Ok so now that I've heard about the biochem shelf can anyone give me any tips for studying for the phys shelf. I have to take it on the same day as my biochem one so I need some tips for quick effective studying.
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erin682 said:
The phys shelf was the hardest for me. I used First Aid (FA) and pretest adn BRS. In FA, dont just look at the phys section, u should know the pathology section too (cardio and respiratory) cuz alot of questions are come from there. Start early and u'll be fine. Do alot of questions, but ur priortiy should be a First Aid and make sure to kill ur phys class.
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edit: My friend who looked at the patholgy (cardio + resp) sections of FA along w/ the physiology sections got a 97 on the shelf. I wish I had done this. Gluck
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lilmo said:So what about those of us who waited until the day before the shelf to start studying? Is there any hope?
If u got one day b4 the test, and u want to make the most out of that one day, then understand everything in the physiology section of FA. If u got some more time, try to look at the cardiovascular, respiratory and maybe endocrine pathololgy sections of FA and try to understand them. I remember getting some clinical questions about mitral or aortic stenosis and regurgitation. I remember seeing some stuff on sarcoidosis (respiratory), and the FEV1/FEV and restrictive, obstrcutive lung disease (all this crap is in the pathology section of FA) so if u got 1 day b4 the test, look at FA and do ur best to understand it, it's too late to do questions, so FA would be the best last minute thing to do. And also look at the NBME website for some free gimme physiology questions.
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some good tips here already.
def pay attention to pathology of major organ systems - cardiac, renal and lung were big on the shelf. esp know all the different heart murmurs - i had about 4 hard questions on this alone. best source for the relevant pathology is first aid.
i also didn't think BRS was sufficient. NMS is better. do lots of questions from pretest and lastly know your biochem - the physiology shelf exam is a hybrid (like all of them are).
def pay attention to pathology of major organ systems - cardiac, renal and lung were big on the shelf. esp know all the different heart murmurs - i had about 4 hard questions on this alone. best source for the relevant pathology is first aid.
i also didn't think BRS was sufficient. NMS is better. do lots of questions from pretest and lastly know your biochem - the physiology shelf exam is a hybrid (like all of them are).
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These appear to be great suggestions, I'm 3.5 weeks away from my phys shelf exam. this is the only shelf exam we take at my school and this si the first time its been used.
Anyway, it sounds like you all are saying that the questions are clinically oriented as opposed to phys fact. Is this ture? What about pathophys?
I truly have no clue what to expect from this thing.
Anyway, it sounds like you all are saying that the questions are clinically oriented as opposed to phys fact. Is this ture? What about pathophys?
I truly have no clue what to expect from this thing.
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conure said:
I pretty much crammed for the shelf in a day and a half. I thought the comprehensive test at the end of BRS Phys was the highest yield for the time I had since they had short explanations for each question. Good luck!
