Damn those ethics questions - uworld

[Domenech]

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If uworld only had ethics questions, well here's some news for you. I would not even cross 50%.

Well it's not just limited to uworld, even nbme sometimes screws me up big time. I go back to Kaplan's behavioural science book, read the ethics part, come back and get even more questions wrong.

What do I do? 😕 Any tips? First AID has classical ethics cases but "classic" is just one thing step 1 doesn't know.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

I choose... business ethics

 

[vicinihil]

ethics are a pain but not a huge pt of the test and very difficult to study for. just do more practice qs and learn some tips and pointers. kaplan i heard had a good ethics approach??

 

[username456789]

I've honestly found that the best approach is to read the question, then read the answers, and find what right away sounds like the most obvious answer. Throw that one out, and pick the next most "obvious" answer.

 

[AggieSean]

A few guidelines that have yet to fail me:
1. NEVER send to the patient to anyone else. Not another doctor, not a therapist, not a counselor.
2. Consulting the ethics or legal team is always wrong
3. Asking the patient how they feel about x or trying to learn more about their feelings is almost always the right answer
4. If that doesn't help, pick the most touchy-feely, feel-good hippie answer that's there. Usually does the trick.

 

[MilkmanAl]

A few guidelines that have yet to fail me:
1. NEVER send to the patient to anyone else. Not another doctor, not a therapist, not a counselor.
2. Consulting the ethics or legal team is always wrong
3. Asking the patient how they feel about x or trying to learn more about their feelings is almost always the right answer
4. If that doesn't help, pick the most touchy-feely, feel-good hippie answer that's there. Usually does the trick.

A+ for that, my good sir. When in doubt, pick the fluffy BS answer. As our ethics/psych course director told us before the behavioral science shelf, "Pick the answer you know they want, not the one you would really do."

 

[metalrex]

Yeah, being all lovey-dovey and cheesy n' fluffy is the name of the game here.

And yes, just like guy said, the answer you think is right, is often not.Ethics is some kind of paradox ridden- psycho subject.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

There are usually a few choices on those ethics questions that are absolutely ridiculous, and can be ruled out immediately. At least that's how world is. Its like this...

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

 

[Ambrosha]

Amazing.

There are usually a few choices on those ethics questions that are absolutely ridiculous, and can be ruled out immediately. At least that's how world is. Its like this...

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

 

[Rabbit Hole]

A+ for that, my good sir. When in doubt, pick the fluffy BS answer. As our ethics/psych course director told us before the behavioral science shelf, "Pick the answer you know they want, not the one you would really do."

The BS thing you shared with us here looks pretty helpful.
I have to ask.. is number 88 some sort of sick joke?!

There are usually a few choices on those ethics questions that are absolutely ridiculous, and can be ruled out immediately. At least that's how world is. Its like this...

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

lol, Sir. LOL!

 

[greg1184]

I don't get it. I seem to do reasonably well on UWorld's Behavioral questions both on the qbank and UWSA. But on the NBME, the one I just took, all I see is a freaking star.... not even a Bar. NBME must hate my ethics.

 

[Fiddlergirl]

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

C. I pick C. Stabbing is totally the way to go.

 

[Domenech]

C. I pick C. Stabbing is totally the way to go.

I agree. Although on exam, probably D should be the answer (but there definitely are choices you literally want to select such as beat the hell out of them).

 

[username456789]

There are usually a few choices on those ethics questions that are absolutely ridiculous, and can be ruled out immediately. At least that's how world is. Its like this...

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

Is . . . is she hot?

 

[AggieSean]

Is . . . is she hot?

Couldn't help but think of Napoleon Dynamite when I read that.

 

[IMGUSMLEStep1]

In my opinion, if you're struggling with ethics questions, you should read Kaplan's USMLE medical ethics book. Before reading this book I would get maybe 40% of the ethics questions right, which was horrible. I decided to read this book and it really helped. I went through the book in about 4 hours. Now I get about 75% of the ethics questions right.

I posted a review of this book in my book list.
http://imgusmlestep1.blogspot.com/p/book-list.html

 

[2001bmw330xi]

There are usually a few choices on those ethics questions that are absolutely ridiculous, and can be ruled out immediately. At least that's how world is. Its like this...

A 25-year-old female is in your office for her 18th gynecologic exam of the month. While you are examining her breasts, she jokes that she's going to need a cigarette after the exam is over, and then she asks if you'd like to go out for a drink when you get off.

The most appropriate response would be:

A. "I just got off right now, if you know what I mean."
B. Reverse cowgirl her right there in the office
C. Stab her in the face
D. Politely tell her "no thank you" and change the subject
E. "Normally I would love to, but based on my exam here, it looks like you have AIDS"

hahaha i just burst out laughing in the library. this is gold.

 

[username456789]

I've found that the ethics questions in UWorld are generally along the lines of what TexasTriathlete posted (at least one and often more than one ridiculous choice(s), and a rather obvious correct one). The Kaplan ethics questions tend to be a bit more hazy, at least to me.

I just too two 20 question Behavioral Sciences blocks, one from UW and one from Kaplan. The overall user averages for them:

Kaplan: 53%
UW: 77%

Small sample size, but that sounds about right based on the questions I've seen. If the real thing has ethics questions like the ones from UW, most of us should be golden.

 

[illixir]

I agree. Although on exam, probably D should be the answer (but there definitely are choices you literally want to select such as beat the hell out of them).

probably? 👎