University of Oklahoma -- everyone welcome -- Part 4

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So...here is my pre-test block entertainment. Did I ever mention that I like videos that make fun of rappers? Pretty sure I have at least once. 😉

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soonereng said:
So...here is my pre-test block entertainment. Did I ever mention that I like videos that make fun of rappers? Pretty sure I have at least once. 😉
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That made my night O' cramming infinitely better.
 
soonereng said:
So...here is my pre-test block entertainment. Did I ever mention that I like videos that make fun of rappers? Pretty sure I have at least once. 😉
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Where would test block be without soonereng and his endless sources of entertainment? In the gutter, that's where.
 
NTT - your supplications on our behalf have failed. Looks like I should have gone the organ-bartering route.

Editing to add that it makes me grouchy (well, grouchier, really) to read things like EPISTEMOLOGIC CODA when I'm studying for BIOCHEM. I don't care how nice of a person they might be. Save that crap for the ethics lecture.
 
Bravofriendly said:
NTT - your supplications on our behalf have failed. Looks like I should have gone the organ-bartering route.

Editing to add that it makes me grouchy (well, grouchier, really) to read things like EPISTEMOLOGIC CODA when I'm studying for BIOCHEM. I don't care how nice of a person they might be. Save that crap for the ethics lecture.
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Hehe, I knew you'd be up with me!
 
If I remember correctly, she's on the same schedule as me, i.e. sleeping after exams. The only thing that really sucks about this schedule is it gets really lonely between 2am and 7am b/c everyone else is sleeping and not facebooking or sdning.

I think I've got the fungi down, and since they are about 1/4 or 1/3 of the info we need to know, that makes me happy. I think I've chosen to not study HIV other than the groups of drugs (not specifics). There is just too much packed into that one lecture for me to spend the time it would take to learn it all. Besides, I really don't find HIV interesting. The encephalopathies and hepatitis viruses are much more fun.
 
Jwax said:
If I remember correctly, she's on the same schedule as me, i.e. sleeping after exams. The only thing that really sucks about this schedule is it gets really lonely between 2am and 7am b/c everyone else is sleeping and not facebooking or sdning.

I think I've got the fungi down, and since they are about 1/4 or 1/3 of the info we need to know, that makes me happy. I think I've chosen to not study HIV other than the groups of drugs (not specifics). There is just too much packed into that one lecture for me to spend the time it would take to learn it all. Besides, I really don't find HIV interesting. The encephalopathies and hepatitis viruses are much more fun.
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As one of my dear friends always reminds me, "Study hard, more importantly, study smart!" Good luck tomorrow, Jwax!
 
Bravofriendly said:
As one of my dear friends always reminds me, "Study hard, more importantly, study smart!" Good luck tomorrow, Jwax!
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Okay ladies, I'm at the point where my eyes are scanning the words, but I am no longer comprehending what they see. So, I'm cryin' uncle and turning in for the night. Good luck tomorrow!
 
Bravofriendly said:
As one of my dear friends always reminds me, "Study hard, more importantly, study smart!" Good luck tomorrow, Jwax!
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Agreed. GL to you, too. Keep in my that biochem is the worst class in med school and you won't have to look at it again 'cept for a few days when studying for boards. 😉

PreMedMommy said:
Okay ladies, I'm at the point where my eyes are scanning the words, but I am no longer comprehending what they see. So, I'm cryin' uncle and turning in for the night. Good luck tomorrow!
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Wuss. J/k 😛. That's always the wise time to quit. Of course, it could be just b/c biochem is a bunch of non-sense anyways 🙂.

Sooo ready to move on to next year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia This is just one of the most random diseases. I will add this to my "sucky ways to die" list. I also want to start using the term "prion" as a demeaning nick-name, somewhat of a mix between idiot, noob, and ignorant.
 
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Jwax said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia This is just one of the most random diseases. I will add this to my "sucky ways to die" list. I also want to start using the term "prion" as a demeaning nick-name, somewhat of a mix between idiot, noob, and ignorant.
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Remind me not to whine about my non-familial, non-fatal, test-block-associated insomnia.

Also, I'd like to recant my previous declaration of Fuller's huggability. One of my classmates noted that Hormones are the prison-sex of biochemistry - I don't think there's much to say beyond that. A note to future biochem victims, don't save reviewing Fuller's material for last so that it will be fresh in your mind. That's gonna be a bad idea.
 
soonereng said:
That test sucked...probably blew my grade.
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One word: parasites.

