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known to present information that you have not seen before. However, if you
can figure out what concept he is testing, you can be certain that you have the
correct answer. Some MS3’s also feel that Dr. Bidichandani’s questions are the
most similar to what you will see on the USMLE. Pay attention to his review
sessions - he does a thorough run-down of the material. It is worth going to Dr.
Bidichandani’s class as he lectures extremely fast and tells some fascinating
stories. He's is an awesome lecturer, but don't expect to play his lectures at
double speed. He is speaks clearly but quite rapidly. He will also make it very
clear what he wants you to know; this should reduce the syllabus by an amount
making his material easy to review and cover. Many of our classmates took notes
by simply circling the slides that he covered on the syllabus and crossing out
those that he skipped. His syllabus will be the first of many where you will find
an assortment of details that will not show up on the test. He welcomes
questions from the class and is just a friendly guy.
Dr. Broyles: Sickle cell anemia and regulation of genetic expression are his
topics. His lectures are not the best, so make sure you know his syllabus and you
read the notegroups. Be particularly prepared to answer questions about the
treatment of sickle cell anemia, the types of hemoglobin (especially fetal
hemoglobin), and a couple rather difficult questions on hematopoeitic stem
cells. Dr. Broyles thinks he is very special since he is a genetic mosaic, but you’ll
be smart enough to tell him that so is every woman.
Dr. Hanas: Our mentors told us to know his syllabus. What really needs to be
said is memorize his syllabus! He will ask you the most obscure details from his
syllabus. If you look at something and say, "Oh, there definately won't be a
question over this - it is much to obscure and inapplicable," it will
proooooobably be one of his test questions. The material is deceptively simple,
but he tests over details, details, and details. For the final, his exam questions
didn’t seem so tough, but maybe that was because we learned our lesson the first
time. Dr. Hanas has a tough act to follow, but you will begin to appreciate the set
up of the syllabus if you learn it well. He practically puts his syllabus in definition
format. By closely studying the syllabus, you will find that many of the pages will
run together making the information easier to learn. Unless you are very
compulsive about going to class, skip his lectures, they will not help you with the
material (check notegroups carefully, however, as Dr. Hanas has been known to
ask exam questions based on his side-comments in lecture that are not in the
syllabus). Dr. Hanas lectures with his eyes closed, no one knows why.
Dr. DeAngelis: Proteins, enzymes, and blood coagulation, oh my! The material
is dense, but you are not, and you’ll do just fine. A big point for the exam is that
he asks questions in case-study format, where you’ll be given a patient and their
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