LMCC Part I March 30, 2009 Samantha Halman PGY1 (3/4) – Internal Medicine

Basic Information Morning component: 3½ hrs –196 multiple choice questions 7 sections x 28 questions, submitted immediately following completion 5 options/questions – only 1 correct answer May include results from diagnostic test (e.g. ECGs, X-rays, photos, etc.) No deduction for wrong answers, so GUESS!

Basic Information Afternoon component: 4 hrs –Clinical decision-making (CDM) Short-menu and short-answer case-based questions About 60 cases; 1-4 questions per case May need to ask for more info, order diagnostics, make diagnoses, or prescribe therapy Be specific with diagnoses, doses, etc. READ carefully! –Not following instructions will result in a score of ‘0’

Components PediatricsObs/GynePsychiatry Internal Medicine SurgeryEthicsLegislation Basic epidemiology (PPV, NPV, RR, OR)

Studying Tips Study the way you always study Budget your time Take breaks Focus on “Sure Things” –Pediatrics –Psychiatry –Obs/Gyn –Legislation, ethics, epidemiology Focus on things you haven’t done much of during electives.

Study Tips Internal medicine, surgery: common illnesses, things emphasized over med school (e.g., pathology in IBD), basics every physician should know (approach to lytes, acid-base, acute abdo pain, etc.)

Exam Tips Watch your time Read carefully Guess where you can Move on Sleep well – especially the night before Take questions as they are – not tricks

On the 2008 exam… Pediatric febrile illnesses Dermatology Abdo pain / GI Psych meds SFx Gestational complications Ethics, transfusion medicine

GOOD LUCK!!!!!! We look forward to working with you as residents in the year to come (ie, make you our slaves)