I love how we went from 2 questions about them on the last test to 6 on this one. Was there 3x the material? No. 👎thumbdown I've always assumed that each lecture gets equal representation on the exam. If this isn't the case, I expect to be informed. Yes, I recognize this isn't the case for boards, but that is completely different. For an exam for a class, if you're going to give something that wasn't even taught to us 6 questions out of 65 (i.e. 9.2% of the exam), I think it wouldn't hurt to give us a heads up. I am raging. I didn't need to do amazing on this exam, but I'm not even sure I managed to pass since 10% of the exam was over material that I didn't study since I figured it would only be maybe 2% of the exam. 😡

To be fair, there was apparently only 16 pages on the first part of parisitology and 28 on the 2nd part. Still an inflation; should have only been 3 or 4 q's on it to balance.
 
Jwax said:
One word: parasites.

For an exam for a class, if you're going to give something that wasn't even taught to us 6 questions out of 65 (i.e. 9.2% of the exam)...To be fair, there was apparently only 16 pages on the first part of parisitology and 28 on the 2nd part. Still an inflation; should have only been 3 or 4 q's on it to balance.
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That's a reasonable complaint...making a mental note to remember this for next year

Biochem seemed just as bad as I expected - Rodgers' stuff all seemed to make sense back when we covered it, but this weekend it looked like jibberish, so much that my notes didn't really even help jog my memory much. Oh well - guess I'll just have to wait for the key to see how it all shakes out.
 
Is it wrong to want relevance in the material that is covered on the test? I studied with an eye for what would be important in practice. Its disappointing that we get a "Swimmer's itch" question with not even an acknowledgement of zoster or SARS. I did well enough to keep my grade, but yeah, the parasitology focus was silly. Especially when the ones we got last block were total softballs. Eh, time to nap and then push through to PCM.
 
Jwax said:
Agreed. GL to you, too. Keep in my that biochem is the worst class in med school and you won't have to look at it again 'cept for a few days when studying for boards. 😉

Wuss. J/k 😛. That's always the wise time to quit. Of course, it could be just b/c biochem is a bunch of non-sense anyways 🙂.

Sooo ready to move on to next year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia This is just one of the most random diseases. I will add this to my "sucky ways to die" list. I also want to start using the term "prion" as a demeaning nick-name, somewhat of a mix between idiot, noob, and ignorant.
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Oh, Jwax, this post has made my day!!!! I may also start using the term prion as a demeaning nick-name. Prion diseases are by far my favorite. I just love those little buggers.

Bravofriendly said:
Remind me not to whine about my non-familial, non-fatal, test-block-associated insomnia.

Also, I'd like to recant my previous declaration of Fuller's huggability. One of my classmates noted that Hormones are the prison-sex of biochemistry - I don't think there's much to say beyond that. A note to future biochem victims, don't save reviewing Fuller's material for last so that it will be fresh in your mind. That's gonna be a bad idea.
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Another note to future biochem victims: Do NOT wait until the week before test block to start studying biochem. You'd think after three test blocks I would have learned this, but no, I didn't. Fortunately, IT'S OVER!!!!!!!! :soexcited:
 
Good luck studying for tomorrow, guys. What's MS-II tomorrow, or is it a rest day (is PCM-II on Thur - our schedule was so botched, I'm not sure I remember)? For MS-I's, good luck on embryo tomorrow - after you survive the first test, it's pretty much downhill. God, I hated embryo - blow kisses at Rada for me.

I guess our weather was worse up here in Tulsa than OKC. Considering every other school in the county was closed, including OSU Health Sciences, it would have been nice if OU had at least put something up on the website, like "we've considered the issue and decided to stay open." Nope, not even the OU Tulsa website - OSU announced closure at 0630 and lots of people, including me, were still checking the TV for OU at 0710 - and I was supposed to be at the hospital at 0700.

Most of Tulsa wasn't bad at all, but Sheridan Road from 101st St. S. to 71st St. S. was about as slick as I'd ever seen it - just polished ice about 1/8" thick. It was a little unnerving.
 
