I am 100% confident I failed step 2 cs. I took the exam last week And after dreading over it Ill finally write about it.
The Negatives:
1. patient: Forgot some PE maneuvers, 1 diagnosis was ok the other one was crap. My response to the challenge question was Pathetic
2. patient: The whole thing was crap. DIdnt know what the hell was going on and put random 2 diagnosis, not sure if the PE had anything to do with anything
3. patient: Forgot some PE maneuvers even the key one, forgot his name when I entered. Had no idea what the diagnosis was put down any 2 and moved on. My response to challenge question was crap
4. patient. Went well except for a key PE maneuver
5. patient. Went very well
6. patient: was horrible. Forgot to do a PE maneuver on the main problem. On the patient note wrote LT (blank) pain instead of RT so I got the opposite side so that was probably the dumbest and stupidest and most costliest thing I've ever done.
7. Went well except when I realized I forgot to ask him about his past medical history so I couldnt document it on the patient note.
8. patient: Went horrible. Couldn't do the PE because he was in extreme pain. Not sure if he was testing me out. Effed up on Challenge question
9.patient: Went ok I guess. Forgot to do a main PE maneuver that warranted it
10. Patient: Horible. Did not know what was wrong with him. FOrgot to document some of my PE on the patient note. Wrote 2 crappy diagnosis
11.patient: Went well
12. patient: Went ok. Didint think I responded well to the SP challenge question
In summary. I've read so many bad experiences but I don't think I've ever read one as bad as mines. Its frustrating because I did really well on step 1 and step 2. As you can see the biggest problem for me was the PE maneuvers and the challenge questions. I was sooooo nervous throughout the entire encounter and sometimes didn't know what to say and was asking randomly at times. I think my prediction is I will have low performance on ICE and maybe borderline on CIS.
The positives:
I walked in greeted them with my name, shook their hand, made eye contact. I washed my hand in all the cases. Asked permission to untie gown. Pulled the bed rest in all patients. I never ran out of time and did a closure on all the patients (even though the diagnosis was wrong on some of them) I counseled on all except for 1 patient who had smoking. I was empathetic in all cases I guess " I understand your concerns I will do my best to find out what is going on and treat you"
The Negatives:
1. patient: Forgot some PE maneuvers, 1 diagnosis was ok the other one was crap. My response to the challenge question was Pathetic
2. patient: The whole thing was crap. DIdnt know what the hell was going on and put random 2 diagnosis, not sure if the PE had anything to do with anything
3. patient: Forgot some PE maneuvers even the key one, forgot his name when I entered. Had no idea what the diagnosis was put down any 2 and moved on. My response to challenge question was crap
4. patient. Went well except for a key PE maneuver
5. patient. Went very well
6. patient: was horrible. Forgot to do a PE maneuver on the main problem. On the patient note wrote LT (blank) pain instead of RT so I got the opposite side so that was probably the dumbest and stupidest and most costliest thing I've ever done.
7. Went well except when I realized I forgot to ask him about his past medical history so I couldnt document it on the patient note.
8. patient: Went horrible. Couldn't do the PE because he was in extreme pain. Not sure if he was testing me out. Effed up on Challenge question
9.patient: Went ok I guess. Forgot to do a main PE maneuver that warranted it
10. Patient: Horible. Did not know what was wrong with him. FOrgot to document some of my PE on the patient note. Wrote 2 crappy diagnosis
11.patient: Went well
12. patient: Went ok. Didint think I responded well to the SP challenge question
In summary. I've read so many bad experiences but I don't think I've ever read one as bad as mines. Its frustrating because I did really well on step 1 and step 2. As you can see the biggest problem for me was the PE maneuvers and the challenge questions. I was sooooo nervous throughout the entire encounter and sometimes didn't know what to say and was asking randomly at times. I think my prediction is I will have low performance on ICE and maybe borderline on CIS.
The positives:
I walked in greeted them with my name, shook their hand, made eye contact. I washed my hand in all the cases. Asked permission to untie gown. Pulled the bed rest in all patients. I never ran out of time and did a closure on all the patients (even though the diagnosis was wrong on some of them) I counseled on all except for 1 patient who had smoking. I was empathetic in all cases I guess " I understand your concerns I will do my best to find out what is going on and treat you"
