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Wow... that last packet sucked.
Just glad it's over.
Just glad it's over.
humed said:I took Level 1 today and I did not leave the test feeling wonderful at all.
I was actually frustrated at all the stuff I wish I had spent more time studying
JayZee said:I think this thread should be stickied just like all the USMLE result threads...what do you think?
sweet! thanks tkim!tkim said:Stuck.
James20062 said:Took it today it wasnt too bad. PT aPTT bleeding time . what is the disorder? Also a matching section with all of the hematologic drugs. The pictures sucked! Who knew the first picture EVER taken was of a kidney with hydronephrosis (at least thats what my answer was). Overall, very straight forward. Second set of 50 was silly easy.
raidermedic said:LOL Yes I had said picture as well. I also went with hydro since the history backed it up.
LOOOOOOOOOOOL! HAHAHAHAH "stomped on it a few times!"OSUdoc08 said:Yeah, it was hydronephrosis.
It looked like they xeroxed a B & W photo out of a book and stomped on it a few times.
MDmiracle said:I took it yesterday, and thought I 'd post my experience.
1.) The pics are absolutley worhtless, enough so that I was taken time to comment on every picture
2) it took me 4.5 hours start to finish. the test is very similar to COMLEX qbank in terms of queston style and length. In fact there were questions that I swear were word for word from the bank.
3) the online 50 questions are also very similar, and the interface is the exact same.
4) twelve of my classmates took it at the same time and we all had the exact same test! WTF?
Overall i thought the test was very basic and one step answers. It generally onle asked for the Dx. I had very little path, and straight OMM. Viscerosomatics was close to 20% so know those tables in savarese cold. Symp and Para were also very high yeild. I think I had like 5 parasymp questions in erectile dysfunction. There was alot of micro, (major bugs), and Pharm, psych drugs were big. It generally didn't get specific, but it did with the receptor for sumatriptan (5ht1D) it also had 5ht1A as an answer choice.
I had a weird questions about some national vaccination program and a refrig, still have no idea what that was about. I had a question about L3 and it's dx, but they gave the dx in the question stem .
As others have posted alot of basic anatomy, no cancer drugs, i had 2 cranial a sbs compression, and a torsion. Oh and lots of sacral stuff.
I studied for the Usmle and then skimmed savarese and did the last of my COMLEX q bank in the 2 days in between my tests. I felt overprepared after taking it. Hopefully my score says that too.
I'll post more if I can remember. Good Luck
Dr. Hokis said:so qbook OMM questions...worthless?
i'm done with comlex qbank, iv qbank and savarese questions so any suggestions? for omm practice at least
OSUdoc08 said:Do the Savarese questions and you'll know all of the OMM questions on the COMLEX.
Dr. Hokis said:some of those questions were friggin' hard man!
MDmiracle said:I had a weird questions about some national vaccination program and a refrig, still have no idea what that was about.
Shodddy18 said:Can anyone who has taken the COMLEX tell me what the questions are like? The only practice exams I have taken were USMLE oriented. Ive been told the COMLEX questions are somewhat different... How so?
Can anyone who has taken the COMLEX tell me what the questions are like? The only practice exams I have taken were USMLE oriented. Ive been told the COMLEX questions are somewhat different... How so?
turkdlit said:USMLE questions are a lot different, definately. Not just in content, but USMLE q's involve many more 2nd and 3rd tier reasoning, whereas COMLEX is more straight-forward. I've done 3 nbme exams, and took the COMLEX today, and assuming the nbme q's are representative, the USMLE is going to be MUCH more challenging. So if you've prepared for USMLE, you should be good
OSUdoc08 said:I disagree. From what I've heard, the COMLEX questions require more knowledge of the clinical sciences and are less straightforward. This comes from Kaplan USMLE instructors and test writers.
gclax30 said:Can anyone comment on the biochem and behavioral med aspects of either exam? I've heard they are bigger on USMLE but that is just what I've heard, can anyone describe what they've actually experienced this year? Is the biochem fairly straight forward, like enzyme deficiencies, or do you have to know every amino acid that can make pyruvate, type of stuff. Congrats to everyone who has taken it or is about to, thanks for your input.
hudsontc said:During comlex I was taking ~30 minutes to confidently complete a block of 50 questions. During usmle I was spending 60 minutes and could have used more time on many of the blocks.
OSUdoc, comlex is absolutely oriented toward the clinical, you are right... however, the two tests are absolutely different in terms of their level of difficulty. Many of the answers on usmle require understanding of a 2nd and 3rd order...whereas on comlex a huge chunk of the questions (~50%) can be answered by simple word association/recognition. It could be that I had blocks of questions for each exam that best exemplified the disparity between the exams...I cannot say. I get a hunch that that's not entirely the case though.
Dr. Hokis said:Not to mention your daily picnics with good ol' eddie goljan
OSUdoc08 said:It's Ed, flamer.
Dr. Hokis said:Does he flip you a nickel for each time you come to his rescue on this board?
OSUdoc08 said:He doesn't even know my name. Please continue the personal attacks. I welcome them.
OSUdoc08 said:He doesn't even know my name. Please continue the personal attacks. I welcome them.
DMBmatty08 said:I was just wondering if y'all could comment on any calculations/equations that would be helpful to know for COMLEX. Thanks.
chimebo said:Thanks to all who have posted their experiences. I was wondering how much physio you felt was on the exam...were there questions on the cardiac cycle and press-volume loops? Also, was there a lot of respiratory phys? Thanks. From what I have heard from my friends that have taken the COMLEX in NY, there have been a bunch on questions about Cardiac, in general, and Psych drugs. Good luck to all!
RT ruxillo,
Good luck!!