Got my results,fared worse in data gathering and note taking failed the exam,questioning skills were not up to the marks but was compensated by information sharing and patient rapport.I am a good student with 99 in both the steps so far,had 6 iv calls without the CS now that i have failed the exam i don`t know what to do with the interviews,how to pass the exam,i am in a bloody mess,i don`t know why this happened to me,even passerby like policeman,and barbers and even medical doctors have commended me on my english,but even my SEP has one star on the borderline.i feel my dream of doing a residency in America is fading fast,i read the FA book and the UW and still failed,it seems like i can`t pass the exam.I feel nervous and stupid ,and even suicidal,but that would be stupid,this is the first time i ever seen a FAIL on my exam ,when all of my friends are there waiting for IV calls ,i am stuck on the other side ,as i could not enter American medical system,i have become a butt of jokes to many of my friends,of all the dreams losing this hurts the most!!!i am disillusioned with life,have a huge debt hanging over my head ,i don`t know how to pay them,i never planned for this ,i am in absolute mess.i Hope this never happened to me,that i would somehow wake up thinking this was an elaborate nightmare,but somehow it is not.
Kicking Myself !!
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First of all, Brett Favre is a terrible quarterback and needs to retire. Seriously. Retire, for 9th time. This time forever.
Watch the UCONN videos. Do and say EXACTLY the same things they do and say. Unfortunate for you, this test is built to weed out foreigners, usually based on language. You have to go above and beyond if youre going to pass.
Finally, bro, dont kill yourself. That's stupid. Be a doctor. You dont get to come to america to do a residency? That sucks. THere are still, well, 100 other countries that need doctors.
Watch the UCONN videos. Do and say EXACTLY the same things they do and say. Unfortunate for you, this test is built to weed out foreigners, usually based on language. You have to go above and beyond if youre going to pass.
Finally, bro, dont kill yourself. That's stupid. Be a doctor. You dont get to come to america to do a residency? That sucks. THere are still, well, 100 other countries that need doctors.
I am going to second the idea of not going suicidal of a silly little test.
Certainly it's true that failing the CS isn't going to be helpful to your application. But it's also not going to be a game-ender for you. Indeed, the CS is in part designed to make it tougher for foreigners to get residency. Indeed, it'll take some added work to get the passing grade.
You probably could have saved your grade by practicing the note-writing a little bit more. Practice writing notes from the First Aid cases (or just what you would write for a completely normal patient), with acceptable abbreviations, within a five-minute period. Get that down cold, and it helps buffer your data gathering problems quite well.
I get that debt hangs over your head, but maybe you ought to just bite the bullet and do one of those Kaplan live classes. Pricey, but they have a very good rate of helping foreign students who have previously failed.
Certainly it's true that failing the CS isn't going to be helpful to your application. But it's also not going to be a game-ender for you. Indeed, the CS is in part designed to make it tougher for foreigners to get residency. Indeed, it'll take some added work to get the passing grade.
You probably could have saved your grade by practicing the note-writing a little bit more. Practice writing notes from the First Aid cases (or just what you would write for a completely normal patient), with acceptable abbreviations, within a five-minute period. Get that down cold, and it helps buffer your data gathering problems quite well.
I get that debt hangs over your head, but maybe you ought to just bite the bullet and do one of those Kaplan live classes. Pricey, but they have a very good rate of helping foreign students who have previously failed.
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Practice the cases with a friend and practice writing the notes.
Thanks guys,much appreciated,yes i realize that was a stupid thing to say,i am not gonna do that,i am gonna stay and give it one more try,i agree that i should have practiced note writing more,and now will try harder,i realize that at least for data part i need to practice and practice more ,i hope that i will be able to raise my confidence level and interact more,get a more detailed hx and get a proper note,in the face of my note writing suffering,i might have to go ahead and type the note i guess,but all the same,this is hell for me,i guess i will have to keep going.
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And true to his username, he won't be quitting this time 👍
Seriously though, good on you buddy. Don't quit on your goals, definitely not based on the CS which is quite notorious for being unpredictable.
Even though it's been said a million times, I'm gonna say it one more time: Practice cases with a partner, from doorway info all the way to PN writing.
All the best for your next try!
Seriously though, good on you buddy. Don't quit on your goals, definitely not based on the CS which is quite notorious for being unpredictable.
Even though it's been said a million times, I'm gonna say it one more time: Practice cases with a partner, from doorway info all the way to PN writing.
All the best for your next try!
Hey thanks a lot man,i am trying to keep my spirits up ,but it ain`t easy ,trying to figure out way to squeeze through this exam ,trying to get a PASS ,but i don`t know how my data could be so low , i mean i came back and looked at notes that say you need to score somewhere between 50- 60 % in data to register a pass ,i am sure ,i did that ,and also PAMHUGS FOSS,so i don`t know why i hit the alarm buttons there,i know that with the magic word " standarized" it is entirely my fault not to be able to score a PASS in this exam.But,i keep thinking, it is not as if i had to answer a lot of very difficult questions on pathophsiology or molecular biology.it was simple basic stuffs like chest pain and shoulder pain and yet somehow i got slaughtered ,kind of funny to think about it ,tragic when you think what might have been had i passed this bloody test!!!Oh well ,there are worse tragedies in life!!🙁
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what uconn videos? for step 2 ck? can you provide a link?
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pretty sure he means cs
