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Windsor
University School of Medicine runs its competitive exam
courses and reviews through its faculty and Physicians
from all over United States, Canada and UK. As we all
know there have been several changes in the exam systems
of United States in the last 20 years and approach to
Medical Education has changed. Please find briefly the
following changes at a glance to understand the evolution
of exam changes in United States. |
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Year
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Exam
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Parts
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Knowledge
tested
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1970's
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ECFMG
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One
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Basic
and Clinical Sciences
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1980's
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FMGEMS
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Two
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Basic
and Clinical Sciences
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1980's
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FLEX
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Two
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Clinical
and Management
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1990's
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NBME
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Two
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Basic
and Clinical Sciences
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1990's
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USMLE
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Three
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Basic
and Clinical Sciences
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1990's
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CSA
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One
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Clinical
and Management
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There
has also been changes in the way medical students are
tested these days. |
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- Exam
from paper to computer
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Basic Sciences USMLE-1 testing pattern has changed
tremendously. Previously question format in basic
medical sciences used be with no case histories,
non patient format and simple straight questions
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Eg: Heart Muscle enzyme tested in heart attack patients
is? CPKMB ( in 1980's ) A 67 year old male came
to Emergency Room with the chief complaint of pain
in the chest for the last 2 hrs. What would be your
initial step in the management of this patient?
( in 2000 )
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The
examiners are testing the basic science applications
in the clinical scenarios in USMLE-1. In addition to
that MEDICAL ETHICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, CT SCANS, MRI'S,
EKG'S, EEG'S, X-RAYS, DERMATOLOGY PICTURES, SKIN LESIONS
and many other aspects of medicine are tested in USMLE-1,
2 and 3. |
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WIN TEST: |
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Windsor
has launched new ways of teaching and preparing the
students for USMLE. WINTEST is a system where students
of Windsor take hundreds of practice tests exactly similar
in pattern and format as conducted by USMLE. These tests
are offered as self assessment and case clusters in
individual subjects and comprehensive mode. Student
will have an opportunity to take hundreds of tests with
thousands of practice questions right from his house
on our secured testing systems. These WIN TESTS are
similar to USMLE exams and are timed and presented in
the same way as USMLE. It is as if the student is taking
the actual USMLE exam. This will help our students to
be familiar and not be strangers when they sit on the
actual USMLE exams. Please visit us at wintests.windsor.edu |
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WIN PEARLS: |
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Windsor
has introduced a new way of familiarizing the students
with USMLE questions. There will be 800 questions tested
on computer in USMLE-1. Each question out of these 800
will have a subject/point/topic that the examiner wants
to test the student. Most examiners test most commonly
applied basic and clinical aspect of medicine in the
current patient care management. Windsor is providing
the student with 125, 000 points of high yield, most
commonly asked points tested in old USMLE exam papers.
There is no room for any examiner to test beyond our
WIN PEARLS as there are 125,000 points that the student
will get to know from us and there are only 800 questions
tested in USMLE-1. Our objective is to make sure that
when the student sits in front of the computer doing
these 800 questions in the actual USMLE exam, he or
she must be familiar with every question and must have
seen the related material in our WIN TEST and WIN PEARLS.
These WIN PEARLS are offered in three phases. Please
visit us at windsor .edu for sample of WIN PEARLS |
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WIN CASES: |
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Due
to the change in the testing patterns and format of
the USMLE boards and examiners where clinical case scenarios
are given in all parts of USMLE, Windsor has introduced
767 clinical cases with material. These are the most
important and common cases asked frequently and tested
commonly in all exams. Please visit us at www.windsor.edu
for the index of the cases. |
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