Hi,
So I have a month until my PRITE is coming up. I'm a PGY2 and my program has made it very clear to me, as I did poorly on my PRITE last year (5th percentile), that if I do poorly again, there will be consequences (extra call, repeating a year, or termination). PRITE is taken very seriously in my program as you can tell from my post.
But at any rate, I am feeling very nervous and would like some guidance on how to prepare for the new PRITE exam. I have heard that the new exam will be incorporating new focus (more Neuro, etc.) and it won't be just repeat questions as in the past.
In the month that I have left, will it be advantageous to just re-read and memorize old PRITE questions/answers? My goal is to get closer to the middle percentile.
FYI, in case you are asking why my program places so much emphasis on PRITE, its because my program faculty and a good chunk of residents are of Indian FMG status. These individuals blow MCQ's out of the water because they are used to doing much harder exams in their own countries. There is a constant superiority complex that is perhaps derived from their own culture with having good scores and competing. If you don't perform good, you are punished. That is the culture at my program.
So I have a month until my PRITE is coming up. I'm a PGY2 and my program has made it very clear to me, as I did poorly on my PRITE last year (5th percentile), that if I do poorly again, there will be consequences (extra call, repeating a year, or termination). PRITE is taken very seriously in my program as you can tell from my post.
But at any rate, I am feeling very nervous and would like some guidance on how to prepare for the new PRITE exam. I have heard that the new exam will be incorporating new focus (more Neuro, etc.) and it won't be just repeat questions as in the past.
In the month that I have left, will it be advantageous to just re-read and memorize old PRITE questions/answers? My goal is to get closer to the middle percentile.
FYI, in case you are asking why my program places so much emphasis on PRITE, its because my program faculty and a good chunk of residents are of Indian FMG status. These individuals blow MCQ's out of the water because they are used to doing much harder exams in their own countries. There is a constant superiority complex that is perhaps derived from their own culture with having good scores and competing. If you don't perform good, you are punished. That is the culture at my program.
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