8. How about the pathology slides?
The pathology slides on the exam are straightforward. It wont be as detailed as the BOD course. And our pathology course here prepares us very well (but then again I'm biased, I love pathology). I do highly encourage you review at least the slides on FA. And here is an amazing website you can go over..it's helpful for BOD exams as well: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
9. And what about the audio/video questions?
Yes, you'll get a couple of these. They started introducing the audio/video questions only last year to the exam. These include questions where you can listen to different parts of the patients chest and hear a murmur for example. DO NOT waste time trying to develop an "ear" for heart murmurs...the clinical scenario and the location of the heart murmur (whether or not it radiates anywhere) will usually give away the answer.
The video questions (I didn't get any on my exam) are again basic; for example they would show a sixty year old with a resting tremor and instead of asking what is the most likely diagnosis they might ask what part of the CNS is affected in this patient. They know that you know the patient has parkinson's so they take the question a step further.
The upcoming post will be about the schedule and how a typical day of studying is like...I hope you're finding the information helpful so far!
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WOW!!! What a wonderful write-up of your USMLE experience. Thank you for giving such good advice and spending so much time helping other students.
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