sargon2123
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M1 here. See title.
crush step 2. Get honors when possible. Stay professional/no red flags. You will be fine. When step 2 goes pass/ fail, then it gets interesting...
For those saying to take step 2 early, what month is ideal? C/O 2023 is going to have a numerical score, but what hasn't been decided at this point is whether or not that numerical score will be reported on ERAS, and there is a lot of bluster about how it would be "unfair to this group or that group" if some applicants have a score and some don't (for example, Baylor doesn't take Step 1 until 3rd year, so they wouldn't have a score on ERAS).
What is going to stop Med Students from self reporting their Step 1 scores? I think those students that do well will manage to get those scores to Program Directors one way or the other.
Med Students are very creative and a high Step 1 score will make its way to the Programs. Those without Step 1 will need to crush Step 2. Don't hate the player hate the game.
Save the pdf of your score report. Put the number on your CV if it’s good. People have been hyper focused on them for years. Even if they’re not supposed to, they’re still going to likely think a 240+ is better than a “P”.For those saying to take step 2 early, what month is ideal? C/O 2023 is going to have a numerical score, but what hasn't been decided at this point is whether or not that numerical score will be reported on ERAS, and there is a lot of bluster about how it would be "unfair to this group or that group" if some applicants have a score and some don't (for example, Baylor doesn't take Step 1 until 3rd year, so they wouldn't have a score on ERAS).
Joke's on them, obviously Step 2 will be changed to P/F next. 🙂Now that Step 1 is Pass/Fail (after Jan 2022) Med Schools are going to revamp their curriculum so students have time to study for Step 2 over the summer.
This means that clinicals will likely start earlier in Med School while the science portion gets condensed. Ideally, you want 6 weeks of study time for Step 2 so Med Schools will be building in that time during the end of the 3rd year but prior to 4th year.
I'm sure that the schools have been discussing this as they create the schedule for the Class of 2024.
The thing is, research and test scores actually do correlate with hard working intelligent people. On the whole, these kind of people make better anesthesiologists. Obviously a person's Step 1 score does not have the final say in their professional success or whether their kids make the honor roll.Research and test scores do not make good anesthesiologist. Good skills and knowledge make good anesthesiologist. Residency will know the difference. Good luck and stay safe!
Research and test scores do not make good anesthesiologist. Good skills and knowledge make good anesthesiologist. Residency will know the difference. Good luck and stay safe!
I have yet to meet a strong resident with low Step scores. 😉i have yet to meet a strong resident with low ITE score. Low score means they lack strong foundation because they do not read, and those residents also tend to be the lazy ones that just do the bare minimum.
Where do you think those test scores came from? Santa Claus? Or good knowledge?Research and test scores do not make good anesthesiologist. Good skills and knowledge make good anesthesiologist. Residency will know the difference. Good luck and stay safe!
Where do you think those test scores came from? Santa Claus? Or good knowledge?
Underperformers keep underperforming, for the simple reason that one cannot plug during residency the holes one has had for years. There is no time for that. Those people will keep struggling to keep up, hiding their incompetence under social niceties, like a demented person.
I've seen it again and again, ignorant physicians who are glorified nurse practitioners, because they lack essential knowledge to fall back on. Those are the knee-jerk, the protocol people (i.e. easily replaceable with midlevels). Residency is not the time to learn basic physiology or pathology or pharmacology. Or physics.
Unfortunately, anesthesia is a monkey see-monkey do specialty, where professional knowledge doesn't matter that much, hence the midlevel encroachment. But put the same person in a critical care position, and the knowledge level stands out. Same for internal medicine, EM etc.
No wonder even in internal medicine over here we now have “advanced clinical practitioners” (previously known as NPs, then ANPs now they’ve done away with the nurse bit…).
I like the USMLEs - They set a good standard.
That's not English. That's corporate Newspeak.Lol "advanced clinical practioner" is just a synonym for a mf'ing physician. Gotta love the English language