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Feel constantly behind. #yoloHow's everyone doing? Almost time for part 1
Feel constantly behind. #yoloHow's everyone doing? Almost time for part 1
I feel okay. My practice and mock exam scores show that I should pass as I am above the median score for my class and I am averaging 70-75% on BV and a little higher on the released practice exams. Reviewing all of the material I realize I have weaker areas and stronger areas just like everybody else. It is disconcerting to review something one day and come back to it in a week only to realize I feel like I have already forgotten it all, but I just keep telling myself it’s impossible to know or remember everything. I probably could have done a better job preparing, but I hope that doing well in all of my first and second year classes along with the review and TQs I have been able to do will serve me well.How's everyone doing? Almost time for part 1
Feel constantly behind. #yolo
I feel okay. My practice and mock exam scores show that I should pass as I am above the median score for my class and I am averaging 70-75% on BV and a little higher on the released practice exams. Reviewing all of the material I realize I have weaker areas and stronger areas just like everybody else. It is disconcerting to review something one day and come back to it in a week only to realize I feel like I have already forgotten it all, but I just keep telling myself it’s impossible to know or remember everything. I probably could have done a better job preparing, but I hope that doing well in all of my first and second year classes along with the review and TQs I have been able to do will serve me well.
I second Weirdy about feeling constantly behind, but I don’t think I’d ever feel 100% ready no matter how long I took to prepare. It’s comforting knowing that 88% pass first time and 92% of our last years class passed as I was a good bit above their average on our mock exam, which is supposedly harder than the actual exam.
How are you scoring on the 2005, 2008, and two Prometric practice NBPME exams? I have taken 5 and between those my average is 83%, with a range of 77-90%.I feel the same way in terms of getting behind and also agree that we cannot know it all..so its one day at a time for now. We got clinic work and a few hours of board prep everyday Also scoring similar to Podstar on those BV questions, so I guess I learned something lol. In any case, we got this.
If anyone has a question or topic they want to go over..feel free post them here or start a private message. Thanks and all the best to us
How are you scoring on the 2005, 2008, and two Prometric practice NBPME exams? I have taken 5 and between those my average is 83%, with a range of 77-90%.
Wow.. It went terrible for me. It’s going to be a long 3 weeks.
Same here, studied 2 months once we finished finals in spring. Seems to be general consensus of our class too down here at Barry. Test was really rough.Wow.. It went terrible for me. It’s going to be a long 3 weeks.
I’ll rewrite it after the test results are out.Whoever had made that post and then removed it, please let us know if you passed and if you could repost what you wrote previously.
Would love to hear from your prespective on how you studied and how well it prepared you (In the appropriate section of course).
Thanks!
anyone else still randomly remembering questions? Not fun. This is going to be a long two weeks.
That exam was challenging. I hope everyone passes, but its going to be a long 16 days ahead. I wish of all podiatry medical schools consolidate/agree on one source of information for lower anatomy. Its kinda exhausting to keep hunting for the correct information and terminology, and yet not knowing what terms the exam writers are going to be using. I believe putting hands together is going to serve our profession greatly in the future, just a thought.
How is clinic going for everybody?
What are your schedules like?
Dang that’s awesome your classes are P/F, I wish ours were.Days are split between short lecture series and then clinic in the afternoon. Really like the pass/fail aspect of this year's curriculum now....seem more relaxed and def more fun!! At the moment, we doing mostly ortho/castings/imagining/ and a few surgical aspects of the field!
Radiology rotation is next week, but we look over xrays in clinic/hospitals. So the rotation is just how to do it and calculate blah blah.You guys had a class in radiology yet? We doing clinic stuff on it very soon, looking forward to it.
Also, how many externs you guys get to do at your programs (during 4th year)?
We have had 3 radiology classes and we have a radiology rotation during 3rd year. We get up to 7 externships. I am doing 6, with one being during interviews.You guys had a class in radiology yet? We doing clinic stuff on it very soon, looking forward to it.
Also, how many externs you guys get to do at your programs (during 4th year)?
We have had 3 radiology classes and we have a radiology rotation during 3rd year. We get up to 7 externships. I am doing 6, with one being during interviews.
I read about it. It's interesting but I don't know if I would read too much into it. It was a company-funded study. I personally don't have much faith in the lead investigator. There are lots of products that initially had tons of hype and were supposed to “heal every wound in 1 application,” etc. But, we’ll see.Wondering if anyone read about this:
Topical Oxygen Shines in Hard-to-Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers
A home-based, patient-administered topical oxygen therapy could markedly improve healing of long-standing diabetic foot ulcers and offer "enormous" cost savings, say US investigators after positive trial.www.medscape.com
I read about it. It's interesting but I don't know if I would read too much into it. It was a company-funded study. I personally don't have much faith in the lead investigator. There are lots of products that initially had tons of hype and were supposed to “heal every wound in 1 application,” etc. But, we’ll see.
April externship cancelled. It was one of my top choices too.
Any of y’all started studying for part 2 written? What are you using? I started a week ago doing some BV questions and casually reading through Crozier. I will probably go through Watkins after.
I’ll start studying the week before probably to be honest. Probably use BV, Crozier and Watkins. Heard that it’s pretty straightforward.Any of y’all started studying for part 2 written? What are you using? I started a week ago doing some BV questions and casually reading through Crozier. I will probably go through Watkins after.