MY LAST CORE ROTATION IS DONE!! Wow, 3rd year flew by!!
Family medicine was a very helpful rotation. It allowed for meaningful patient communication and education. It was my first outpatient rotation and I enjoyed seeing a different perspective. The shelf exam was tricky to study for because it is a very broad field. It was a good review for Step 2 CK because it covers so many subject areas such as internal medicine, pediatrics and Ob/Gyn.
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UWorld Questions - uworld.com
NBME practice exams
Read over Ob/Gyn, Peds and Psych UWorld notes
Overall, the exam was fair. FM has a wide variety of topics. This is a great review for Step 2 CK and getting ready for 4th year electives. UWorld does a good job of going over the most important concepts. Being in the outpatient setting was very different than many of the other rotations and it was a nice change. This rotation was amazing and I learned a lot! Being done 3rd year feels surreal. Every core rotation was such an amazing learning experience and I truly enjoyed each one in different ways. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.
Good luck studying,
Med Tutor Hussain
The vaccine schedule and USPTF screening guidelines is very important for this exam.
- pneumococcal at 65 y/o and high risk individuals like COPD, asthma
- herpes zoster at 60 y/o
- abdominal ultrasound once for male smokers 65-75 y/o to screen for AAA
- annual low dose CT scan for smokers 50-80 y/o with 20 pack year smoking history or quit within 15 years
- mammogram 50-74 y/o women every 2 years
-DEXA scan at 65 y/o for women or high risk like steroids, smokers, fracture
- pap smear every 3 years for women 21-29 y/o
- pap smear + HPV co-testing every 5 years for women 30-65 y/o or pap smear every 3 years
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