and pharmacology are the most difficult to get into
- I tried to adapt my body to a 4 hour test non stop. (hunger, thirst)
-DURING the TEST: 1) I read only the question first. (skip superfluous info and go to the last sentence where it asks exactly what he wants) 2) DONt look the answers, but think of the correct answer on your own first. 3) Look at the answer and click it right away if it is what you thought. 4) If you dont know eliminate by right clicking (it strikes out the option) the obvious wrong ones. 5) choose from the remaining the one that firstly seems correct. 6) DO NOT change your answers often.
- I studied 2 1/2 months daily between 3 and 12 hours per day.
- Always started a study session with questions. (or video lectures in the beginning)
Last tips:
-This is not a crazy test. It is very difficult though.
-I left the testing center with a sorrow filling that I have failed. Do NOT expect the same exact questions you found on Zuku. The subjects are there though. For example: Zuku gives you questions on cat behavior only : Go and study dog behavior too!
- Use critical thinking to eliminate wrong options
- Be prepared to encounter questions that you have no idea about
- Don t stop on one question a lot of time. Eliminate wrong options , choose the most probable and go on.
- Do NOT expect Cats and Dogs only. This is a test that spreads equally (at least it seemed to me) to all species.
- Know your MNEMONICS (for cranial nerves, hypersensitivities etc etc)
Study hard and don't give up. Luck is the least you need on your side.
Best success to everybody.