Non-TradTulsa said:
Most of Tulsa wasn't bad at all, but Sheridan Road from 101st St. S. to 71st St. S. was about as slick as I'd ever seen it - just polished ice about 1/8" thick. It was a little unnerving.
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Living there, I never really appreciated how twisty and hilly Tulsa is until I moved to flat OKC. Driving in icy weather in Tulsa is quite a bit more treacherous than driving it here in OKC. Guess the Big Guy didn't do you any favors last night either.
 
soonereng said:
Well, at least I kept my grade. That test still sucked though. When the answer key has a question mark as the answer for one of the questions, you know the test was bad.
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Assuming I didn't mess up on calculating anything, i.e. assuming that the POPS I only got 1/2 credit for and skipping the bioterrorism conference doesn't knock my grade down, I still kept my grade - but boy did I cut it close. I will be concerned until we get our grades.

SoonerGeek said:
Is it wrong to want relevance in the material that is covered on the test? I studied with an eye for what would be important in practice. Its disappointing that we get a "Swimmer's itch" question with not even an acknowledgement of zoster or SARS. I did well enough to keep my grade, but yeah, the parasitology focus was silly. Especially when the ones we got last block were total softballs. Eh, time to nap and then push through to PCM.
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I concur. Way too much emphasis on things we will likely never see, way too many repeat questions asking you to regurgitate the same knowledge (i.e. the same case only what are the risks to kid if she doesn't have a c-section? what's the disease? not that this was a hard one, its just the only example I can remember). I think every single one of these exams sucked for mmi. But now it's over. :woot: I just don't think I learned any of this in a way that is going to be useful for boards.

PreMedMommy said:
Oh, Jwax, this post has made my day!!!! I may also start using the term prion as a demeaning nick-name. Prion diseases are by far my favorite. I just love those little buggers.
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There wasn't even a question on prions at all 🙁, which is sad b/c I think they are rather interesting, really. That and I actually knew all of them.

Non-trad: it's PCM tomorrow, pharm wed, and IHI Friday.
 
Bravofriendly said:
Living there, I never really appreciated how twisty and hilly Tulsa is until I moved to flat OKC. Driving in icy weather in Tulsa is quite a bit more treacherous than driving it here in OKC. Guess the Big Guy didn't do you any favors last night either.
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Another long evening tonight?

And by the way, one of my worst fears came true this morning. Biochem started at 9 right? Well, I overslept my alarm this morning by an hour and a half. I woke up at 8:35. I had to get my kids dressed, get me dressed, drop them off at day care, drive the 20 minute drive, park, walk the walk of shame, and showed up only 15 minutes late to the exam. My poor kiddos though. Neither one had brushed their teeth or hair before I rushed them out the door. So, here's to waking up in the morning!
 
Jwax said:
One word: parasites.

I love how we went from 2 questions about them on the last test to 6 on this one. Was there 3x the material? No. 👎thumbdown I've always assumed that each lecture gets equal representation on the exam. If this isn't the case, I expect to be informed. Yes, I recognize this isn't the case for boards, but that is completely different. For an exam for a class, if you're going to give something that wasn't even taught to us 6 questions out of 65 (i.e. 9.2% of the exam), I think it wouldn't hurt to give us a heads up. I am raging. I didn't need to do amazing on this exam, but I'm not even sure I managed to pass since 10% of the exam was over material that I didn't study since I figured it would only be maybe 2% of the exam. 😡

To be fair, there was apparently only 16 pages on the first part of parisitology and 28 on the 2nd part. Still an inflation; should have only been 3 or 4 q's on it to balance.
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SoonerGeek said:
Is it wrong to want relevance in the material that is covered on the test? I studied with an eye for what would be important in practice. Its disappointing that we get a "Swimmer's itch" question with not even an acknowledgement of zoster or SARS. I did well enough to keep my grade, but yeah, the parasitology focus was silly. Especially when the ones we got last block were total softballs. Eh, time to nap and then push through to PCM.
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All this complaining about parasitology, geez. It's the fungi that I loathe and about which there were way too many questions. How the heck am I supposed to remember all of the conidiophore/capsule/spherule/mycelium/mold/aseptate/septate/branching/flowerette/copperpennies/etc/etc.?? Mind you, I did know a lot of the characteristic feature-type questions, but the couple that relied heavily on the microscopic description were rough.
 
PreMedMommy said:
Another long evening tonight?

And by the way, one of my worst fears came true this morning. Biochem started at 9 right? Well, I overslept my alarm this morning by an hour and a half. I woke up at 8:35. I had to get my kids dressed, get me dressed, drop them off at day care, drive the 20 minute drive, park, walk the walk of shame, and showed up only 15 minutes late to the exam. My poor kiddos though. Neither one had brushed their teeth or hair before I rushed them out the door. So, here's to waking up in the morning!
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Of course! I did tell my husband tonight that this flipped-schedule works really great, despite the somewhat cracked-out appearance and difficulty participating in intelligent conversation that accompanies it.

