Freaking Out

[Step1EKG]

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I'm freaking out.

I sit for the exam in a week and I keep reading these posts from those who took it since the April 24th "change". Posts about really foreign anatomy questions and overall a lot of WTF ones.

I'm pretty happy with my practice exam scores but I'm wondering if I should have branched out past UFAP (eg. reading journal articles, Robbins, etc). I have the option to postpone my exam and take it about 5-6 months from now. Would preparing for and taking several 3rd year shelf exams, reading articles and hitting UFAP again for a month secure my chances at 240+ more?

I'm freaking outtttt. Are these fears irrational?

 

[ikat]

I took it after the "change" and even though there were definitely questions on information not in first aid (mostly anatomy in my case too), I don't think its anywhere near enough questions to justify delaying the test over, or enough to be worried about. It is really only a handful of questions out of 280, so even if you were to get them all incorrect (unlikely by chance), I doubt it would really have much impact unless you are way at the top of the curve already. I'm sure you'll be fine- I used the same prep stuff as you and I wouldn't have done anything differently if I could go back and prepare again now that I have taken it. Good luck!