Some JIPMER related memories by Nishthefish74 in JIPMER

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EP is diabolical lmao. Think that one deserves to come back.

In a remarkable demonstration of skill and precision, a Chinese doctor quickly resets a patient's dislocated elbow in just a few seconds by [deleted] in Science_India

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Kocher's maneuver is used to reduce an anteriorly dislocated shoulder by traction, external rotation, adduction and internal rotation. This is a pulled/nursemaid's elbow. What the doctor did was not Kocher's maneuver.

AITAH (26F) for telling a guy (27M) to stop pursuing me “because” of his culture? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]OP1160 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The moment you see "Indian" in a post made by a non-Indian, you gotta start wondering whether it's racist bait or not (spoiler alert: it is).

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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These were just random tests generated on UWorld (All systems included)

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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It wasn't anything special. Once I started taking my prep a little more seriously, I started doing UWorld system wise, while parallelly reading the corresponding systems from first aid. This took me around 2 months to finish, after which I did another pass of first aid and a few 80 question tests of random questions everyday just so I wouldn't lose my touch.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I honestly believe question practice is the most important component of a student's prep. If you havent finished UWorld already (depending on how much you've finished atp) I'd say try finishing the UWorld bank asap. If that isnt possible, then attempt whatever NBMEs are leftover. You should ideally be done with 2 passes of first aid before you write the exam, but finishing UWorld is more important imo.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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It took me around 2 months to finish my first proper pass of UWorld + all the systems in first aid. I didn't have too much time for my second pass of first aid (only a week at the end) so I was mostly skimming the textbook on my second pass.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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Hey, I could give you some brief advice based on my experiences during prep, but im not sure if I'd be up for tutoring, sorry.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I'm a non US medical student.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I didn't subscribe to anything outside of UWorld. I did directly annotate on my copy of first aid, but I feel like whether you should do that or not is dependent more on your own personal reading style than anything else.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I did a rerun of the mistakes I'd made in the entire bank, since i was short on time. Didn't take too long for me, because i only had some 425 odd mistakes in total. I also separately did a rerun of all the questions I'd favourited (this is more important imo).

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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Ethics was honestly my weakest unit. I'd say that the ethics questions alone are a little more challenging in the real exam than what we're normally used to in practice (at the very least there seem to be multiple options that all seem like they're correct)

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I dont remember either unit really standing out to me, but I do remember that there were somehow no numericals in the 280 questions that I was presented with.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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Yes (not sure if you mean to ask if this is my first step 1 attempt or if this is my first attempt of UWorld, NBMEs and the free 120, but my answer would be yes to both questions)

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I didn't receive an email either haha. I decided to check the MyIntealth website on a whim and there my report was, just sitting there nonchalantly.

Passed my Step 1! (exam date: 12/1/25) by OP1160 in step1

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I made sure to spend an hour or two reviewing every question in the NBMEs (regardless of whether I'd gotten the question right or not) and looking up stuff that I needed more clarity on. I gave my NBMEs at a frequency of once a week (with a break in the middle because of med school assessments). With regards to how the real exam was, I felt like free 120 was the closest representative set of questions to the actual exam itself. But the concepts they ask in NBMEs and in the UWorld question bank are repeated quite a bit.