- Dr. Karim secured a score of 234 in the FMG exam on his first attempt.
- He used the Marrow Q-Bank effectively for his preparation.
- His strategy involved using the custom module with recent needs and FMG questions, integrating previous questions and topics into his notes.
- He emphasized the importance of concise note-taking and multiple revisions.
- Dr. Karim recommended practicing questions of higher difficulty to better prepare for the exam.
- He advised giving each grand test every three weeks and reviewing them to identify weak areas.
- Dr. Karim's strongest subject was medicine, while his weakest subject was ortho. He focused on doing a comprehensive revision of weak subjects in the last 15 days.
- He recommended doing at least four concept-based revisions with integrated previous year questions.
- Dr. Karim found pearls to be a useful resource.
- Other tips included having self-confidence, maintaining consistency in studying for at least 10 hours daily, balancing work-life and mental health, and focusing on major subjects while not neglecting any subject.
- He emphasized the importance of concise note-taking and giving more time to major subjects like surgery, OB, PSM, and pharmacology, while also covering all 19 subjects.

- The PSM section was slightly difficult, but the pharmacology and anatomy questions were clinically oriented and integrated.
- Dr. Kareem shared tips on preparation strategy, including maintaining health, belief, and confidence, balancing lifestyle, sticking to one source, integrating previous questions and topics into notes, concise note-taking with every revision, and multiple revisions.
- The last 15 days before the exam are crucial, and focus should be on the most forgettable topics.
- Adequate sleep and time management are important.
- Giving grand tests every month helps identify weak and strong subjects, and reviewing these tests is crucial.
- Major subjects should be given more time compared to minor subjects.
- Believing in one's preparation is important.
- It is recommended to listen to Dr. Kareem's advice for success in the exam.

FMGE June ’23 - 234/300 - Dr. Kareem shares his success story with Dr. Rohan

Rohan Khandelwal, your Marrow Surgery faculty, and it's an absolute honor to be introducing Dr.

Karim, who secured a score of 234 in the recently conducted FMG exam.

He's a graduate from Philippines, and he used the Marrow Q-Bank effectively, and that would be the main source of discussion today regarding how to use the Qbank effectively so that it can help in your FMG preparation.

How did it feel to crack the exam in the first attempt?

After like a 6 month of hard work it feels very very happy sir.

You are my favorite teacher in the marathon.

Thank you, thank you very much and you were using the Qbank.

So can you tell us since when did you start using the Qbank and what were the tips and tricks which you utilize which helped you to get this score?

So I started using Q-Bank I think around February and I used specifically the custom module.

With the tag of recent needs and the FMG question, and if you want, you can add the end question.

And then I integrated the previous questions and the topic to my NodeStorm.

It was simple and it was not like so complicated though.

First, we need to stick to the 1 node, whatever it should be the source.

Will it be like narrow prep or like mistudo?

And then we should concise the node stop.

We should concise the node and then we have to do the multiple revision with the concise node stop.

We should not do the revision with the main node stop.

We should concise the node and then we should do the revision of the concise node.

So I think so very simple strategy what he is trying to say is that don't over complicate things.

First make your notes then try to precise them by underlining them and just doing focusing.

And then annotate the notes with the previous questions and simple notes.

And then just keep on revising those notes and the previous year questions which he did using custom modules in the Marrow QBank.

So you were solving the NEET PGQ bank or the FMGQ bank?

So this time the exam was quite tricky, it was challenging, the past percentage has also fallen down to 10%.

So do you think that by doing questions of slightly higher difficulty it helped you in this exam?

Yes sir, doing the question with like higher difficulty keep me in the extra age compared to other batch medicines.

Extra aged dog compared to other batch mates.

Sir, 1 main mistake we do is we are in the like this FOMO dog, like fear of missing out.

So how we go to the multiple places so horses stop this is the main like blender top like most of the aspirants do know

so I think 2 things that you've very clearly highlighted get rid of the FOMO fear.

And the second thing is don't overcomplicate things.

If you can do that, and if you can do your effective revision, then passing the exam becomes very easy.

which she's highlighted is that in practice, always practice questions of higher difficulty so that the actual exam feels easier to you rather

less difficulty questions in practice and then struggling in the exam.

