Hello SDN members,
From your past experience with Step 2 CS what portion of the grade do you think comes from the physical exam? I went it after studying 1 1/2 weeks FA thinking I had everything down cold, but somehow **probably due to being anxious** and a fear I would run out of time, my physical exams were not as in depth as I would have like them to be i.e. beside doing lungs and heart the focused exam would only be maybe 50-60% of the exam in that area... I believe my communications, questions, counseling, and disposition to the patients were pretty good. What do you think my chances are passing if I did a 1/2 effort job at the physical??
I am so bummed out by this because I had some extra time at the end always and I could have spent more time slowly examining each system instead I went to listen to the lungs, than the heart, than the abdomen (most pts). Than it was off to the focused part of the exam but I would only palpate, check reflexes and than finish up with that part of the exam when I should have manipulated the joints, check for pulse, and maybe even check HEENT stuff... I would remember to palpate thyroid when needed though... Ugh this is so annoying waiting now until sometime in Dec/Jan to find out what happen.
From your past experience with Step 2 CS what portion of the grade do you think comes from the physical exam? I went it after studying 1 1/2 weeks FA thinking I had everything down cold, but somehow **probably due to being anxious** and a fear I would run out of time, my physical exams were not as in depth as I would have like them to be i.e. beside doing lungs and heart the focused exam would only be maybe 50-60% of the exam in that area... I believe my communications, questions, counseling, and disposition to the patients were pretty good. What do you think my chances are passing if I did a 1/2 effort job at the physical??
I am so bummed out by this because I had some extra time at the end always and I could have spent more time slowly examining each system instead I went to listen to the lungs, than the heart, than the abdomen (most pts). Than it was off to the focused part of the exam but I would only palpate, check reflexes and than finish up with that part of the exam when I should have manipulated the joints, check for pulse, and maybe even check HEENT stuff... I would remember to palpate thyroid when needed though... Ugh this is so annoying waiting now until sometime in Dec/Jan to find out what happen.
