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PASS.
What a friggin' relief!
What a friggin' relief!
Pass!! too bad I'm on call today. what a freaking relief especially after failing before twice!
A lot? I passed too...thank goodness.Passed! What a gigantic relief. Which Scotch does an occasion like this deserve?
Passed! What a gigantic relief. Which Scotch does an occasion like this deserve?
Kudos my man!A lot? I passed too...thank goodness.
Congrats to all newly boarded diplomats!
And to those who didn't pass. Keep on fighting. I know it feels like the end of the world. But it isn't.
Passed. About the M. HO course. Do not waste your money. He uses fear and intimidation to sell his course. The real exam is nothing like his course. You will just be throwing money away, to a guy that has an ego the size of texas. .
Passed. About the M. HO course. Do not waste your money. He uses fear and intimidation to sell his course. The real exam is nothing like his course. You will just be throwing money away, to a guy that has an ego the size of texas. He definiately has short penis syndrome.
Passed. About the M. HO course. Do not waste your money. He uses fear and intimidation to sell his course. The real exam is nothing like his course. You will just be throwing money away, to a guy that has an ego the size of texas. He definiately has short penis syndrome.
All that said, I didn't have to pay for it, and it didn't cost me vacation or no-pay days away from work. If I'd been out $5K+ in course fees and lost income for the privilege of taking the course, I'd probably be more critical.
I went to his course and thought it was helpful. If nothing else, it was several days of repeated practice exams. I wasn't in a practice where I had a dozen partners willing to pimp the hell out of me over and over, so for me, the chance to practice with real live human beings was useful.
It was also reassuring to get to size up the competition, even granting that a large % of the class were not first-time takers and therefore not a good sample of the overall applicant pool. Still, so many of them were so unbelievably bad, that it made me feel like I was probably in the top 80% who historically are likely to pass. I left the course with some confidence and a better map of my weak areas.
He seemed like a nice guy who genuinely cared about the people in his course. He was approachable and didn't come across as a douchebag. Of course, flooding this anesthesia forums with his shills, as he's done in the past, is awfully douchey. Though perhaps not rising to Niels I'll-sue-you-for-giving-away-my-books-that-you-paid-$600-for Jensen level douchiness.
All that said, I didn't have to pay for it, and it didn't cost me vacation or no-pay days away from work. If I'd been out $5K+ in course fees and lost income for the privilege of taking the course, I'd probably be more critical. Especially of the must-know cases segment, because so much of that time was spent with other students, who as a whole were weak and not really good at picking apart my answers.
I went to his course and thought it was helpful. If nothing else, it was several days of repeated practice exams. I wasn't in a practice where I had a dozen partners willing to pimp the hell out of me over and over, so for me, the chance to practice with real live human beings was useful.
It was also reassuring to get to size up the competition, even granting that a large % of the class were not first-time takers and therefore not a good sample of the overall applicant pool. Still, so many of them were so unbelievably bad, that it made me feel like I was probably in the top 80% who historically are likely to pass. I left the course with some confidence and a better map of my weak areas.
He seemed like a nice guy who genuinely cared about the people in his course. He was approachable and didn't come across as a douchebag. Of course, flooding this anesthesia forums with his shills, as he's done in the past, is awfully douchey. Though perhaps not rising to Niels I'll-sue-you-for-giving-away-my-books-that-you-paid-$600-for Jensen level douchiness.
All that said, I didn't have to pay for it, and it didn't cost me vacation or no-pay days away from work. If I'd been out $5K+ in course fees and lost income for the privilege of taking the course, I'd probably be more critical. Especially of the must-know cases segment, because so much of that time was spent with other students, who as a whole were weak and not really good at picking apart my answers.
So wait, how did you not have to pay for it, did your practice kick in for it ?
I thought Ho's course was great.
Yes, he does 'push you'. Yes he does 'intimidate' a little. More importantly though, you actually LEARN anesthesia from the guy. He's not teaching you how to 'take the test' and just pass the test, he actually helps you reason through. What I like in his course was that almost nothign was 'wrong', and he did a dang good job defending his stance.
The real test was a lot easier then the sample tests Ho would give. Ho's tests were filled with very complicated and tricky stems, the real boards wasnt. Nevertheless, I think it's a great way to learn anesthesia. I know of a couple anesthesiologists that just take the Ho course every 3 years or so, 'just for fun' and to keep up.
I know of a couple anesthesiologists that just take the Ho course every 3 years or so, 'just for fun' and to keep up.
lolHow you doin', Michael Ho!