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I tend to have trouble interpreting CT scans, especially for GI organ system questions. Are there any resources that are helpful for this? I went through the HY images in first aid, but I am worried that if a question comes up on an exam I won't be confident in my answer.
 
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I tend to have trouble interpreting CT scans, especially for GI organ system questions. Are there any resources that are helpful for this? I went through the HY images in first aid, but I am worried that if a question comes up on an exam I won't be confident in my answer.
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I had asked this same question numerous times during my prep.

Interestingly enough, I found Kaplan QBank helped me learn CTs really well. By the time I finished KQB, I felt pretty comfortable with CTs of the thorax and abdomen.

You really just have to do a ton of practice questions. Eventually, you will have seen enough CT questions that you'll have had exposure to at least 90% of what they could throw at you. The other 10% is random stuff none of us could prepare for, so there's no point in freaking out. I had a bizarre x-ray image on my exam that I couldn't have prepared for unless I had been a radiologist myself.
 
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Gray's Anatomy Review has a ton of question-based X-ray/CT/MRI/angio images at the end of each chapter. Maybe 50-100 total? The book itself is too low yield for step but might be useful if you were never taught basic radiology.
 
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