How to ace the surgery shelf exam
How to ace the surgery shelf exam
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Also, it’s like a fork on a chalkboard every time I hear that “the surgery shelf is mostly medicine.” There are no questions regarding the number of knots for vicryl or some other technical detail, so I guess to the “questionable admit” there’s no surgery on there, but I certainly don’t remember questions on essential HTN, community acquired pneumonia, otitis, etc. The test is mostly surgical disease, perioperative care, etc.
Try reading just MKSAP or First Aid for Medicine and then see how you do on the shelf.
What? “Common medical problems” like cholecystitis, appendicitis, GI bleeds, cardiac tamponade….”hardly any surgery…” OH MY GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? That’s medicine? What is surgery then?
What exactly do med students think we do?
Yeah, by “it’s mostly medicine,” what the med students mean is there are no questions about surgical technique, and very few questions on anatomy.
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