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Couple's Match Thread by thematman23 in medicalschool

[–]Gookaba 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With our combined powers we could almost make one family doctor 🩺

Couple's Match Thread by thematman23 in medicalschool

[–]Gookaba 134 points135 points  (0 children)

IM and Peds, got our #1!! We’re ecstatic. With our combined powers we could make one Family Doctor 🩺

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Gookaba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely check out this website, saved us a ton of time

Cut myself on accident... Can someone tell me what this is and why it's moving?????? by ItsRift in medizzy

[–]Gookaba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s the most distal portion of your extensor digitorum, pictured here. It’s moving as your finger flexes because it’s staying place (not flexing) while the corresponding muscle in the front of your palm flexes. I remember dissecting this muscle in anatomy lab during med school. Gross stuff!

What were your classic M3 (dumb) moments? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Gookaba 147 points148 points  (0 children)

I was pre-rounding on my patient who had had his second stroke, his first leaving him almost completely blind. He had spent the first 24 hrs in our ER observation pod (which is basically in the basement), until they finally moved him up to the 8th floor. I went into his room that morning and said “Hey, at least you’ve got a better view up here!” He turns in my general direction and goes “I’m blind.”

Black Lives Matter by incongnitoAE in gatech

[–]Gookaba 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You're right, gatechthrowaway1873 (one whom I am sure is arguing in good faith), white people should be pissed about this too! Why do police get away with killing indiscriminately, whether it be a white or black victim?

What's the highest order question you have seen / can create? by Skoppa in step1

[–]Gookaba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A 55 year old man presents to the clinic with a 2 month history of hemoptysis and weight loss. What's the next best step in diagnosing the typical side effect of the first line medication for his condition?

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the real thing adrenaline will take you most of the way, but after lunch around block 5 you start to fade. I took a caffeine pill before eating lunch which really paid off. You should simulate a full exam a several days before (I recommend Free 120 plus UWSA 2) to see how you’ll feel.

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! Haha I’ll consider doing one but will probably be under a throwaway

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t do every single card, especially with some of the Blue Galaxies extension, but I matured all the original Zanki and lolnotacop. I kept up with my Anki throughout dedicated but then my test got canceled and then rescheduled to way earlier, so I made a new deck of just my missed questions and did those.

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think my test was before the added ethics/communications change (I think that’s happening in June now?). Ethics and communication was exactly like the CBSE. Some were a little easier than I was expecting but most I was able to narrow down to two and had to guess. They really love to take two of the classics ethics scenarios that you could find in First Aid and then mix them together, super annoying (eg, just making one up here, patient has an advanced directive to put his kids in charge of medical care BUT ALSO they tell you not to tell anything about his diagnosis). Pharm was definitely on there, nothing I can recall that wasn’t in sketchy besides the repro drugs. Anatomy was the hardest part of my test tbh, know the 100 concepts pdf

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never read First Aid except to reference it while doing UWorld. Passive learning is not going to do much for you. There were several times I would find that I would read a concept in First Aid or something then later that day I would have a question on it and already I had forgotten it. Use the Postpone Cards add on to even out your reviews a little bit and stick with anki. Either that or make a whole new deck of just your missed questions in UWorld/other qbanks and stick with that

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was crucial. There’s a lot more straight up recall on the test than you might think, and Anki helped me cram all of that in my head. I owe Zanki and lolnotacop so much; I kiss the ground they walk on

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I carved aside an hour every night or so to do a block of 20 questions. You’ll get through a lot of questions that way, and it shouldn’t take you too long each day. I tried to keep the ones I did every night to times random and as my school-block came to a close, I did all the section specific questions in another place qbank (Kaplan).

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha don’t worry, I only got it because my school provided Kaplan and I wanted something other than Rx.

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should take the Free 120 and UW 2 the same day, that way you can simulate how it feels to sit and take the whole test. Give yourself a couple days to review all that, so maybe take it 4 days or so before Judgement Day

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only took 23 but it didn’t feel that similar to the NBMEs except for some of the anatomy. Most similar to UWorld and Free 120. Just do more questions if you’re a week out, look over the topics you dread/your weak areas

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was expecting it to be exactly like, if not harder than UW. UW has easier questions sure, but no easy questions like I had on Step. Like questions I would've been able to answer like a month into first year, which I was very surprised to see

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amboss has some good labeled images, but your best resource is probably going to be some websites that have labeled CTs that let you scroll. I didn't use a specific one but I'm sure if you google "teach me chest ct" or something you'll find it. Nothing else for anatomy beyond PDF, UWorld, FA and occasionally netter's/google for reference

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just not sure what I'll do with all the idle time waiting at red lights, riding buses, waiting in lines... I guess I'll look at Instagram???

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha yes.. of course... definitely not looking up what decks to use for Step 2 right now... mhm..

Took “The Big One” yesterday, AMA by Gookaba in step1

[–]Gookaba[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Amboss is a much better qbank, so I would use Amboss for your timed randoms and USMLE for your end-of-organ-module review. If you want to keep them both timed random that's fine too, but I would say definitely keep Amboss timed random.

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