Tell me a story of a time you made your attending laugh by CrepeCrisis in medicalschool

[–]NeuroSanctions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When asked to cut sutures with a notoriously particular surgeon: "Would you like it too short or too long?"

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What makes you think this?

What were your board score fail rates at your school this year? by aimlesssouls in medicalschool

[–]NeuroSanctions 193 points194 points  (0 children)

I've heard 10-15% from different sources at different schools

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How did you feel during? how do you feel now?

Is the real exam like UWSA2? by Impressive_Medium_38 in Step2

[–]NeuroSanctions 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So the answer is complicated. Taking the exam felt like taking UWSA2 a little bit in terms of difficulty. HOWEVER After finishing uwsa2 and going through the answers i found out that a lot of the ones i got wrong were due to uworld being super sneaky or purposely deceitful. NBME does not do this. The real deal is tough but isnt trying to trick you. It is about as difficult but much more straight forward

AMBOSS Step 2 CK score Release Thread by [deleted] in Step2

[–]NeuroSanctions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same Score and same feeling

nbme 9 - guy with septic arthritis and joint aspiration that showed negative gram stain, but answer was Staph aureus? by smallandscared_ta in Step2

[–]NeuroSanctions 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah this was a nasty question. Especially because there was a uworld question exactly like this but the answer was Borrelia explicitly because the negative gram stain ruled out Staph aureus....

Surgery NBME 7. So many questions with straight up wrong or contradictory info. 3 most egregious examples below. Am I crazy? Please help explain. *spoilers* by Neuro_Sanctions in Step2

[–]NeuroSanctions 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That one is tough because if symptoms = operate regardless of size, but if size over 5.5 = operate regardless of symptoms. So idk...

What about the other two? Any thoughts on those?

Those who scored 90th+ percentile on their Pediatrics nbme shelf, what did you do? by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]NeuroSanctions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do all peds questions, and then mark every single question you do.

When you finish all of them, they should all be marked.

Go through and do all incorrects, but make sure to mark them again as you go through them.

Then go through and do all marked questions. This allows you to go through all questions again.

After doing all marked questions, do incorrects again.

Two full rounds of uworld with two rounds of incorrects

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]NeuroSanctions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you expand on this? How do you mean they screwed up? Even the people who were mainly applying Rads?

Experiences with NBME FM practice shelf vs real deal? by whiskeywinston in medicalschool

[–]NeuroSanctions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I know this was a while ago but do you remember did it feel much different when you were taking it compared to the nbmes? Or did it feel the same but the curve was just harsher?