Ali Husnain, MD
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Postdoc @NURadiology @NorthwesternIR | Alum @kemuofficial | Aspiring DR/IR | Founder & President @radsapakistan @kemradiologyig | Roadtrips, gym and movies|🇵🇰
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Another step closer to my dream specialty
#DR
#IR
Hoping to connect with and learn from my colleagues, seniors and Juniors in DR/IR research circle.
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Dr. Ali Husnain, it is with a distinction in Medicine and Allied. Alhamdulillah.
#Graduated
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There will be no tuition fees for first year medical students (batch 28) at
@kemuofficial
. Everything’s been taken care by
@KEMCAANA1
. Super proud of our alumni.
#Altapete
#proudkemcolian
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Happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Northwestern University Department of Interventional Radiology!
Looking forward to a great learning experience.
@NorthwesternIR
@NURadiology
#Match2025
#IRad
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How and when to look out for Postdoc Research Fellowship positions in 🇺🇸 as an IMG - A thread 🧵
I have been getting a lot of questions regarding this. I will try to explain as much as I can in this thread.
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I belong to a medical school where 250+ is a common score in USMLE. And that’s something I can brag about. There was a time when people used to take step exams after their graduation and students here in my university, are doing it in their third/fourth year. 🙌🏻
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My advice to all the juniors out there who plan to pursue the USMLE journey: Don’t work hard when it comes to step exams, work smart instead. You don’t need to know everything thoroughly; you just need to have an idea of everything, I must say.
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Alhamdulillah! ❤️Can’t thank Him enough! Allah has always been kind to me and blessed me more than i ever deserved! Passed my fourth year MBBS with a distinction in ENT and third position in boys. It was toughest of all proffs since the pandemic and all the uncertainty.
#Blessed
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If you have mastered the art of fighting peer pressure, most of your mental health issues have already been taken care of. Know yourself and your potential and get isolated from the rat race. ✌🏻
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This is extraordinary! Congratulations
@NoorusabahAhmad
. Kemcolians going places!! 🎉🥳
#Altapete
We are excited to announce our next class of resident ophthalmologists! This group will be joining us as PGY1 interns in July 2024. 💛
#OphthalmologyMatch
#Match2024
#OphthoMatch2024
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The faith that nothing can harm you as long as you have your mother out there praying for you>>>>
I believe that’s the most powerful feeling in the world.
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My juniors are cooler than yours. Keep doing cool stuff guys!! 😎
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"Life is hard," I said.
My despair was countered with a profound perspective.
"The challenges you're facing right now, it's a privilege you get to face them. It’s the challenges you CHOSE to face because you consider yourself able enough to overcome them!"
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🇺🇸: She sent me a friend request
🇵🇰: She’s interested in me.
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Excited to work with an amazing team of RSAP! Join us in shaping the future of radiology in Pakistan.
Introducing the President & Founder of RSAP! 🎓
Dr. Ali Husnain (Graduate, King Edward Medical University) is an aspiring interventional radiologist. He is working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Interventional Radiology at Northwestern University.
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Beyond excited and looking forward to present our work at
#SIR24SLC
from
@NorthwesternIR
on complex hepatobiliary interventions alongwith
@Chris_Neely_
. Incredibly grateful to the mentorship of
@AhsunR
and special thanks to the amazing team.
#SicParvisMagna
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Resources for learning
YouTube: It is an excellent resource for learning. There is a wide variety of lectures which you can watch to help you understand the basics. I am attaching some youtube links for reference.
(7/n)
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There's no such thing as practicality in love. Either you can be practical or be in love.
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@DoubleA_AXD
Be the change you want to see in the world. The person behind this THANKS scholarship initiative didn’t have funds to pay for his fee during his time at KE, and he eventually ended up doing this! Maybe one day Ahmed butt would be doing the same he’s complaining about.
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The home to many of us. Never knew that one day I’m gonna get addicted to this place.🌻
#FarooqBlock
#KEMUBoysHostel
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Try to learn basic stuff about life on time before you step out into the practical world otherwise this world will make you learn the hard way and I am sure no one wants to learn that way or at least I didn't.
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Congratulations to everyone who made it to the title of Dr today. And all those who couldn’t, don’t lose hope; this shall be over in no time. Stay strong. May the odds be with you!
