Taking the exam in 2 weeks!
What should I do on Amboss?? Should I also do all the ethics questions?? (100)
I took birth control for about a year 4 years ago and definitely had my hot girl summer, I attributed it to me recently becoming single but now that I’m back on the pill I’ve noticed I’ve just been hella thinking about what’s going on down there.. I feel like I’ve been wetter than usual and I get so horny!!
I’m not that much of sexual of a person but I keep thinking about sex which I literally never do, wtf!!
Se me antoja un corte de cabello estilo mariposa o más alternativo con capaz, tengo el cabello bastante largo y no quiero que me lo arruinen LOL
Algunos spots que sean trendy/cool?
I straight up feel awful taking this test, the stems are so long? And the answers are so complicated, it kind of reminds me of step 1???
I’ve been doing decent on NBMEs and felt confident going into UWSA2 and now I’m worried I’m actually going to fail wtf!!!
I know it’s just the first day (took last night) but I’m so nauseous and have a tummy ache and idk, I’m wondering if I should just stop the meds now and take the risk of getting my period, I just don’t know how long these side effects will last?
What was your experience??
Is there a good chance the nausea and tummy ache will be gone in 20 days?
I took OCP 4 years ago for about a year and felt fine from what I remember… it was a different brand though but similar formula
I get pretty debilitating cramps to the point I might fail a test which is why I looked into starting this ):
I get pretty bad cramps to the point I take 4 naproxens at once and I get pretty dizzy and just overall feel terrible + GI symptoms
I can’t believe it but my period came earlier than I thought and now it’s set to land right on my test day… I’m thinking of starting OCPs now to skip my period / delay it for after my exam, has anyone out there gone through something similar?? Did it work?
I don’t care for spotting, I just want to avoid the terrible dysmenorrhea !!
(Today is the last day of my period and exam is May 30th)
I have a crazy licensing exam coming up and I’m really regular and it’s set to start the day of my exam… I have super bad cramps and a heavy flow and physically feel ill on my period and don’t want to risk it if it does land on that day because I might fail ):
I just ended my period rn, if I start the pills in the next couple of days and the placebos don’t start till after my exam, is it safe to say I can skip my period?
I don’t care for spotting as long as I’m not having my literal period
What’s the diagnosis order??
- ELISA best initial?
- PCR confirm
Where do biopsy and BAL stand? When do we do it??
Treatment:
- mild = no treatment for all, even if immunocompromised? Or do we treat?
- when do we decide to give fluconazole or ampho b??
Taking step 2 May 30th!
Just have UWSA2, NBME 16, and free 120 left, I was thinking
- UWSA2: May 10th
- NBME 16: May 17th
- Free 120: May 23rd
Review free 120 24th-27th
Flashcards and review 28th
29th Rest
I’m just worried if I should push my self assessments back to be closer to the test but idk, or try to squeeze in old free 120??
I feel like when studying for step 1, nbmes felt so close to the real exam and uworld was a bit more difficult… what did you notice??
Pls don’t tell me nbmes are easier 🥲
My scores have been fluctuating a bit but I improved on 15 which gives me hope! Just have NBME 16, UWSA2 and free 120! These are my scores in oldest to most recent, I’ve been doing nbmes about once a week!
- NBME 9: 246
- NBME 10: 236
- NBME 12: 242
- NBME 11: 240
- NBME 13: 251
- NBME 14: 242
- NBME 15: 253
Would you do antibiotics -> debridement -> culture -> XR -> MRI?
Or if it’s bad enough do you just jump to MRI and no xray??
I can’t find I definitively what the actually order is and what I should choose if they give me next step in management and it’s
- IV antibiotics
- debridement
- MRI
- XR
- Cultures
Does anyone know?
These statin questions drive me nuts and when it’s not obvious idk when to give statins or not, like idk how to calculate to know oh this patient has a ASCVD score of 4.4% so no statins.. like huh??
Is this a must?
Idk an NBME explanation has me confused saying cytoscopy is usually done after CT…
Also wha kind of CT, contrast, no contrast
I just don’t get what the management flow is??
I ended up shadowing a doctor and we got along really well, I was pretty much having someone cash in a favor and allowed me to go for a day with them and when they got to know me they pretty much said I could stay however long! We ended up really bonding and turned out we were very similar! I ended up getting another shadowing opportunity so I left and we ended up seeing eachother in the hallway later on but now me with the new Dr I was shadowing and I felt so funny, like I was being unloyal hahahahaha
Anyways few months pass and I heard through the grapevine that they have a new student shadowing with them and I’m like ?!. I thought we had something special… (in a silly way ok)
Does anyone get these little weird betrayal feelings?! Som other times I’ve felt this is when I have a friend that I get along with really well and I introduce them to som friends and then they end up becoming friends and hanging out one on one, it’s like ?!?!
Idk why I feel this and idk how normal it is but it feels silly
Hi guys, so Uworld was very clear that the presence of epigastric pain radiating to the back + elevated amylase level is ENOUGH to diagnose acute pancreatitis and you do NOT need to do CT to confirm the diagnosis. So next step according to uworld would be to treat (e.g.ERCP). Now looks like the NBME people don’t like this approach and they still want you to get a CT scan whatever what the presentation is. Should we follow this rule in the exam or uworld is more trustworthy to follow!!!