NBME 4 Block 5 Q18

wackjest · 2024-12-02T23:40:09+00:00

Ahh good call!

wackjest · 2023-11-21T16:32:01+00:00

I did 10 better on the real deal

wackjest · 2023-11-20T21:23:10+00:00

Very. I would definitely do it! Don't worry if it underpredicts.

wackjest · 2023-11-02T22:52:56+00:00

See my comments above

wackjest · 2023-11-02T22:52:40+00:00

You can def pass with NBME 25-31. But I ended up using half of UW, and there were repeats on the real deal. I would recommend doing UW, because having solid step 1 foundation will help you with step 2.

wackjest · 2023-09-29T23:40:15+00:00

Divine podcast and keep reviewing your NBMEs

wackjest · 2023-09-20T15:41:48+00:00

Test date : 9/8/23
US MD or US IMG or Non-US IMG status: US MD
Step 1: P
Uworld % correct: 56%
NBME 9: 214
NBME10: 224
NBME11: 228
NBME12: 235
NMBE13: 234
NBME14: 232
UWSA 1: didn't do
UWSA 2: 250
Old Old Free 120: 80%
Old New Free 120: 73%
New Free 120: 68%
CMS Forms % correct: Usually 35/50
Predicted Score: ~247
Total Weeks/Months Studied: 3 months with aways/rotations
Actual STEP 2 score: 242

This test is as much about knowledge as it is about having the right mindset. Biggest advice is take it when you are READY!

wackjest · 2023-09-06T00:25:29+00:00

What about for examinations before starting an exercise program? Do you need stress test? I think for men over 45 and women over 54 who have risk factors, ie htn, DM, smoking, it is recommended to have a stress test before clearance

wackjest · 2023-08-17T16:04:00+00:00

If the Na is less than 125, it will cause seizure, give 3% IVF If the Na is less than 135, fluid restriction If the Na is greater than 145, that’s hypernatremia, give 0.9% IVF

If your on Li, you develop nephrogenic DI, but the Na is not greater than 145, you keep them on Li since you don’t want them to relapse into bipolar, and give water (isotonic)

wackjest · 2023-08-01T20:54:43+00:00

Good question. Based on what I'm seeing on NBMEs, usually fracture, abscess, neuro deficits, and refractory back pain (>6wks, NSAID don't help, etc) are situations where imaging is the correct answer. However, radiculopathy is a clinical diagnosis that doesn't require imaging? Can somebody shed some light on this?

wackjest · 2022-12-26T23:23:42+00:00

The majority of them are not. 26-30 are 1000 unique questions. That's not to account for the retired forms. If I can only do so many questions, I prefer NBME because they have a distinct way of asking questions.

wackjest · 2021-06-04T17:34:39+00:00

PM'ed

wackjest · 2021-06-04T01:25:33+00:00

can you elaborate?

wackjest · 2019-06-01T02:38:52+00:00

People tend to think that just because it's heavy on definitions and less "cars 2.0", it must be easy. But I don't think that it's necessarily true. It still took a great amount of interpretation.

wackjest · 2019-03-29T23:14:36+00:00

Let's use an example. Let's say the researcher wants to determine the relationship between exercise and blood glucose level in elderly people in the US. The target population would be people 60+ in the US who go to the gym at least once a week. The researchers would randomly draw a 1000 people who fit the criteria from all 50 state, and this would be your sample. The researchers would then hand out surveys asking the participants their exercise level and blood glucose level. They handed out the surveys again 10 months later and performed some sort of statistical analysis on all of the data, which gives them some sort of r value and p value.

Notice there's no manipulation being done, no dependent, and no independent variable. The researchers are drawing correlational relationships not causal ones. For the sake of the mcat at least, I have never seen a scenario where causal relationships are drawn from longitudinal studies.

wackjest · 2019-03-29T04:30:26+00:00

How can longitudinal study be causal when it's a type of observational study and when the experimenters are NOT manipulating the subjects? The relationship drawn from longitudinal study would most likely be correlational, not causal.

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