Why Underestimating The Step 2 CS Exam Could Result In Failure
Why underestimating the CS exam could result in failure: You’ll pass the Step 2 CS exam as long as you speak English... These words are responsible for a massive number of medical students failing the CS exam… How do I know? I’ve trained hundreds of students who’ve...
How To Become More Likable on the CS Exam
Likability comes down to only a handful of things... These are behaviors and actions that can easily be learned by anybody.. Meaning that you can learn to be more likable. The more likable you are, the easier it will be for you to bond with a patient, which might...
How To Handle An Angry Patient On The Step 2 CS Exam
The patient is angry with you... But you don't know why... Or maybe you do... Either way, this needs to be handled properly. I’ve seen many students come to a complete stop when they were faced with a patient who became angry out of nowhere… It’s a challenge when...
How To Nail The Start & Finish of Your Step 2 CS Exam
Want to learn how to make a killer first and last impression on your CS exam? Then you need to know how to 'bookend' your encounter... Bookending is a term you’ve probably never heard of relating to the CS exam… Which isn’t a surprise because it’s a term I created...
How To Deal With An Angry Patient on the CS Exam
How would you deal with a patient who screamed at you suddenly in the middle of your CS exam? Most students have no clue how to deal with this... So let's dive in and talk about it now. It’s one thing to deal with a difficult patient face-to-face, but it’s a whole new...
3 Patient Note Mistakes Causing Failure on the CS Exam
The CS note is a very important part of a successful CS exam performance… Over the years I’ve seen students making similar simple mistakes… Here are 3 common mistakes I see students making, that while seeming innocent, could actually severely hurt your CS note...
5 Mistakes To Avoid on the Step 2 CS Exam
I like to teach my students to focus on the things they SHOULD do, not the things they SHOULDN’T, but sometimes you need to know which mistakes to avoid in order to prevent failure. Below are FIVE mistakes that I see students make that could end up causing a failure...
3 Tips For Being Empathetic on the Phone Case (Step 2 CS)
Showing empathy on the phone case is more difficult than it is when you’re face-to-face with a patient... If you want to maximize your phone case CIS points, you'll need to learn how to show your empathy over the phone... Below I’m going to give you 3 easy strategies...
What To Do If The SP Starts Texting?
How would you react if you were in the middle of an encounter and the SP gets a text... And instead of keeping focus on your encounter, pulls our their phone and starts texting. This isn’t something we hear about often… But in this day and age where everybody is on...