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So I took my CS yesterday in Houston. And I felt like I either did really good or really bad. For some reason I finished most of my encounters before they called the 5 minute warning. There were a few where I was actually in the room when they called it. But when they did I was already wrapping up and explaining to the patient what I thought and the plans that I had. For alot of the encounters I was the first one (or one of the first ones) of the the room. I took a really focused history and physical. I stuck to all the questions that were relevent to the chief complaint. The whole experience wasn't really that bad because it felt like I was just seeing regular patients in clinic and I pretty much acted the same. I was only nervous on the first encounter. All of the encouters I stood directly in front of the patient and kept good eye contact the whole time. I hope I did okay, of course many times after I was done I realized I had forgot to ask a question or had forgot to respond in a certain way, but I didn't stress about it because according to First Aid, the test is not about being perfect, it is about being efficient. And that I think I was. Even though I was one of the first ones out, I didn't go directly inside the door when they made the announcement because I spent a few seconds writing down a differential based on the chief complaint. Which I think helped me with history taking, because I would glance at my differential and tailor my questions according. And also I wrote all of my notes out. It seems like the other doctors who were typing were typing forever. So as I mentioned, I'm not too sure exactly how I did on this test. Most of the cases weren't challenging at all. If anybody else would like to share their experience I'd appreciate it.