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What can I study in 2 weeks time or just wing it on 3 months of ward knowledge??
As an intern, the in-service exam is essentially only reflective of how well your medical school prepared you for internship. As such, I don't imagine that most programs really care how interns do when it's only been about 3 months since you started. Plus, you're so busy as an intern that they shouldn't expect you to be studying for it.
I know I sound ignorant about this,But could someone tell how many q are asked and the format of the exams ?
has such a thing been heard where an intern gets say 50 to 75 percentile and made it to cardiology/gastro fellowship?or is that bad a performance unheard of?
also pardon me if this sounds to naive ,but we do get breaks between the q dont we?is it like the usmle steps where you have limited time to take breaks or u can take breaks only between the sections,
also could some one tell me the format of all the sections?and roughly how well /bad do interns score?I have had a lot of trouble adjusting as an intern ,that I havnt had the time /mood to study and i Cant finish anything in 2 weeks .so please help me.
There are some major differences between the ABIM boards and the ITE -- mainly that you get much more time on the ABIM exam (60 Q's in 2 hours) compared to the 90 Q's in 3.5 hours for the ITE. So, if time is a big factor for someone, I've seen them do better on the ABIM boards than the ITE would suggest.
60Q/2hrs = 2min/Q
90Q/3.5hrs = 2min 20sec/Q
Is there a typo in there somewhere?
I don't know about the boards, but the ITE I just took was
170Q/3hrs, 170Q/3.5hrs