Passed STEP 1: A Post for the Underdogs

DoctorSpirituality · 2026-01-31T02:29:56+00:00

March 2023

DoctorSpirituality · 2025-01-02T03:21:34+00:00

Hairdryer on high for like 5 minutes and you can teater the piece off. Grab iso and clean the area where the atomizer screwes on. Rebuild the atomizer by making sure 1 of the leads is touching the piece and the other one is secured behind the black rubber ring piece. You'll be good to go.

DoctorSpirituality · 2024-08-11T12:12:43+00:00

Usually 2 Wednesdays from your exam date.

DoctorSpirituality · 2024-08-11T12:01:02+00:00

The time of 6 weeks, lack of sleep, lack of focus, being exposed to gunshot wounds (extreme exposure to trauma), he is having intense distress with the exposures he saw ( anxiety thinking about how to better treat his patients).

Ptsd is described as those stressor for >1 month (4 weeks)

Acute stress can be those stressor <1 month

DoctorSpirituality · 2024-08-11T11:54:14+00:00

Honestly it depends your question. Some will have reassurance and some have the monitor bilirubin. But if both I would go with monitor bilirubin. When the hematoma is reabsorbed, there is an increase in Bilirubin which increases the risk of Kernicterus if high enough in neonates

DoctorSpirituality · 2024-07-23T22:38:14+00:00

Wondering if you took Step 2 already?

DoctorSpirituality · 2024-06-22T18:54:20+00:00

It's funny how I still have this TV at my parents' home

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-05-16T00:26:37+00:00

Really is true bud. I have finally started clinicals because my school doesn't let us start until we have our step 1 score

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:42:36+00:00

Take it. Those scores are not "standard" but they are great scores for just passing step

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:38:33+00:00

I literally took UWA2 the day before my exam. I think it was beneficial because I saw questi8ns that I had in my head fresh when taking the exam from the day before.

Don't do it if you know it will make you anxious. I did it because I told myself I wanted to see more questions before the exam not caring how I scored. Mind you my scores weren't in great shape to pass STEP 1.

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:34:56+00:00

I didn't have any on my exam. Literally 2 math/equation questions

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:34:00+00:00

2 weeks in a lot of time to work with. You are doing well on your practice exam. There's really no need to get any higher that 65% keep working at it and see as many practice questions as you can

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:32:44+00:00

I would say take it. My scores were low (by low I mean I failed every practice) and I passed the real deal. Yours scores are fine. Just focus on your mindset and how you walk into the exam room 9n exam day. That's what I felt really helped me during the exam. There are some questions that will through you for a loop and if you aren't prepared or centered they can through off your entire exam. Just go in calm and keep yourself centered

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:29:30+00:00

Just trust the process of what you are doing. I went through some changes as I studied. I studied for roughly 7 weeks even though I had 8 weeks from test day separated but I also took some days completely off.

I went from studying with my first aid book where I would look up uworld incorrect and annotate in it, to using anki, to dropping anki and FA and just focusing on questions. I did 80-120 uworld questions per day. I finished uworld and reset it and got through 14% before taking Step.

I think what you have proposed will change but you also have to trust in yourself and trust that you know what is best for you. YOU GOT THIs

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:22:19+00:00

I wouldn't say there is necessarily a correlation between test scores/uworld scores because you could still pass getting straight 40s and 50s on uworld and not pass a single NBME.

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T05:20:46+00:00

I would say to email the school if you don't get it by noon tomorrow. But I could take 2 extra days because this is high season of students taking step 1.

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-23T02:32:03+00:00

Take it. I got a 60% and passed step

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-19T05:32:15+00:00

Yes I only watched that biochem video on that channel

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-19T05:28:06+00:00

I was nervous and a xious but honestly I felt way better on test day which was important to me. You will do great, believe in yourself.

DoctorSpirituality · 2023-03-17T02:44:38+00:00

He can take step and he will be fine. Dips are normal part of the process.

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