Guys.
I need some feedback as I recently hit a significant roadblock. In general I am a realitively good canidate for residency:
Step 1: 248
Senior AOA
Mostly honors in clinical rotations
Good letters
1 Basic science ortho research with poster presentation
However, I just found out I failed the damn clinical skills part of Step 2. I am at a loss and my emotional garden is withering quickly. I guess because the exam was so easy, I flew through and the standardized patients perhaps felt the encounters came off as rushed. I know I am clinically not failing material but this is now a big neon flashing sign on my applications that says hey, here is a bright guy who can't talk to patients. If I was looking at this I wouldn't give that guy a job!
Any thoughts on disaster control would help heal the crater sized ulcer developing over my whole GI track.
I need some feedback as I recently hit a significant roadblock. In general I am a realitively good canidate for residency:
Step 1: 248
Senior AOA
Mostly honors in clinical rotations
Good letters
1 Basic science ortho research with poster presentation
However, I just found out I failed the damn clinical skills part of Step 2. I am at a loss and my emotional garden is withering quickly. I guess because the exam was so easy, I flew through and the standardized patients perhaps felt the encounters came off as rushed. I know I am clinically not failing material but this is now a big neon flashing sign on my applications that says hey, here is a bright guy who can't talk to patients. If I was looking at this I wouldn't give that guy a job!
Any thoughts on disaster control would help heal the crater sized ulcer developing over my whole GI track.