That's partially terrifying and partially hysterical - your girls are real troopers! I actually never even noticed that you walked in late...should I add you to the list of people I text on test mornings to make sure that they are awake? If it makes you feel any better, walking in late for one test is magnitudes less annoying/shameful than sixteen weeks of someone showing up for every single class a few minutes late.
 
shortitalian said:
All this complaining about parasitology, geez. It's the fungi that I loathe and about which there were way too many questions. How the heck am I supposed to remember all of the conidiophore/capsule/spherule/mycelium/mold/aseptate/septate/branching/flowerette/copperpennies/etc/etc.?? Mind you, I did know a lot of the characteristic feature-type questions, but the couple that relied heavily on the microscopic description were rough.
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The fungi was about a 1/3 of our material, so I expected it to be heavy on the fungus. I thought I had them all pretty well down, but they magically vanished from my brain as soon as I started reading the questions. There were sadly only a few that I retained and a LOT that I guessed on. I think there were maybe 10 questions on that exam that I knew what the answer was for sure, not that this is unusual. Sometimes during exams, I wonder whether I'm cut out to be a doctor based on how few answers I really know. 🙁 I also managed to circle the wrong answer for the MMR vaccine thing - I put it couldn't be given to kids OVER 15 mo instead of younger than... 😡 I don't know how I managed to do that. It was pretty much a freebie.
 
Bravofriendly said:
Of course! I did tell my husband tonight that this flipped-schedule works really great, despite the somewhat cracked-out appearance and difficulty participating in intelligent conversation that accompanies it.

That's partially terrifying and partially hysterical - your girls are real troopers! I actually never even noticed that you walked in late...should I add you to the list of people I text on test mornings to make sure that they are awake? If it makes you feel any better, walking in late for one test is magnitudes less annoying/shameful than sixteen weeks of someone showing up for every single class a few minutes late.
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LMAO, I know what you are talking about, Bravo.

And yes, my girls are troopers. They realized I was in trouble and they got around really quickly, didn't fight or argue or complain. It was amazing.

I don't get text messages, so you will have to let me hear your pretty little voice, if that's okay.
 
Bravofriendly said:
Living there, I never really appreciated how twisty and hilly Tulsa is until I moved to flat OKC. Driving in icy weather in Tulsa is quite a bit more treacherous than driving it here in OKC. Guess the Big Guy didn't do you any favors last night either.
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Yup... in my non-P.C. way, I used to say after every IHI exam that I'd like to push Dr. H down a hill... except that there were no suitable hills in OKC.

Hearing that story of being 15 minutes late to a block exam just gave me the chills. That's why I adopted the 'flipped schedule' approach (I never thought of my appearance as 'cracked-out', though - when you're over 40 and that sleep-deprived, it's just plain not attractive).

What would give me nightmares is what would have happened had you slept another hour or so. What they tell you at the beginning of the year is no idle threat - sleeping through a block exam will get you a nice, big, fat zero - and you'll remediate that block over the summer with no chance of a course grade higher than 'C'. It's just not a place you want to go, IMHO.

The only problem with the flip-schedule system is that it doesn't work when you're on rotations and have to be at the hospital in the morning. And I have clinic tomorrow, too. Blast. Can't my sick patients make do for one shelf-exam week?
 
I think I'll adopt the flipped schedule next semester. Shoot, I may even start tomorrow.
 
I've never done the flipped schedule. Consequently, I have had several close calls with exams, one of which was pharm last block. I probably woke up around 8:40 for the 9:00 test and still somehow made it there right on time.

That happened to me once in college, too. I think it was for an organic chemistry final. Luckily, my apartment was just right off campus, close enough for me to run like h3ll and get there all out of breath and flustered. I can't remember if that was the semester I got the highest grade in the class on the final or not... :meanie: Too bad I didn't have the same luck on the pharm test last block. Stupid cardiac drugs.
 
PreMedMommy said:
I think I'll adopt the flipped schedule next semester. Shoot, I may even start tomorrow.
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It isn't something that should be acquired mid-test block. I feel it is best prepared for by staying up until at least 5am Thursday night (Friday morning) before exams, then 7am, then 8am, then after the exams for the rest of the week. On an off day, like Thursday is for us this week, I go to bed whenever I'm tired, usually around 10am.

