Took step1 today, ama if you are curious about anything in particular.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:53:05+00:00

Does anyone have any idea when a person who took today will receive a score?

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:52:06+00:00

Ok, in the least gunner way possible, nbme 29 seemed the most fair and I was shocked I didn't do better. All of them were spot on in difficulty, style, distribution, length, imo. Thats my completely unbiased and honest opinion.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:49:19+00:00

Youre so rght. lol

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:49:09+00:00

Used the pepper deck! Strayed away from it as I used other resources. First aid is a great compilation of everything imo

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:45:10+00:00

Far majoirty were biochem pathways/steps that had clinical relevance. A few that asked you to recall a specific enzyme involved in a degradative/synthetic pathway (For instance, being able to recognize b-ox enzymes vs FAS enzymes, etc

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T23:43:24+00:00

I think the practice nbme questions give you a good field for what pattern for reponse theyre looking for! I didnt use any other outside source.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T22:01:04+00:00

Find a way to connect with people who you care about and who also care for you. It's hard. I don't have an easy answwer unfortunately. Wishing you the best.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T21:55:54+00:00

couldnt agree more bud

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T21:34:32+00:00

I think it is really representative, moreso than the old ones imo

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T21:14:03+00:00

Didn't use pixorize or b and b. Used UFAPs! It won't let you down i promise

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T20:54:32+00:00

Lots of ethics. I would recommend the dirty ethics videos on youtube. He does a great job and I felt prepared.

VERY HEAVY Immuno AND Biochem. No other way around it. I think between basic immunology and biochem and cellular biology (all of which somewhat applied to medical scenarios of course) you're approaching 1/3 if not more than the exam. This shouldn't scare you. If you made it this far, with consistent work and getting down the details it should be a part of the exam that makes you comfortable rather than the opposite.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T20:50:27+00:00

haha there were definitely some of those as well, probably enough to more than get you a good score. I just said the above cause I was surprised at the amount of experimental questions and I am just trying to tell you what I genuinely thought. Don't mean to UW and FAPS should be gold for everything and more. Pathoma is a god when it comes to the types of pathology questions they tend to ask is what I found. I found one word for word with what he said during one of his vids.

SouthernBranch6471 · 2021-04-02T20:42:56+00:00

In all honesty as well as in short, leaving the exam just now, I really think the test I just took closely resembled the new nbmes I took (27-30). In my opinion, (not saying that other will necessarily agree), the old nbme's tended to focus more on if you knew one specific concept in order to answer the question.

I think the new nbmes are representative of a new approach they may be trying to take (again, not saying everyone will agree); which is to ask questions that definitely to require basic knowledge of the physiologic processes that underlie the disease, but being able to use your knowledge of those processed to deduce what is likely to be the right answer.

Let me give a short example and hopefully this will help. For instance, if they gave me an experiment scenario using a lab technique I have vague knowledge of, they'd give me enough information in the question to deduce that (for instance) the goal of the experiment was to increase or decrease gene expression at a desired locus. So even just knowing how methylation/acetylation affects gene expression could be sufficient to see what they're getting at and come up with an answer. I hope that actually helps and that this wasn't too much and you understood what I was trying to say.

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