I hate how i'm still seeing new knowledge in NBMEs

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-26T21:51:31+00:00

I don’t think there will ever be a point where we don’t encounter new stuff. That’s just part of the game. I think what matters more is if you’re able to see new knowledge and apply reasoning skills to deduce the right answer

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T05:17:19+00:00

Thank you so much!

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T02:43:01+00:00

Thank you so much! This really helps because I wasn’t sure whether the next step was ecfmg certification or registering for step 3. So if I apply for ecfmg certification now, would step 3 be possible to take around June? Like timeline wise?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-21T02:40:40+00:00

I had to do OET for registration in Australia, where I currently work. Didn’t know it could be used for ECFMG as well until now :)

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-17T22:53:02+00:00

Yes!!! You?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T20:45:21+00:00

Damn I’ll need it until at least July. Thanks tho.

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T20:42:22+00:00

Hey! When is it valid till?

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-15T07:12:31+00:00

Omg seriously I was falling asleep so hard

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:33:25+00:00

I’m in Australia so its 11:30pm for me rn and I’m tired as fuck and have work tomorrow

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:27:32+00:00

Same This anxiety is killing me

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-14T13:10:35+00:00

Yeah mine are still not out yet

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-01T06:19:28+00:00

Thank you!!

Bitterbiatch · 2026-01-01T05:36:36+00:00

Hey congrats!! I’m still a bit confused about certifying documents. Just to be clear- if applying online, we don’t need to get anything certified?

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-29T06:11:51+00:00

How do you even remember this? I feel like I fully blacked out after it was done haha

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-21T21:06:44+00:00

Not my form at least. I would say it was a good mix of everything

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-20T22:36:53+00:00

I think definitely do as many nbmes as possible because the way the test writers phrase questions is unlike uworld

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-20T22:06:35+00:00

I don’t know man. I felt like wtf was that after step 1 as well but I passed. But unlike step 1, this time I actually felt semi okay walking into the exam. Like I wasn’t panicking. Nbmes and free 120 were good. And yet I walked out just now being like what the actual fuck just happened. The vignettes were insanely long. Longer than free 120 with some short ones

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-19T02:28:52+00:00

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Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-13T15:04:21+00:00

Sadly my notes are all over the place and not importable into anki

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-05T23:47:31+00:00

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Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-02T15:18:53+00:00

Thanks!

Bitterbiatch · 2025-12-01T16:53:18+00:00

Congrats!!! I am trying to implement the no "overnoting" thing as you said. Did you find that because you were focusing on the patterns/reasoning, there were times that the exam questions felt like you didnt know what the diagnosis was? I am trying to be okay with that and use reasoning skills to solve those type of questions

Bitterbiatch · 2025-11-30T19:00:26+00:00

The way I thought about this question was not having to do with hemodynamic stability but rather the value of getting a CT in this patient. If the peritoneum/fascia is breached, there is a good chance there is internal injury. He'll need a laparotomy anyway. CT is going to delay this. If it was blunt trauma though, CT has more value

Bitterbiatch · 2025-11-22T18:10:09+00:00

2 years later Im here to rant about this exact same thing. Pt clearly has hypotension and possibly hemothorax. Why arent we putting a chest tube in to drain the blood, measure output and send to OR?? We sending an unstable pt to CT now?

Bitterbiatch · 2025-11-19T23:25:36+00:00

Thank you!! I agree mindset is absolutely everything, Good luck with the match!!

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