I don't think I've ever come all that close to missing an exam. I think I've slept late before something required, but it is maybe by 30 minutes at most. I have an internal alarm that wakes me up pretty near when I'm supposed to. I have overslept due to not managing to set my alarm clock right or snoozing it / shutting it off accidently, but that has never been for anything I really felt I had to go to. My internal anxiety doesn't let it happen.

I really, really don't want to study for PCM. Fortunately, it seems like Dr. Chakrabary (sp?) did a really nice job with his review (just listened to it w/the ppt & notegroups) so my studying can be more consolidated. I don't think I'm going to manage to pound the post-test probability / likelihood ratio stuff in my head again. My advice to you wonderful msI's is that you learn that stuff well in EBM next semester so it sticks with you b/c it keeps coming back. I just can't manage to make it click for longer than 15 minutes.
 
It's made me terrified to go to sleep tonight. Fortunately, I have a friend in Bravo. Did I ever tell you guys that I love her? (In a purely friendship, straight-girl kinda way.) :biglove:
 
PreMedMommy said:
It's made me terrified to go to sleep tonight. Fortunately, I have a friend in Bravo. Did I ever tell you guys that I love her? (In a purely friendship, straight-girl kinda way.) :biglove:
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Right back at ya! It's nice to know that someone out there's got our back.

That awful moment last block when I woke up and thought I'd missed the gross exams was sheer terror. I couldn't squeltch my anxiety enough to sleep more than a couple 1-2 stretches of sleep for the rest of the block, so I feel your pain. 50 years from now, when I'm laid up in some geri hell-home eating cold gruel and asking people what my name is, I'll still have that memory.
 
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Bravofriendly said:
Right back at ya! It's nice to know that someone out there's got our back.

That awful moment last block when I woke up and thought I'd missed the gross exams was sheer terror. I couldn't squeltch my anxiety enough to sleep more than a couple 1-2 stretches of sleep for the rest of the block, so I feel your pain. 50 years from now, when I'm laid up in some geri hell-home eating cold gruel and asking people what my name is, I'll still have that memory.
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LMAO!!!! Bravo, when you are in an old-folks home, I hope I'm next door. You'll still be walking into my room in the morning whackin' me over the head with your cane to wake me up for exams. Especially since youre apparently senile and can't remember that this awful part of our lives is over.


Whoops, back to real life. Sorry.
 
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Been using the flipped schedule since I was a freshman in college. 7 years. It is marvelous. And somehow, you feel a lot less stressed out and rushed even if you spend the same amount of time studying, procrastinate just as much, and waste time as much as you would the other way around.

I suspect though, that the people who do best with the flipped schedule are the ones that are naturally biased that way by their circadian rhythms. Cant quote research right now, but studies have been done in which people were unrestricted and allowed to adopt their own day schedules, and it found that although most naturally get up in the morning and go to sleep at night, some get sleepy around 5 am and wake up around noon.

In other words, it seems that there are two genetic variants in our population, and that this has been the case for tens of thousands of years.
 
masterofmonkeys said:
I suspect though, that the people who do best with the flipped schedule are the ones that are naturally biased that way by their circadian rhythms. Cant quote research right now, but studies have been done in which people were unrestricted and allowed to adopt their own day schedules, and it found that although most naturally get up in the morning and go to sleep at night, some get sleepy around 5 am and wake up around noon.

In other words, it seems that there are two genetic variants in our population, and that this has been the case for tens of thousands of years.
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N=2. My folks are both morning people who tend to go to bed at a decent hour. My brother and I, on the other hand, are both night owls. They have thought he was weird for the longest time b/c he goes to bed between 3 and 5 am and "sleeps all day". I do the same. We're not close, and have very little in common, but we certainly both got the recessive sleep during the day gene.
 
Jwax said:
N=2. My folks are both morning people who tend to go to bed at a decent hour. My brother and I, on the other hand, are both night owls. They have thought he was weird for the longest time b/c he goes to bed between 3 and 5 am and "sleeps all day". I do the same. We're not close, and have very little in common, but we certainly both got the recessive sleep during the day gene.
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I've always been a night-owl, too. But, having kids makes it difficult. They get me up at 9 am, no matter how late I stayed up.
 
Anyone know if the second PCMII exam is harder than the first? It seems conceptually easier since there are no pictures to identify and we just had all the heart and lung stuff in IHI. However, it also seems like the questions could be very subjective which is what I despised about last year's PCM exam.

