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TeamZissou did you find it as horrible as I did?
TeamZissou did you find it as horrible as I did?
Just took the FM COMAT.
Impressions: absolutely, positively horrible. No other words will do. Poorly written, vague questions. If you thought the COMLEX was bad this might push you over the edge.
Study CaseFiles a few times; study PreTest a few times; do Blueprints if you'd like; read UptoDate on your patients. At least you'll know what you should for FM.
The COMAT won't test you on hardly any of that. Random geriatrics, crazy behavioral and/or policy questions. Very little evaluation of one's clinical knowledge. Crappy OPP questions that don't test much common knowledge. Management questions that you won't find the correct answer to in any text a third year would use during their rotation.
I could have studied for another two weeks and not gotten any more questions right.
Final: 82%
I'm not sure what the national average or class average is; we weren't provided with any of that.
Anyone know how heavy OMM is represented on the IM COMAT?
Anyone know how heavy OMM is represented on the IM COMAT?
OB/GYN
- studied using blueprints, casefiles, uworld questions
- exam covered a broad range of topics -> phases of delivery, delivery complications, gyn cancers, stds, BV, trich, had some images, don't remember any direct OMM questions but dysfunctions were sometimes listed in the stem, a bunch of questions seemed like general med with the pt happening to be pregnant
- got an 83 (raw)
PEDS
- studied using blueprints, casefiles, su2s2, uworld questions
- exam was all over the place and felt like even what i had used to study didn't prepare me well however I don't know what book/question bank would have prepared any better -> vaccines, only a couple development questions, no OMM (honestly kind of blocked out on a lot of the test)
- got a 74 (raw)
IM
- studied using step up to medicine, uworld questions (~500), blueprint questions
- again exam was all over the place -> several level 1 type questions (weird bugs, coagulopathies/hormones up/down arrow type questions), couple wacky OMM questions that I had no idea what they were talking (not in saverese), questions on management but don't bother memorizing criteria for different disease processes
- still waiting on the score
hope this helps
Is it just me or does every exam seem to have a question or two completely not at all related to the rotation?
ob/gyn
- studied using blueprints, casefiles, uworld questions
- exam covered a broad range of topics -> phases of delivery, delivery complications, gyn cancers, stds, bv, trich, had some images, don't remember any direct omm questions but dysfunctions were sometimes listed in the stem, a bunch of questions seemed like general med with the pt happening to be pregnant
- got an 83 (raw)
peds
- studied using blueprints, casefiles, su2s2, uworld questions
- exam was all over the place and felt like even what i had used to study didn't prepare me well however i don't know what book/question bank would have prepared any better -> vaccines, only a couple development questions, no omm (honestly kind of blocked out on a lot of the test)
- got a 74 (raw)
im
- studied using step up to medicine, uworld questions (~500), blueprint questions
- again exam was all over the place -> several level 1 type questions (weird bugs, coagulopathies/hormones up/down arrow type questions), couple wacky omm questions that i had no idea what they were talking (not in saverese), questions on management but don't bother memorizing criteria for different disease processes
- still waiting on the score
hope this helps
Can anyone give any insight into the psych comat? Will take soon. Have just been using FA and lange/pretest for sample qs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Review like you normally would, but focus on the viscerosomatics and Chapman's a few days before the test. There are very few OMT-oriented (treatment setups, etc.) questions. A majority of questions will have osteopathic structural findings in the physical exam.
For the IM COMAT did you guys use comquest level I or II?
Has anyone recently taken the FM COMAT? Any insight on what resources to use - question banks, review books, etc.? Thanks!
Questions on the AAFP website were a great learning tool. I also read through case files. Should be plenty
Seriously! BUMP!Can anyone comment on how the IM comat differed from the FM comat and what study strategies you would employ differently.
I took the IM comat a while ago, and just started my FM rotation, so just want to get an idea of what I should be doing to prepare.
Can anyone comment on how the IM COMAT differed from the FM COMAT and what study strategies you would employ differently. ...