Step II Topics that are kicking my ***!

[jackieMD2007]

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Hey Step-2 Study Club and fellow MS4's--

What topics are totally kicking your butt?

Despite studying the following topics...I can not seem to get practice q's right about some of the most basic stuff:

1-Urge Incontinence (I had a urogyne rotation, IDK what the problem is)
2-Meniere's Disease
3-Pediatric Immunizations (probably because I always used the chart)
4-Sarcoid!!

Anyway--I will be reviewing something and just start laughing out loud.
I mean really--every athlete is on steroids?


Only a week from tomorrow is the big day for me.
How's everyone else doing?
What's kicking your butt (even if it shouldn't be?)

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Hey Step-2 Study Club and fellow MS4's--

What topics are totally kicking your butt?

Despite studying the following topics...I can not seem to get practice q's right about some of the most basic stuff:

1-Urge Incontinence (I had a urogyne rotation, IDK what the problem is)
2-Meniere's Disease
3-Pediatric Immunizations (probably because I always used the chart)
4-Sarcoid!!

Anyway--I will be reviewing something and just start laughing out loud.
I mean really--every athlete is on steroids?


Only a week from tomorrow is the big day for me.
How's everyone else doing?
What's kicking your butt (even if it shouldn't be?)

-Peds immunizations
-Peds milestones
-Random peds infections (Must be a Kaplan thing, I'm gonna quit using it in favor of UW)
So far, I'm on peds, and it sucks

 

[dusselas]

sign me up for remedial heart block.

 

[Golding]

Sarcoid doesn't deserve to kick anyone's butt on this exam. Once you see an African American female in her 30's, you know it's Sarcoid and should do an x-ray to look for bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy so you can give steroids.

Cardiology in general beats me up, and both NBME and USMLE World agree that I need to pick up the slack on Surgery. Cardiology, Endocrine, Immunologic disorders are going to have to earn my attention for a while.

 

[jackieMD2007]

Okay, so you can modify my list to:
1-Digoxin toxicity (somehow they always mystify me with this)
2-Wiskott-Aldrich, X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia, Chronic Granulomatous Disease of Childhood (and the other kid weird immuno stuff)
3-anytime I have to deal with acid-base stuff (not confusing, I just get really lazy about it, especially in chart form)

Keep up the good study work you guys.

Anyone else try NBME form 2?
I thought it was helpful but very neuro and psych heavy!
I did pretty well on it though (goal is 230+)

J

 

[AllUpOnYoMama]

Jackie, is that your real picture? If so... me, you, wine, and some chocolate strawberries in front of sunset over ocean... what do you think?

 

[cogwise]

I think that is Kate Beckinsale, as if any med student could look like that in real life. 😀

 

[jackieMD2007]

Jackie, is that your real picture? If so... me, you, wine, and some chocolate strawberries in front of sunset over ocean... what do you think?

That is awfully sweet of you--people tell me that I look like her so I have it as my profile picture 🙂

And to the other poster, yes, it is Kate Beckinsale.

 

[kemper6036]

Sarcoid doesn't deserve to kick anyone's butt on this exam. Once you see an African American female in her 30's, you know it's Sarcoid and should do an x-ray to look for bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy so you can give steroids.

Cardiology in general beats me up, and both NBME and USMLE World agree that I need to pick up the slack on Surgery. Cardiology, Endocrine, Immunologic disorders are going to have to earn my attention for a while.

👍

 

[jackieMD2007]

So I'm doing better and none of the above is kicking my butt anymore.

Now I just gotta slow down and READ the questions--the only person kicking my butt really is me.