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Post by Betsy on Sept 19, 2005 18:11:00 GMT -5
Feel free to elaborate below regarding your preparation for the Peds shelf. Here is a thread on this topic from another forum. SDN Peds Shelf Thread
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Post by Betsy on Sept 23, 2005 13:05:21 GMT -5
Just took the peds shelf. I did almost all of Pre-test and thought that it was harder than the shelf. I didnt have any calculations questions on my exam. As far as the material on it, most of it was covered in the review books. Of course there are some questions that you wont find anywhere, but overall its not impossible. I used the Kaplan Step 2 peds book, and felt like most stuff was covered in there. But I know people that used blueprints that said the same. I was scared going into the exam because I heard it was hard, but don't believe everything you hear. I was a little surprised because alot of the stuff that I spent my entire 6 wks doing in clinic (outpatient) that you would think was bread and butter peds (ex: strep, mono, AOM) wasnt heavily tested.
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Post by giannucci on Oct 23, 2005 13:54:37 GMT -5
I used First Aid and PreTest and would agree with Betsy's comment. If you are using First Aid do yourself a favor and skimp on the cardiology section...you do not need to know how to read an EKG or Echo for this test. Just focus on the abnormalities and associations (as usual).
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Post by Eileen on Nov 7, 2005 19:50:53 GMT -5
I bought First Aid for peds and hardly used it at all--it didn't seem to have enough detail...and seemed really long after doing the short psych First Aid. I'm sure it would have helped if I would have read it though. I recommend borrowing some of the books the department lends out. I really liked the grid book. I didn't even use a separate question book (the grid book has some questions). The rotation itself keeps you quite busy. Some of the attendings are really into teaching and you can learn a ton that way (Dr. Bassali is amazing--ask him questions). Watch out for the mid-term...it's a little tricky. I had heard if you studied the lectures, that would be enough. It wasn't. I also thought most people got A's on the midterm--the average was 83. Question-wise, it's kind of just like the shelf. Some things are obvious, some you have no clue. The shelf in my opinion was easier than family med and harder than psych--what surprised me was the number of times I was thinking about lab values. Do yourself a favor and memorize normal lab values for kids...I almost ran out of time on this one, time I could have saved if I knew the labs. Tricky inpatient stuff and some emergency med that you wouldn't have seen in clinic...but overall not too painful.
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