I realize that it is important to do and that as a physician I need to be a bit detached, but I still find determing a Tanner Stage in adolescents to be a creepy prospect.
 
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Anyone know if the second PCMII exam is harder than the first? It seems conceptually easier since there are no pictures to identify and we just had all the heart and lung stuff in IHI. However, it also seems like the questions could be very subjective which is what I despised about last year's PCM exam.

I realize that it is important to do and that as a physician I need to be a bit detached, but I still find determing a Tanner Stage in adolescents to be a creepy prospect.
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A little late, but I expect this exam to be harder than the first. There is a lot of knowledge-based stuff from the last block, which I'm iffy on. Too many heart sounds that barely click (haha... get it?) with me as it is. This night went by incredibly fast. I'm pretty much done with PCM studying though, so I think I might as well switch to pharm for a while after a shower.
 
Probably too late, but if you have the chance or can stand it, look at the PCM questions on hippo. They were very similar to the questions on the exam. Sorry I didn't post this sooner. 🙁
 
I love PCM. PCM, HB, and histo are the only exams I walk out of thinking I actually knew the answers to most questions. Unlike in any other effing class where I only know maybe 10 answers for sure, I know at least 70% of these questions for sure, which highly likely guesses on another 20%, decent guess on 6% and just straight guesses on only maybe 4%. How nice it must be to feel that way after all exams. I envy those of you who feel that way.

Time for bed. I wish they could have posted the dang answer sheet though... I hate waiting til I get up to grade it.
 
PreMedMommy said:
Another long evening tonight?

And by the way, one of my worst fears came true this morning. Biochem started at 9 right? Well, I overslept my alarm this morning by an hour and a half. I woke up at 8:35. I had to get my kids dressed, get me dressed, drop them off at day care, drive the 20 minute drive, park, walk the walk of shame, and showed up only 15 minutes late to the exam. My poor kiddos though. Neither one had brushed their teeth or hair before I rushed them out the door. So, here's to waking up in the morning!
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When I was sitting by this morning I began to think that you might be you (PMM), and I know you're real! The internets and the real world collide. How did embryo treat you?
 
InertiaCreeps said:
When I was sitting by this morning I began to think that you might be you (PMM), and I know you're real! The internets and the real world collide. How did embryo treat you?
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Shush! The interwebz are a whole different realm that do not associate with reality.
 
InertiaCreeps said:
When I was sitting by this morning I began to think that you might be you (PMM), and I know you're real! The internets and the real world collide. How did embryo treat you?
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Haha, I now know who you are, too! My internet personality is so much more witty than my real one. Embryo was fine. I didn't study for it much, so I did about how I expected. I didn't need much to get a B in the class, and I needed a whoooooooole lot to get an A, so I just said screw it. You?

thiems said:
Shush! The interwebz are a whole different realm that do not associate with reality.
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Okay, LOLthiems.
 
soonereng said:
That would have been useful...

Too many neonate and GU questions on that test for me.
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Mainly useful for the Schmidt stuff. As I recall, some of the cardio questions on the exam were identical to hippo questions.

Anybody have any tips about studying for this IM exam?

The pharm test tomorrow will probably be easier than the last one (I guess it has to be, huh?), and I thought the third IHI test was easier than the 2nd. Endo and rheum are things I like more than cardio, though, so I'm biased.
 
PreMedMommy said:
Okay, LOLthiems.
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Luckily for me, I let my creative juices really flow when I make my internet screen names so one would need the assistance of Sherlock Holmes to figure my real identity out. I feel like my secret is safe...😀
 
I'll have to go with MasterOfMonkey's theory - I used the flipped schedule very successfully, but a nocturnal schedule is quite normal for me. I guarantee, next week when we're on vacation (God, that seems a million miles away still) I'll be posting at 3am - it only takes a day or two of vacation before I'm back to the 5am-noon schedule. Works perfectly for me.

When I have to be at the hospital very early, though, sometimes I'm stunned by how pretty a sunrise can be. There's something about the colors and things that are quite different from even the prettiest sunset. But, those sunrises for me are like a nice vacation. Pretty to look at, but certainly not a world where I ever want to live on a permanent basis.

Hope PCM went okay today, mes MS-IIs. I recall that was a stout exam, but I did well on it. Chakrabarty wraps a very nice bow around what you have to know.

I DON'T WANNA TAKE THE PSYCH SHELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cr*p. Poor me. Poor, poor, sleepy me. I hope this misty sleet keeps coming down tonight - a blocked-out study day would be just lovely.
 
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