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SARMICH · Credits: 1073 My Scrapbook

Hi guys,
I have been meaning to write for some time about this crazy MCI "screening" test. first thing is get it out ouf your mind that the MCI is screening anything. the test is a joke. about the people running the fiasco - well i just feel bad for them.
A little bit background : i went to Rus coz i didnt get through here with the crappy system. was in Pavlov in St.Pete; graduated '07. no complaints. if anone thinks Russian doctors are substandard they need to meet my batch. we will fly circles around them.

I thought i would write about my experience in case it helped somebody.
I didnt attend any classes, sat at home and studied for a month and a half and got through by the grace of God. here's how:

my advice to you:
1. donts stay home. you wont study. no matter how strange this sounds, anybody who is serious about studying will tell you this is true.
2. Dont watch TV; its a big distractor. its just a month. get rid of the bloody exam and then you can do whatever you want.
3. Study.

what i did:
1.Prayed. no kidding.

2. I got hold of the following books and spent all day reading them through, cover to cover - Robbins Pathology , davidson's, Dutta - Obs (the Gyn book sux, but read it anyways), Parkes PSM , Chaurasia anat., some small book on Parasiteology. go to your local book guy and pick em up second hand. its not worth buying new if you dont already have 'em.

i didnt do opthalmology and took a risk. i guess on ehsould really do that too. i didnt touch pharma either. you think its a big risk? its not. do the other stuff like medicine pharma is a joke.

It seems a big deal to you but its really not. Robbins takes a little over a week if you sit at 10 am and read till 6 p.m and take one hour off in between for lunch and a short nap, and 10 minutes off every second hour. Dont underline, no not even with different colours. just read and get a big pictre of things.

then get Pulse Publications AAA and solve the whole thing. do ten questions, check your answers and move on.
get Mudit Khanna Medicine , do the same. except read the explanations.

know the following topics cold:
1.Polycystic Kidney Disease
2.Alport's syndrome
3.Glomerular nephritis (yes all of them , its not difficult)
4. ATN
5. Cystic Fibrosuis
6. SIDS
7. Liver pathologies
8. C.A breast
9. Thyroid Pathology
10. Anemias and Iron panel studies
11. Coagulation disorders
12. C.A skin
13. Female menstrual cycle hormone variations etc
14. orthopaedics - uh.. some book called essentials in orthopaedics - its a bright red book by elsiver publications. its amazing.
15. Steroid hormones
16. Children's infectious diseases
17. Obstetrics - everything!

if you need help, or have q's mail me.

people say there isn't a system to the MCI test. i think there is. ask the guys around me, when we were discussing importnat topics before the exam we covered atleast 150q's which came the next day on the paper.

Classes? you dont need 'em.
More soon.
-s

angelangel · Credits: 403 My Scrapbook

you are giving a good hope to us..thank you...please tell me how was the examiners ?are they strict?can we ask help to the neighbours on the exam time or not?

doctorzohaib · Credits: 210 My Scrapbook

good

Patch_adaams · Credits: 519 My Scrapbook

Hey Folks...

Don´t listen to this guy.I know him personally.I am just playing around.
On a serious note Sarmich alias Sam is spot on.
Go his way( except praying part...lol) and you will get thru without feeling it.

I have already strted follwing his method.Prepare the PSM part a bit detailed. heard that those ´´MCI BABUS`` like that subject a bit more than others.

All the best to everybody.

SARMICH · Credits: 1073 My Scrapbook

What the heck sort of a question is that??

Anyways I'll answer it. In my class there were a heap of people who copied. The following happened:
A)the dudes they were copying from didn't know the answers either so all of them sank in the same boat.

B) what's the matter with you?? Too chicken to try studying?

Any student who slogs his gluteus for for two months and then helps someone on the exam, who probabily shouldn't be a doctor till they know medicine, is in my opinion really dumb and deserves to fail.

sonu7610 · Credits: 1459 My Scrapbook

when did u pass ur exam?
did u read sarp series ?
which mcq books u read ?mudhit khana or amit ashish?

VitaminC · Credits: 997 My Scrapbook

ok sarmich, if someone (an average person, not a genious like u) is starting from a scratch and he or she works according to ur plan,,, who long do u think would it take him or her to be ready for the exam..??

SARMICH · Credits: 1073 My Scrapbook

SARMICH · Credits: 1073 My Scrapbook

passed the exam Sep 2007.

didnt touch SARP (sorry all you sARP fans out there)

for book i referred, read the first post above.
AAA = amit ashish n arvind

khawar005 · Credits: 763 My Scrapbook

Thats gr8 Sarmich.
Welldone..

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