nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: Neurology For many, if not most medical students, neurology is perceived as a difficult subject due to the combination of anatomical minutiae regarding the brain and the nervous system and the challenge of localizing
nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: Family Medicine Medical students across the US often like to rag on Family Medicine as an "easy" specialty, but the NBME shelf exam for FM is anything but. The challenge lies in its
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nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: Internal Medicine The most challenging aspect of the Internal Medicine shelf is its breadth. From cardiology to nephrology to gastroenterology, the rule of thumb is that if there's a fellowship for it, there's almost certainly
nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: Pediatrics General Thoughts: The Pediatrics shelf isn't extraordinarily difficult, but it's not a cakewalk either. Because pediatrics is a broad, primary care specialty, you're more than likely to get a few wildcard questions out
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nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: OB/GYN General Thoughts: The OB/GYN shelf is generally considered to be relatively easier compared to some of the others (e.g. surgery), but don't let that be an excuse for slacking off -
nbme Cracking the NBME Shelf Exam: Surgery The most important thing to realize about the NBME surgery shelf exam is that it's not at all about the technical details of surgery, but rather the medical management of patients who had
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