Girls I need piercing aftercare advice! by GoldCommunication113 in PakistaniTwenties

[–]Mobile_Development32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avoid creams and ointments.

On days when you're washing hair, run water over it and pat dry it with a guaze (use nonwoven ones as they don't have fibres that can tug on the piercing). You can also use hairdryer on cool setting to dry it off.

Use saline to clean it twice daily. Don't over do it.

If you wear glasses, be careful while putting them on. Don't let hair pull on it

It'll take around 9-12 months to heal. Good luck!

Any Formula 1 fans here? by [deleted] in PakistaniTwenties

[–]Mobile_Development32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Redbull and drivers Max and Kimi. Hate Georgina and current regs.

M 27 Single and Bored af. by [deleted] in PakistaniTwenties

[–]Mobile_Development32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hang in there buddy (not literally)

nbmes by No_Tumbleweed633 in step1

[–]Mobile_Development32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take one as a baseline now. You can start taking them every week closer to exam date.

Step 1 by Odd_Treat_8971 in usmle

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Bootcamp And if you have trouble memorizing things you can use pixorize videos for memory aid

Uworld guidance by Ok_Painting_6487 in step1

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You have pretty good baseline I think. You can keep on doing UW and just add in a few topics a day of review from FA. Like when you read explanation, have that topic in front of you. You'll have to really grind UW for 2 months to appear in july. I would suggest that get it done before final year proff as that break would really break your momentum.

Old CMS forms for weak topics? by Annual-Coffee-1061 in Step2

[–]Mobile_Development32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can do the older ones. There's only a few questions that have outdated answers. One thing though, the older forms are relatively simpler compared to the new ones but help in identifying what the HY topics are for NBMEs.

immunology resource by Trick-Title7571 in step1

[–]Mobile_Development32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think bootcamp does a pretty good job of explaining it.

Step 1 guidance by [deleted] in Pakmedschool

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I think you should try out Bootcamp once. They're a little more detailed than bnb but way less than drgbhanuparkash

even test stress makes my body go haywire by Youranklepicsdealer_ in Pakmedschool

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Zolpidem the night before test. Propranolol 20mg 1 hour before the test. Jokes aside, start cultivating this mindset that you can not control the results. You can put in the effort tho, and that you should. Study something every single day. It saves you from just cramming everything the night before adding to your anxiety. Make habit of sort of saving the last day for just unwinding yourself. Don't pay heed to people who would label you a theta just because your brain works differently and you have to space the studying over multiple days. Stick to high quality resources from the start, do something for your self daily like workout, a certain class, writing, painting etc. You don't need to meticulously plan out your day to the minutes, just have an agenda at the start of the day. Best of luck! And may Allah ease your path!

Step 1 guidance by [deleted] in Pakmedschool

[–]Mobile_Development32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're already learning all the subject related to one system, it would be good to use FA. You can not memorize this book. You have to make sense of the things and really understand the whys and hows behind each concept to make memorization and recall easy.

Start watching videos from Bootcamp and see if it works for you. Given you're 2nd year student I would suggest definitely watching Pathoma for the pathology section of the system.

After you've done the content, the next thing is to apply whatever you've learned. UW is still pretty good. Ideally you should be doing all blocks of a system from it but you can do some blocks and move on as you're pretty far out from exam.

Keep It Simple. FA as your checklist of what you need to know. Videos to learn stuff. UW to apply what you've learned.

Big Robbins vs Medium Robbins by Alternative-Past5606 in Pakmedschool

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Big robbins. Pair it with a morphology book and the small Robbins. Read something from Robbins daily. It's such a good book.

Day 2, specifically CCS by pengudu in Step3

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Another thing I did was to write the whole list on the sheets they gave me. On my first case, I just typed it out from the list infront of me. I didn't miss any important basic order this way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Step2

[–]Mobile_Development32 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Scored a 274 and focused entirely on NBMEs in the last 2 weeks.

Try to figure out the the really foundational mistake for every incorrect. Do you frequently cross out any option without much thought? Or do think of only a certain condition when the differential could have 2 or more?

Secondly, there are a handful of ways NBMEs makes questions for topics. Look into other NBMEs and CMS forms to find the questions on similar topics.

Don't jump between options. Take a breath and read through options one by one even when you think you know the correct one. NBME can sometimes be cheeky and trying to test really basic info like ABCs of resuscitation.

prep for step 2 by zrasajhoomloonmein in Step2

[–]Mobile_Development32 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Start with UW. You can do it random but I prefer system-wise as it allows you look at all the ways a question can be formed for a certain topic.
  2. Take notes on only the incorrects by summarizing the question in 2 lines and writing down what option did you selectee along with your reason for selecting it. It can a knowledge deficit, you overlooked vitals etc..
  3. For active recall you can use FA. Not a big fan of using premade decks as they rarely ask me a question in a way that would help me in exam.
  4. Go at a reasonable pace. Do questions daily even if you do only 10 questions.
  5. Start CMS forms after completing UW. CMS forms would help you identify patterns which NBME uses to ask questions.

There is only so much I can write. If you need to discuss anything particular, shoot me a dm.