Parasites

[aspiringmd1015]

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I did my entire micro from picmonic, kaplan, and FA. THe only thing i havent done micro wise properly was parasites, i did it in kaplan but didnt like it(obnoxious charts making me want to tear it to shreads) so is kaplan + DIT enough?

 

[CodeRedDew]

Idk if picmonic has parasites, but if they do then just disregard this message lol, but SketchyMicro has parasites now and I heard they were really good so I'd check them out.

 

[aspiringmd1015]

anyone else?

 

[AnonymousD.O.]

I just took NBME 15 and I think there was one, maybe 2 parasite questions. It's low yield. I've made some flashcards for FA and did practice questions. If you did Kaplan and etc. you should be fine. Of course I'm going off the NBME, not the real thing, but I think it's pretty well accepted parasites aren't a huge deal., and it seems like they ask pretty obvious questions on them. Comlex (which you probably don't care about) tends to ask stupid weird parasite questions fairly often, and even I was fine on these with just FA and Qbanks (uworld, Rx)

 

[pd1112]

FWIW, I had a friend last year that got 6-7 questions with egg/larva pictures, so just triage it. If you have time, it could be worthwhile to flip through the pictures a few times, because these questions should be gimmes if you recognize the picture. But no worries if you don't have the time, because n=1.

 

[aspiringmd1015]

yeah, just decided to go over it with DIT and FA, i read levinson throughout my school year so lets hope i can remember some of those points. Does T. vaginalis look like giardia or is that just me

 

[Focused1]

FWIW, I had a friend last year that got 6-7 questions with egg/larva pictures, so just triage it. If you have time, it could be worthwhile to flip through the pictures a few times, because these questions should be gimmes if you recognize the picture. But no worries if you don't have the time, because n=1.

Is there a way to systematically D/D the parasite pics.. like how do u D/D a diphyllobothrium latum vs taenia solium va taenia saginata gross ?

 

[pd1112]

Is there a way to systematically D/D the parasite pics.. like how do u D/D a diphyllobothrium latum vs taenia solium va taenia saginata gross ?

Idk, just google pictures & there are usually a few differentiating characteristics of the HY ones. The pics in FA suck, they're too smallThis is pretty good: http://diagnosticparasitology.weebly.com/index.html

 

[cs24]

Is there a way to systematically D/D the parasite pics.. like how do u D/D a diphyllobothrium latum vs taenia solium va taenia saginata gross ?

By the history/presenting sx...

they would never just give you a picture and say "what is this". Did they eat fish? pork? cow? Do they present with megaloblastic anemia or seizures/focal deficits?

Outside of my moderately snarky answer above, the only gross differences I know bw the above is that t. solium has hooks around its mouth (scolex?) and t saginata does not. Besides that, I know what giardia and trichomonas look like, and I know the spines for the different types of schistosomiasis. That is the sum of my gross identification of parasites knowledge and it was more than sufficient for the last 4 NBMEs and the real deal. I actually felt way overprepared for all of micro thanks to sketchy and wished my exam had more of it.. I guess this is just a super long winded way to say, not need to stress about precise gross parasitology. Its not a test for parasitologists.

 

[aspiringmd1015]

By the history/presenting sx...

they would never just give you a picture and say "what is this". Did they eat fish? pork? cow? Do they present with megaloblastic anemia or seizures/focal deficits?

Outside of my moderately snarky answer above, the only gross differences I know bw the above is that t. solium has hooks around its mouth (scolex?) and t saginata does not. Besides that, I know what giardia and trichomonas look like, and I know the spines for the different types of schistosomiasis. That is the sum of my gross identification of parasites knowledge and it was more than sufficient for the last 4 NBMEs and the real deal. I actually felt way overprepared for all of micro thanks to sketchy and wished my exam had more of it.. I guess this is just a super long winded way to say, not need to stress about precise gross parasitology. Its not a test for parasitologists.

just by that mini hx i know which parasites youre talking about lol, btw i have picmonic, but do you know how that compares to sketchymicro?

 

[cs24]

just by that mini hx i know which parasites youre talking about lol, btw i have picmonic, but do you know how that compares to sketchymicro?

I have no idea what picmonic is and never used it but, but sketchy is amazing. Will pretty much guarantee you kill micro on the boards

 

[Syfte3]

I just took the real test a few days ago, had at least 4 parasite questions. You should definitely cover it.

 

[Focused1]

I just took the real test a few days ago, had at least 4 parasite questions. You should definitely cover it.

Thanks.. just wanted to know.. did any/all involve actual identification of a photograph of a parasite ?
Or were they just S/S...whats the diagnosis ? whats the treatment ?

 

[Syfte3]

Thanks.. just wanted to know.. did any/all involve actual identification of a photograph of a parasite ?
Or were they just S/S...whats the diagnosis ? whats the treatment ?

No pictures on any of them. Not even treatment, just diagnosis. Micro's always been my best subject so I may be a little biased but I thought they were easy and straight forward questions...as long as you remember what's on first aid.

 

[aspiringmd1015]

i have FA and DIT info down cold, more than enough?

 

[Syfte3]

i have FA and DIT info down cold, more than enough?

Yeah you should be fine with micro then.