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Stagg737 said:
I honestly don't think they'll take 16 from the last chapter though unless they want to ask 3 questions per high yield disease and hit every tumor more than once. I'd guess 8ish questions from PNS, totally a guess though...
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During the CIS, Dr. P said he was writing around 17 cases (if I recall correctly). Not sure if he's writing any questions over the first 2 chapters.
Edit: nvm didn't see the above post, might have been 15
 
Zaphod42 said:
During the CIS, Dr. P said he was writing around 17 cases (if I recall correctly). Not sure if he's writing any questions over the first 2 chapters.
Edit: nvm didn't see the above post, might have been 15
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Yeah it was 15 - and he said they were all specifically out of Ch 27...
 
Dobson apparently told someone they wrote a total of 60 questions, between Puthoff (15) them fellows, and him. Don't know how much total they are going to use out of those 60

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Bbutterfly said:
Dobson apparently told someone they wrote a total of 60 questions, between Puthoff (15) them fellows, and him. Don't know how much total they are going to use out of those 60

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The test breakdown they sent out is 48 path, 4 anatomy, 5 phys, and 27 pharm. Assuming the fellows wrote the anatomy questions I'd guess they're using 52 of the 60...
 
Stagg737 said:
The test breakdown they sent out is 48 path, 4 anatomy, 5 phys, and 27 pharm. Assuming the fellows wrote the anatomy questions I'd guess they're using 52 of the 60...
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Thanks. I must have missed that test email!

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So that was ... Fun...


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ya it was really difficult, especially since we didn't really have a skin path lecture. I assume the average will be in the 70s.
 
Seems like we had a great match! What is traditional rotating internship? Anyone know?
 
That might be the largest number of people I've talked to after a test who have failed since GI or Neuro 2.
 
Yeah bombed it too... Gonna need that curve.

Weird too - I felt pretty good about it when I hit submit before seeing my score. I was wrong.
 
newkcdude said:
Seems like we had a great match! What is traditional rotating internship? Anyone know?
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Here's a link.
http://www.doctorsintraining.com/bl...d-categorical-year-for-residency-application/

Tl; dr - 1) it's a fall back option for a middle of the road applicant. You know, just to improve your CV. 2) It can serve as a "PGY1 year" for students that are trying to enter a competitive field (i.e. Derm) that require a pre lim year. I spoke to someone doing just this. This person is doing a "TRI year" and plans to enter as a PGY2 during the actual residency. ACGME doesn't to the TRI year anymore, I believe, so I think it's a DO thing. ACGME does Pre-lim years though.
 
It's nice to have a full week now with a lighter schedule while we can actually focus on boards!
 
did yall see the 2016 match list? anyone know if those individuals who matched to top programs (UCSF, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, Yale, etc) had major connections or did they just do amazing on boards and had glowing LORs?
 
lemontartes said:
did yall see the 2016 match list? anyone know if those individuals who matched to top programs (UCSF, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, Yale, etc) had major connections or did they just do amazing on boards and had glowing LORs?
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UCSF is the Fresno site, so good, but not as tough to get into as it might seem. I know we've had quite a few people match at Mayo and Cleveland Clinic in the past too, so we've probably got a decent reputation at those sites. I didn't know we had a Yale match though, that's pretty new. I'm guessing they all probably had solid audition rotations there or had someone put a solid word in. I'd be interested to know that too though.

newkcdude said:
It's nice to have a full week now with a lighter schedule while we can actually focus on boards!
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Yea, and next week we only have 2 Msk lectures. Seems like things are slowing down, at least until Psych starts up.
 
So are CSAs are coming up! Does anyone know if it goes on your transcript if you fail it?
 
Anyone got a good recommendation for an existing flashcard bank for boards and or second year? Anything besides Pathoma we should be buying?
 
newkcdude said:
So are CSAs are coming up! Does anyone know if it goes on your transcript if you fail it?
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Not sure, but I don't think so. Maybe in the MSPE, but I'd doubt that too...

Drrrrrr. Celty said:
Anyone got a good recommendation for an existing flashcard bank for boards and or second year? Anything besides Pathoma we should be buying?
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Imo pathoma and sketchy were solid. Some people buy the USMLERX bank that comes with flashcards that go along with FA, but I didn't do that. Someone else might be able to give more details about it.
 
Stagg737 said:
Not sure, but I don't think so. Maybe in the MSPE, but I'd doubt that too...



Imo pathoma and sketchy were solid. Some people buy the USMLERX bank that comes with flashcards that go along with FA, but I didn't do that. Someone else might be able to give more details about it.
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it's a pretty steep 200 bucks tho. Is it worth it? Was it useful all of 2nd year or just for micro mod?
 
Pathoma is a necessity. Sketchy is worth it (especially now, since it also has pharm).
 
