What would you write down on your whiteboard before the test begins?

[metalrex]

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Hi folks,

The beast is breathing down my neck with barely a week left.

This was asked before so sorry for double posting if I have.

I wanted to know what you guys would wanna jot down quickly as soon as you take your seat before the test begins? Seems like you get some time here right before onset of the test and people use it to scribble down formulae, viruses etc.

Would going in early mean you will be allowed to go up to your workstation earlier?

What would be worth it to write down? I just read that they provide a white erasable board instead of paper-pen which is pretty clever cuz if we did have paper, we could do this so much better😡

Thanks!

 

[Ableton]

I plan on writing down all those behavioral sciences equations along with the boxes and stuff, especially when it comes to number needed to treat, etc... I can never seem to get those straight and I spend entirely too much time (upwards of 3 mins) trying to figure it out in UW question blocks!

 

[Phur]

Your test doesn't begin until you type in your ID#, so after you go into the center and go through the finger-printing and everything, you can take as much time as you want at your workstation and write down whatever on the white board before you start the clock. I had brought FA with me and looked at a few things I got mixed up on sometimes before going into the center and then wrote it down on the board once I got in. Didn't get any questions on the things I wrote, but it was nice to have.

 

[golfman]

I'm just going to draw a picture of a cat.

 

[Pegasus1731]

i plan on writing down all those behavioral sciences equations along with the boxes and stuff, especially when it comes to number needed to treat, etc... I can never seem to get those straight and i spend entirely too much time (upwards of 3 mins) trying to figure it out in uw question blocks!

x2

 

[metalrex]

Your test doesn't begin until you type in your ID#, so after you go into the center and go through the finger-printing and everything, you can take as much time as you want at your workstation and write down whatever on the white board before you start the clock. I had brought FA with me and looked at a few things I got mixed up on sometimes before going into the center and then wrote it down on the board once I got in. Didn't get any questions on the things I wrote, but it was nice to have.

So technically your 8 hours begin only after you key in your ID#? The time you take to fool around with the notepad before does not count ,am I right?

If you don't mind ,can you share what specifically you wrote down? That'll make me ensure I am not missing out anything.

It's gonna be biostats tables, physio and pharmac equations , Lysosomal dz stuff so far....

 

[kryptik]

lysosomal storage enzyme deficiencies

 

[Phur]

Correct. Your time does not start until you put in the letter/number code you were assigned. Once you put that in, your 8 hours start.

For example, I would always mix up the lab values for osteoporosis vs Paget's vs osteosarcoma, etc. Same thing for hormone levels of endometriosis vs pregnancy vs mole vs polycystic ovarian, etc. Stuff like that.

 

[aashkab]

i think i'm gonna pull out sheets of FA for a quick run through the morning of to pretty much write down on my white board before the test, like yes, that lysosomal storage disease page, the behavioral sciences page, the osteoporosis, petrosis, paget's, etc, and prolly some drugs.

 

[PokerDoc]

they will call you out if you sit there writing stuff for more than 5-10 min.. a few min is fine but if youre sitting there rewriting FA youre gonna get called on it.



I'd stick to equations, maybe some HLA associations, chromosome #s, and 1-2 things u always forget

 

[pottymouth]

will draw Angelina Jolie 😍

 

[badasshairday]

lysosomal storage enzyme deficiencies

This. I am going to look at this crap right before I go in. Stuff FA in the locker and write it down right when I get the white board. I seriously hate that page.

 

[xanthomondo]

Haha wow, I didn't even realize we get a white board to write on. What else do we get?

Is the computer system similar to UWorlds system? Or is it like the online NBME's?

 

[mongrel]

You should know all the lysosomals in FA front and back before you move in. Also when you walk in you, you should be ready to go. After you come in, they'll stand right behind you and make sure you log it immediately. Anything you write down should be be fast.

 

[okt3]

Amyloid proteins, I always mix these up!
AL vs ACAL vs AA. etc

Also, ICAM, PECAM-1 and all that sh^&.

Also, May not be a bad idea to roughly draw up a brachial plexus just in case a question comes for labelling it. I have drawn it so many times but still have mixed it up on number of occasions with the smaller nerves

 

[badasshairday]

There is always going to be something that you just can't keep straight. You won't be able to write everything down that you would want. I accept this. Now I feel better. 🙂

 

[Domenech]

HEY!!!! My test in less than 2 days, somebody please tell me what that whiteboard is????

 

[radiodoc99]

Formulas on biostats, pharm, biochem pathways

 

[metalrex]

HEY!!!! My test in less than 2 days, somebody please tell me what that whiteboard is????

It's something to write on prometric provides you with during your test.I thought it would be a simple notepad but I read here that it's an erasable white board with a marker.

People usually use it to jot down formulae etc before the test begins.You can use it anytime during the test to scribble down to an answer or whatever.Taus recommends you jot down marked answer numbers on this pad so that you can come back to em easily later.Guess you got the idea.

Good luck!👍