Legal questions on COMLEX??!?!

[JayZee]

---

Members do not see this ad.

Okay, so I was going thru the 100 sample questions for COMLEX level 2...where am I supposed to have learned the legal stuff? Vicarious liability? captain of ship doctrine? Breach of warranty? I mean, of the 1st 35 questions that I've done I got the 3 legal questions right...but I GUESSED. maybe its just common sense stuff? with 3 more days til the exam do I need to fret of this? 😕

Anyways, there wouldn't happen to be some resource out there that would help fill in these little, legal gaps in my knowledge would there?

Edit: okay...so after searching the forum for an answer to this question, I guess its irrelevant...no one has an answer because there probably isn't one...I really wish they could add a teeny, tiny little chapter about medicolegal stuff somewhere in savarese or simmons if they're going to stress it so much on the exam. 🙁 *sadness*

 

[ozzie20]

not really sure, i've looked around for help with that as well. the best i could come up with is this:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collsearch?COLLECTION_NUM=17&excludeflag=TWEEK_element&tocsectionid=

its the new england journal of medicine's health care delivery section. If you have a subscription you can click on all of the articles, otherwise sift through the "free full text" links to find one that gives you a good summary of legal issues in their intro.

 

[AbuJadenDO]

I really think your time would be better spent learning 'medical factoids' rather than medico-legal jargon only because they are a minority of the questions plus you can use common sense as you said to reason them out even if you've never heard the terms before...sorry for the run on

you guys didnt have a medical jurisprudence course at your school?

 

[JayZee]

I really think your time would be better spent learning 'medical factoids' rather than medico-legal jargon only because they are a minority of the questions plus you can use common sense as you said to reason them out even if you've never heard the terms before...sorry for the run on

you guys didnt have a medical jurisprudence course at your school?

Oh, I agree, I just am frustrated that these should be gimme/confidence builders questions if I know how to study for them.

We just had a one time session on this stuff. We've had ethics lectures throughout the 1st 2 years, but the topics of these questions aren't ringing any bells, that's all.

 

[JayZee]

not really sure, i've looked around for help with that as well. the best i could come up with is this:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collsearch?COLLECTION_NUM=17&excludeflag=TWEEK_element&tocsectionid=

its the new england journal of medicine's health care delivery section. If you have a subscription you can click on all of the articles, otherwise sift through the "free full text" links to find one that gives you a good summary of legal issues in their intro.

Thanks ozzie!

 

[Yoga]

Could someone please give some examples of the legal-ethical questions they had?
Thanks