Step II COMLEX prep in the final stages

[DiverDoc]

Did COMBANK twice. 1st pass finished at ~73.5%

Just finished COMQUEST at 72.9%

Test day Aug. 1st. So now I guess Ill read Crush (again) and review OMT and take COMSAEs. Any other recommendations. I feel pretty saturated. 😱

 

[danzman]

Did COMBANK twice. 1st pass finished at ~73.5%

Just finished COMQUEST at 72.9%

Test day Aug. 1st. So now I guess Ill read Crush (again) and review OMT and take COMSAEs. Any other recommendations. I feel pretty saturated. 😱

I think it would be worth your time to go over some basic peds and geriatrics preventative medicine stuff, UTIs, and hit OBGyn again. Those were the things I wished I knew more about after the test. The AAFP has a few resources for them and I found them to be helpful. Also, if you have not yet done so, make a simple chart with all the viscerosomatics and chapmans points, lots of free points.

 

[americanpie]

I think it would be worth your time to go over some basic peds and geriatrics preventative medicine stuff, UTIs, and hit OBGyn again. Those were the things I wished I knew more about after the test. The AAFP has a few resources for them and I found them to be helpful. Also, if you have not yet done so, make a simple chart with all the viscerosomatics and chapmans points, lots of free points.

Where can I find AAFP resources which you mentioned? Thanks😀

 

[danzman]

Where can I find AAFP resources which you mentioned? Thanks😀

These are just a handful of random things that the COMLEX seems to like that are not in most board prep books. Peds, vaccines, safety, and geriatrics. All great resources and quick reads.
It should go without saying, but none of these are actual exam questions, just topics that have been discussed elsewhere on the boards.


http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1215/p2483.html

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0801/p451.html

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/immunizationres.html

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0515/p2085.html

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0715/p206.html

 

[danzman]

Also, my viscerosomatic cheat sheet. This is the only way I could ever make sense out of this crap. If you write it down you can see that there is some order and a pattern in the numbers. I memorized them in blocks of three, copied it down 5-6 times and then just wrote it on my white board, no other thinking required. Hope it helps someone.

Also, its easy to do the same with the chapmans points, but unfortunately, they don't line up with this.

H 1-4 (HEENT)
H 1-5 (Heart)
L 1-6 (Lungs)

E 5-6 (Esophagus)
S 5-9 (Stomach)
L 6-9 (Liver/GB)

S 7-9 (Spleen/Panc)
A 8-10 (Adrenals)
S 9-10 (Small intestines)

O 10-11 (Ovaries/testes)
R 10-11 (Right Colon)
K 11-1 (Kidneys)

B 11-2 (Bladder/Ureter)
P 11-2 (Prostate)
U 12-2 (Uterus)

L 12-2 (Left Colon)
R 1-2 (Rectum)