#KEMUBatch22
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First of all,don’t go hard on won’t do any good. This is one of the mistakes i did, so try to stay as calm as you can. Take one step at a time. It’s a marathon not a sprint race. Consistency is the key here.
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Sources:These are the ones i used, you can use any source you like.
Anatomy: High Yield Anatomy (more than enough)
Physio: Boards and Beyond lectures ( they are really good. Do watch them) These lectures are system wise, they cover almost every topic of your first Aid.
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Another great experience! 2/2 oral & 3/3 poster presentations for Northwestern’s Radiology Research Day.
@NURadiology
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If an average guy like me can do this, you all can do it for sure. Just believe in yourself. If there’s a voice inside your head telling you can do it, trust me it’s done already.
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Biochem: Kaplan lectures of Dr. Turco. Must watch.
Pharma: Kaplan lectures and notes
Micro: SKETCHY (GOLD STANDARD)
Micro pharma: Sketchy
General and special patho: pathoma lectures
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Preparation:
I started my prep back in April 2020 during my 4th year MBBS, at that time i had done my third year subjects well as i had to take my third year proff exam. So i started with the uworld, as all of you know, it’s a question bank and pretty high yield.
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Dear juniors, koi society join krna ya na karna, research zarur seekh lena. Zindagi asaan ho jayegi! Ngl
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If you’re going through hell , keep going on. Don’t stop. Just keep on moving because hell is not a place where one would like to stay.
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SLC, you were terrific!! Had a great time presenting our work from
@NorthwesternIR
, networking, and exploring the city and food places.
Grateful to be a part of an amazing team.
@NURadiology
@SIRspecialists
#SIR2024SLC
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Everyone’s got nightmares. Mine is ‘Yeh sab kr k bhi sakoon na mila, tou kya karoge?’
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‘Maine Rab ko apne irado’n k tootne se pehchana’
-Hazrat Ali (RA)
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Excited to present our work!
@SIRspecialists
#SIR24SLC
If you attend the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting this weekend, don't miss these Northwestern presenters.
@SIRspecialists
#radiology
#SIR24SLC
#IR
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It can be used both as a learning tool as well as an assessment tool. I would recommend you to use it as a learning tool. It’s worth every penny. Don’t memorize everything,just have key concepts,make them crystal clear in your head and annotate important points on your First Aid.
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Nothing like seeing the ERAS headshots of your med school friends for this match cycle. Keep them coming, guys!
#Match2024
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People be having well established medical setups here in Pakistan and criticising others doing USMLE/PLAB for not loving their country and parents enough. Dude, you gotta get in their shoes to understand why they’re going for this in the first place !
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Biostat: BnB lectures, Rendy Neil videos ( there’s a YouTube channel by this name), Kaplan 2010 lectures (highly recommended), uworld biostat review, uworld and amboss practice questions.
Practice as much questions as you can. It’s all about practice for biostat
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So, prepare yourself for the exam situation too. Attempt mock exams, simulate the real situation while doing your assessments. Get a hold on your nerves.
That’s all i guess, if you still wanna ask anything, feel free to ask.
GOODLUCK!!
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@musmanmd
And the worst part is he’s not the only one who’s exploiting the IMGs. It’s just so sad to see that people who went through the same daunting process are doing this to their junior IMGs.
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Lowkey happy seeing people of my community (medical) speaking their hearts out and getting the courage to speak about the issues which needed spotlight much before! Talking about your real issues won’t bring any bad name to you or your family. Much power to you guys!!
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PS. Note your mistakes in the assessment and divide them into two categories ‘lack of knowledge’ and ‘Poor technique/Overthinking/Lack of revision. Work more on the latter, as CK's knowledge is extremely vast. 4/
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So i would watch BnB lectures of a system first,have a quick read from First Aid,and then start doing uworld questions of that system.For the first half,i used uworld on tutor mode untimed.After doing 50%, i switched to timed mode.
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Don’t link your happiness with your expectations. Expectations are from future and your happiness is here, right now, with you.
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After Ramadan, i started my dedicated preparation.Completed my remaining uworld quesions, and gave FA a thorough review. Used Amboss( another question bank) for ethics, biostat, genetics and psychiatry as i felt that these were my weak areas.