Drrrrrr. Celty said:
6 mo or 12 mo version tho? When do you need sketchy primarily is what I'm asking.
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I'd use it for the micro section and again before boards. People use it during systems too, but I think those two times are most important, which sucks because it'll probably be a 13-14 month period. I'd get it early, then see if you can share a password with someone around boards time for review.
 
Drrrrrr. Celty said:
6 mo or 12 mo version tho? When do you need sketchy primarily is what I'm asking.
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Since sketchy pharm wasn't out for us I can't really speak to that - but if it were me I would want to use it for the pharm in each section in addition to the micro... You could certainly get by without it, though.
 
So how are people starting to study for Step 1? I'm doing as much DIT as possible. Also, it looks like we have to do Kaplan Q bank (in addition to UWorld which we should do). 4000 plus questions will take a while!
 
newkcdude said:
So how are people starting to study for Step 1? I'm doing as much DIT as possible. Also, it looks like we have to do Kaplan Q bank (in addition to UWorld which we should do). 4000 plus questions will take a while!
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DIT + FA + Pathoma + UWorld + Sketchy.

Apparently I'm doing Kaplan Qbank as well, since all of a sudden its required... I've been doing it throughout the year so fortunately I'm already 500ish Qs into it - but I'm not touching it again til I'm done with UWorld. Trying to use the DIT sections as a guide through UFAP - more or less sticking to that. The real problem I'm encountering is it feels pretty tough to do any more that 8hrs in a day. People keep talking about 12hr days - but I'm pretty sure thats physically impossible for me. I'm gonna stick to my 8hr schedule and be happy with it unless I feel super-crunched.

Also, coffee.
 
BigGAC1 said:
DIT + FA + Pathoma + UWorld + Sketchy.

Apparently I'm doing Kaplan Qbank as well, since all of a sudden its required... I've been doing it throughout the year so fortunately I'm already 500ish Qs into it - but I'm not touching it again til I'm done with UWorld. Trying to use the DIT sections as a guide through UFAP - more or less sticking to that. The real problem I'm encountering is it feels pretty tough to do any more that 8hrs in a day. People keep talking about 12hr days - but I'm pretty sure thats physically impossible for me. I'm gonna stick to my 8hr schedule and be happy with it unless I feel super-crunched.

Also, coffee.
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Are ya'll doing DIT as a first pass of first aid before UFAP?

I'm planning on doing DIT during the kaplan course and then 6 weeks of UFAP. I studied about 5 hours yesterday watching pathoma videos and haven't started reviewing my notes yet. No clue how people do 10-12 hour days. Maybe practice makes perfect? I'm hoping I get better at studying focused for longer periods of time. I'm just shooting for around 230 on USMLE, so hopefully 8ish hours a day will be ok.

Anyone else kind of Shi***ng their pants yet? So much info to know!
 
Lost Vagus said:
Are ya'll doing DIT as a first pass of first aid before UFAP?

I'm planning on doing DIT during the kaplan course and then 6 weeks of UFAP. I studied about 5 hours yesterday watching pathoma videos and haven't started reviewing my notes yet. No clue how people do 10-12 hour days. Maybe practice makes perfect? I'm hoping I get better at studying focused for longer periods of time. I'm just shooting for around 230 on USMLE, so hopefully 8ish hours a day will be ok.

Anyone else kind of Shi***ng their pants yet? So much info to know!
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Im doing about 10-12 hours/day right now and its much easier if you take small 5-10 min breaks every 1-2hrs. Sticking to a schedule and working out everyday has also been helping.
 
Lost Vagus said:
Are ya'll doing DIT as a first pass of first aid before UFAP?

I'm planning on doing DIT during the kaplan course and then 6 weeks of UFAP. I studied about 5 hours yesterday watching pathoma videos and haven't started reviewing my notes yet. No clue how people do 10-12 hour days. Maybe practice makes perfect? I'm hoping I get better at studying focused for longer periods of time. I'm just shooting for around 230 on USMLE, so hopefully 8ish hours a day will be ok.

Anyone else kind of Shi***ng their pants yet? So much info to know!
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Yeah I'll be pretty content with a score around the national mean on both exams - That's really all I'm shooting for. I'm essentially using DIT as a first pass through FA. I just make sure to look up all their references, and read each Chapter as DIT goes through a system. I'm actually trying bust out all of sketchy right now, though. Its my goal to have all the micro and Pharm reviewed already before DIT does it, and before I go through the pharm/micro in each system.
 
Ya, it's too bad they told us we have to do all the Kaplan Questions so late in the year. There are much better Q banks out there and I would rather just study UWorld in more detail. I wonder if we actually have to do it? I can see myself spending my time much more effectively.
 
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