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futurepakidoc - 04/15/13 02:32

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Archives Ok, let's get this started. Here are a few I've cut and pasted from various forums around the interwebs. Anyone who takes the exam please post your recalls in this thread. Download Tor browser (https://www.torproject.org/) if you want to post in complete anonymity behind multiple proxy servers. I've put ** at the correct answer, those without there were no answers listed, so others chime in please. Q3) osteoarthritis of hand joints damages which one of the following? a) lumbricals ** b) interossi c) deep palmar arch Q4) Respiratory rate increases in pregnancy due to a) increase pressure on diaphragm ** b) due to excessive co2 from the fetus -----------------------------------------Anatomy: This is probably where I lost most of my points. Lots of brachial plexus lesions (easy) but all of the CTs and Ultrasounds were very difficult and had a ton of answer choices. I had to guess on a lot of them and each time a new one popped up on the screen I died a little inside. Behavioural: I am usually good at the "What would you do questions" (got them all right on all the NBMEs) but I was between 2 answers on multiple questions on the real deal -_Biochem: Hardly any metabolism (0 or 1). Got a stupid special diet one wrong. No lysosomal. 1 glycogen storage. Some vitamins but they were easy for me as I expected them. Know them. Lots of genetics and mitochondrial diseases. Know what Tuberous Sclerosis looks like in the brain. Biostats: Actually easy. I hate math and usually get stumped but I was able to work them through (I think). I may have gotten a bias question wrong. Embryo: Everything was in FA. Think I was okay here. Only a couple Qs. Micro: Major WTF section for me. Micro was (I thought) my strongest subject. Did very well on every practice exam. Every organism was a weird non-run-of-the-mill bug. I had hardly anything about the typical big ones (Neisseria, Strept, Staph, etc) and had a lot about anaplasma (had to know about it's transmission), leishmania, and the worms. Seriously? -_- Some fungi and lots of Hepatitis. Immuno: Either super easy or super difficult. Questions on Toll-Like Receptor 7...? Probably lost quite a few points here. FA covered the easy Qs and I probably would have to be a Immunology PhD student to get the others. Path: Mostly okay. Stuff about hypertrophy and hyperplasia, apoptosis, etc. FA covered it all I think. Some annoying ones where someone had a disease and a bazillion RFs for it but you had to pick the most contributory. Pharm: Hard for me! I thought I was okay on pharm but they asked obscure side effects (aplasia cutis congenita - got it wrong.) and lots of poisonings. Seemed like they offered up a history consistent with one poisoning but all of the symptoms did not match the history. Also make sure to know the differences of drugs WITHIN classes. I got a Q wrong because I wasn't able to differentiate all of the H2 blockers (-idines) and their specific metabolisms. CV: Actually had a lot of ECGs. Probably got some arrow questions wrong here. Know Post-MI path. Know Digoxin. Know Amiodarone. Endo: Heavy on my exam. Lots of thyroid stuff. Lots of hirsutism. GI: Got some stupid GI phys/pharm Qs wrong that I shouldn't have. Very heavy on Liver path. Heme Onc: Lots of cancers. vWD showed up a couple times (at least I hope that was the answer). Had to ID specific blood cells based on the smear (Eosinophils, monocytes ,etc). MSK/CT/Derm: Fractures and brachial plexus Qs. Old ladies with bone problems. Some difficult derm. They asked about Eczema and PV but all of the answer choices used very advanced technical terminology which made them difficult. Neuro: Neuro path was okay but Neuro anatomy was difficult. Had some spinal cords and brain MRIs. A difficult seizure question. Psych: Easy. Know diagnostic criteria and timing cut offs. Renal: Lots of ADH/Aldo/Renin stuff. Arrows. Light on path. Repro: Very heavy on my exam. Prolapses. Ultrasounds which I couldn't read and had to randomly guess. STDs. Resp: Don't remember much respiratory. Some pneumoconiosis and Tb. I think I had a Pott's disease Q. -----------------------------------------

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beckham - 04/15/13 02:58

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U violate the USMLE rule....It will be too late to realize....good luck guy
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futurepakidoc - 06/07/13 03:23

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Can someone post more recalls? Let's help each other out! Rumors that the test bank has changed in May and now to be much harder! Just post the FACTS you saw (like larva did earlier). Thanks! * Re:2012-2013 Remembered Questions only here
giangium - 09/06/13 23:12

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can u please contact me at giangium @ g mail . com Thanks Page 1 of 1 [<<First] [<Prev] ... Message ... [Next >] [Last >>]
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