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ASSESSMENTS:
NBME 11 ( 40 days out) - 39 mistakes (offline)
UWSA 1 ( 25 days out) - 267 score
NBME 12 ( 12 days out) - 30 mistakes
UWSA 2 ( 6 days out) - 265 score.
Actual score: 266
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Learned helplessness hampers your growth more than a lack of privileges or opportunities.
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Ethics:Unfortunately IMGs like us don’t know much about US ethics as we have entirely different ethics here in Pakistan. So,Read every possible source out there. Can give you a hard time. I did uworld,amboss,Dirty Medicine videos (YouTube channel), Rendy Neil videos,step 2 uworld
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You can also learn some software like review manager for meta-analysis and SPSS/R/python for data analysis or Zotero for reference management. This way, you can sell yourself!
(12/n)
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AMBOSS: This is an underrated question bank but believe you me, it will help you a lot in CK. I just solved 10-15 random blocks of 3/4 hammer questions to have a different approach, as stems are a bit vague in amboss, which is the same case with the actual exam itself. 6/
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The subconscious knows better than the conscious do! Trust your subconscious! That’s why building reflexes are important, which will come with practicing more questions than reading the same thing over and over again.
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Having a great time at
#IRSP2023
@pakIRSP
It was an absolute honor to meet and connect with
@TheRealDoctorOs
.
@walsterIR
Lahore awaits you bro!
#IR2023
#IRad
#futureradres
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With step 1 being pass/fail, step 2 scores have become the game changer. If you are someone who took step 1 in pass/fail without going into depth of the ground concepts, I would recommend taking time for step 2 CK. Step 2 = step 1 knowledge+the additional management questions.1/
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
- Ernest Hemingway
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So, HAVE THE KEY CONCEPTS.
Exam is 50% knowledge, the rest of 50% is your question solving skills and how strong your nerves are. The performance on exam day matters at the end, doesn’t matter how much you studied, if you’re unable to apply it on your test, it’s of no use.
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I miss how my mom used to put me to the bed on time and how I’d sleep peacefully and wake up fresh :’(
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AMBOSS LIBRARY: A MUST-DO. If you are confused about any topic, search that topic in the amboss library and give it a good read. It has got all the high-yield stuff and algorithms. 9/
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Secondly, don't discount the importance of research. Start learning how to do it in your early med school years, like the start of the third year. Just dive into things without any hesitation. There’s always a first time to everything.
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Step 1 is the foundation. It doesn’t matter if it’s pass/fail, the basic concepts will help you in step 2 as well. Step 2 is basically step 1 knowledge plus management and treatment. Step 2 is gonna give you a tough time if you don’t do step 1 well.
Kind of getting tired being told "well at least it's pass/fail" nearly every time someone asks me how dedicated is going and I mention that I'm struggling.
Passing Step 1 is still HARD. I know people mean well but it feels so invalidating.
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After going through everything, I attempted my first assessment and kept on revising my weak areas and supplemented them with required information.
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Pro tip: Start your CK prep right after taking your step 1. That was the biggest mistake I made. I took my step 1 in October 2021 and started CK prep in June 2022. Everything starts evaporating after some time. So make sure there are no major breaks! 2/
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Pixorize: These are cartoon videos just like sketchy. Helped me alot with memorizing First Aid. Use them for topics you kept on loosing.
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Cure yourself of the disease ‘what will people say.’
Never compromise your mental health for stuff not worthy of you.
Kindness and humility go a long way.
Be receptive to learning.
One advice you would like to give to your younger self?
I will go first - "You do have time!"
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By the time i was done with my annual exams, it was April already. I was so drained that it took me almost one whole month of Ramadan to rejuvenate myself and get back on track.
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Comfort zone is the worst place. Nothing grows out of it.
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Long story short,i decided to take a break from my step 1 preparation and starterd preparing for my annual exam. Proff exam got postponed many a times due to uncertainty of the covid situation.I was kinda stuck because I couldn’t resume and take my step 1 exam either at that time
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Excellent talk by
@TheRealDoctorOs
on chronic endovenous recanalization and IVC filter retrieval. Amazing insight into Gunsight technique for DVT, snare and wire loop technique, and use of excimer laser for filter retrieval !!
