Extremely worried about Step 2 CS

[dysdiadokinesis]

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Had an encounter where a patient had a GI complaint and I wanted to make a joke to lighten the mood but decided not to in my frazzled state and ended up quietly chuckling to myself and continuing the interview like nothing had happened...very worried the SP will think I was laughing at them and that I am doomed to fail. In addition, I totally botched the challenge question in that encounter and a second one. Anyone have similar horror stories and manage to pass? 🙁

 

[getdown]

Had an encounter where a patient had a GI complaint and I wanted to make a joke to lighten the mood but decided not to in my frazzled state and ended up quietly chuckling to myself and continuing the interview like nothing had happened...very worried the SP will think I was laughing at them and that I am doomed to fail. In addition, I totally botched the challenge question in that encounter and a second one. Anyone have similar horror stories and manage to pass? 🙁

Relax, the CS is primarily to see if you can speak English coherently. It's a stupid ****ing test and a cash grab ploy. You had 8 or so other rooms so as long as you don't do something exceedingly stupid like swear at the patients you're gonna be fine.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

Relax, the CS is primarily to see if you can speak English coherently. It's a stupid ****ing test and a cash grab ploy. You had 8 or so other rooms so as long as you don't do something exceedingly stupid like swear at the patients you're gonna be fine.

That's how I passed CS: wash your hands, speak English.

 

[MrMe123]

a dirty little trick to really guarantee a pass is to also type in english

 

[dysdiadokinesis]

I appreciate the reassurance but it seems like the failure rate has been increasing and there are plenty of posts by people who thought they did everything right but still failed...

 

[Poit]

OP, nobody can tell you if you passed or failed. What we can tell you is this:
1. As long as you didn't jump up and down on the stool yammering away in Cantonese for all 12 encounters, your chances of passing are heavily in your favor.
2. Practically everybody makes multiple mistakes during that test, but 95% of us (assuming you're US MD) pass. It's up to the test taker whether they want to spend 3 months dwelling on them.