Shelf Exam Question...DO student

[Futuredoctr]

I was curious first of all what shelf exams were...we don't have them at our school, and second, can I buy them and take them with my rotations?

Thanks!

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[tfom08]

I don't think you can buy them. You can go on nbme website and see 20 sample q's for each shelf which represent the easiest questions of the test but can give a decent idea of the question types. The best thing you can do is just study from UW/new kaplan CK qbanks if you are thinking about step 2 ck.

 

[docmd2010]

would you mind posting the link where those practice shelf questions for each subject can be found? i tried searching them and couldn't find them.

would really appreciate it!

thanks a lot.

 

[tfom08]

http://www.nbme.org/PDF/NBME2008SubjExams.pdf

That is the pdf file, look at the clinical science sample items.

http://www.nbme.org/programs-services/medical-schools/subject-examinations/index.html

This is the page with the link.

 

[docmd2010]

thank you so much!

 

[tfom08]

No problem, just keep in mind that these are the easiest examples. By the time you finish preparing for a shelf exam, you should miss very few of these questions. Then when you get to the shelf exam, you will find it much more difficult. So don't despair and think you are failing, that's just the way it works.

 

[cbest]

For my fellow DO students out there, do you prepare for the NBOME shelf exams using the same popular resources that are mentioned in the 'Official Surgery Shelf Exam' and 'Official Internal Medicine,' etc. threads? Thanks!

 

[DaveinDallas]

For my fellow DO students out there, do you prepare for the NBOME shelf exams using the same popular resources that are mentioned in the 'Official Surgery Shelf Exam' and 'Official Internal Medicine,' etc. threads? Thanks!

I may be wrong, but I don't think the NBOME does shelf exams....the NBME does.....those are the ones we take at the end of each clerkship. What you study with is up to you. The advice we're given is 'study something at least two hours. It doesn't matter what you study, but study at least two hours a night and you should pass'......

 

[doogoshly]

my DO school administers the NBME shelfs to us. i don't think the NBOME has anything to do with that.

 

[bigdog8829]

ours too. and the 1st one rocked my world. in a very bad bad way.