#IRSP2023
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CMS FORMS: Another important resource. Although many people recommended me against them, I still went for them and found them helpful.
They are NBME’s question forms for individual subjects like gynae/obs, surgery, etc. 7/
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Don’t just do research for the CV's sake, do it to learn about it, to have a critical view of things. Every new thing you learn on uworld, UpToDate, etc., results from constant research being conducted worldwide. Don't ignore the importance of research.
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Get done with this inferiority complex already. I mean seriously? Why the comparison?
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Last but not the least, The bible of Board exams, FIRST AID. You should know the concept behind every single line, there’s no need to cram it like everyone suggests. It will only drain the hell out of you.
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All the best, Rosheen! May the odds be with you!
Hey
#MedX
!👋I’m Rosheen from KEMU🇵🇰 applying for Internal Medicine this
#Match2024
!
My interests include
#MedEd
,clinical reasoning & innovation in medicine. Outside of medicine, I🫶cinema, travelling & exploring new places & food.
Let’s connect! Altapete⚕️
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I learned this hard way. I started learning about research after med school and am still a newbie. So if you haven’t started preparing for step exams, learn about research in the meanwhile. Get in touch with your seniors. There are plenty of people who are doing research at KEMU.
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Psychiatry: First Aid and BnB lectures are more than enough. Again for psychiatry you need to do maximum practice questions.
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“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stoncutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-first blow it split into two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it-but all that had gone before.”
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So i did 88% by the end of August. Afterwards i got confused whether i should take my exam first or prepare for my proff exam of 4th year. Meanwhile, covid second wave was going on and nothing was certain.
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One week into the job, and I can’t do life anymore. This reality check hits so hard that life’s going to be pretty much the same from now onwards.
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Remember, no one will help you unless you are willing to help yourself! Acquire some skill, no matter how small it is. People won’t entertain you if you don’t bring anything to the table. (11/n)
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ANKI: I didn’t use it but it’s really helpful, it helps you with memorizing stuff. So either make your own decks or ask someone else for them.
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PS. I am no expert, but in my opinion, that’s the best way to start instead of wasting more time because research is as important as your scores.
Best of luck! You got this!
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STUDY DURATION: 6-8 months. Ideally, 4-6 dedicated months should be enough if you don’t have any other commitments. I had to learn research basics and manage my remote job along with my prep, so it took me a lil longer. 3/
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For one moment, I thought it was a digital photo! Amazing!!!
ذندگی تیرے تعاقب میں یہ لوگ
اتنا چلتے ہیں کہ مر جاتے ہیں
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Boys and their obsession with calling girls their ‘haq’. We need to get a life.
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So happy seeing all of you coming this far! You all got this! 💪
Nothing like seeing the ERAS headshots of your med school friends for this match cycle. Keep them coming, guys!
#Match2024
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Communication skills questions are the real tricky ones. They are heavily tested on real exam, my exam was heavy on CS questions. So it’s all about luck and a few basic techniques.
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Dear PM suggesting the forty rules of love while himself following the subtle art of not giving a fuck about this country.
#copied
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This exam is way different from Step 1. It’s all about how you perform on exam day. The questions are vague and lengthy, and you are never sure of the right answer. So, just be confident and try not to change your initial answer choice. 14/
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ASSESSMENTS:
NBME 16(offline)-22 mistakes(3 months out)
NBME 17(offline)-13 mistakes(2.5 months out)
UWSA1-262 (56 days out)
NBME 18(offline)-8 mistakes(48 days out)
NBME 27(offline)-16 mistakes(38 days out)
NBME 28(offline)-15 mistakes(34 days out)
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No one:
Relatives at family gatherings: Beta choro yeh sab, CSS karlo. Boht suit karay ga apko. Doctor ban kr wo izzat kahan :)))
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Remote research includes literature review which you can do online without any IRB approval, e.g., narrative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Case report can also be categorized as remote because you can write them independently once you have patient’s data.(6/n)
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RESOURCES:
Uworld: It has been the gold standard for step exams, but for CK, it is becoming more outdated. You will need to supplement it with other resources. 5/
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