So how frequently were you appearing for grant tests Dr.

I used to give each grant test for like 3 weeks.

1 for every 3 weeks and then the most important is to review the grant test.

That's the main purpose of the grandest of we need to find me where we are like lacking of this subject and then we have to like work on it and then we can slowly make it improve in this corner same dose for the need

that's correct so which way of which way of strongest subjects and which way of weakest subjects when you were taking Glandys?

How did you deal with these weak subjects?

How did you deal with ortho and the other weak subjects?

We have to do last revision in the, at least last 15 days.

We have to do like whole like subject revision with the concise notes.

In the last, at least in, in the last 15 days,

Would you recommend somebody doing just revision videos and the notes for preparation for FMG?

Yes, we have to do like multiple revision talk at least 4 talks.

At least 4 with the like concept based based and then with the previous years we integrated with the previous years.

It was tighter, concise and very highly helpful.

Any other tips which you would like to share Dr.

3 key takeaways are not to overcomplicate, stick to 1 sword, keep on revising.

You know, 2 questions of higher difficulty during practice.

These are 4 things which I can gather from his preparation which are very simple and like we say, keep it simple and stupid.

We can track any exam like FMG, NIPG, INS and the second is the consistency.

The henna I feel is the at least minimum henna is the bread.

We have to balance mental health is also important, preparation, we have to balance academic and like keyed off.

We have to balance our both academic and the non-academic also.

Third point is the we have to concise the notes.

Then we have to concise it for the revision.

Then also we have to concise it for this second revision talk like a pyramid talk.

We have to focus mainly on the high yield at the end of like only the high yield at the end and the fourth is the like we need to give more time to the major subjects like surgery, OB and then PSM and then like pharmacology.

We have to focus also on the math building subjects.

In our exam, the forensic medicine had 15 questions.

We can't predict the questions from the each subject.

So we have to cover the whole 19 subject also.

leave any subject and focus on the major subject.

Yes, focus is on the major but we should not leave a single subject also.

That's the main point because we can't predict the examiner like which subject can have the high question.

In our exam, the first part was for me it was easy.

PSM was slightly in the tougher side but the pharmacology question and the anatomy question was like a taste based on taste and clinically oriented based question was like integrated like for surgery plus anatomy Question was both integrated.

Kareem, thank you for taking out time and sharing these tips with us.

I think so you have a great preparation strategy and I'm sure you're going to implement it in NEET PG as well and I'm sure you'll get a great rank there also.

First is this the health, belief and confidence and then we need to balance our lifestyle and then academic and non-academic and then we need to stick to like 1 source and then we have to integrate the previous question and the topics to the notes and then fifth is the we have to concise the note with every revision and then is the multiple revision is also the key.

We have to do at least 4 talks and the last resolution should be in the at least last 15 days.

Last 15 days is the main important phase of our whole preparation.

We have to go fast and we have to focus on the most real topic and the most forgettable things for you.

For me, like factual questions, we have to focus on the high-level, like forgettable things.

We have to have a sleep, like adequate sleep for these last few days, at least before the exam.

Sleep is the main and then is the time management.

This year the first part for me was time taking.

So we have to give the grand test so that we can find which are your weak subjects and which are your light strong subject.

And then we have to give the grant test every 1 month.

And then we have to review the grand test.

For major subjects, we need to give more time though comparatively to the like minus subject and that's the main point.

Karim you've summarized it beautifully And I think so people please listen to it patiently.

He's taken out a lot of time to share these thoughts, but I feel all of them are very relevant.

you listen to him, you will do extremely well in your exam.

The last is we have to believe in our preparation.


Speaker 0: Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Rohan Khandelwal, your Marrow Surgery faculty, and it's an absolute honor to be introducing Dr. Karim, who secured a score of 234 in the recently conducted FMG exam. This was his first attempt. He's a graduate from Philippines, and he used the Marrow Q-Bank effectively, and that would be the main source of discussion today regarding how to use the Qbank effectively so that it can help in your FMG preparation.

Heartiest congratulations Dr. Kareem.

Speaker 1: Thank you sir. How are you sir?

Speaker 0: I am good. How are you doing? How did it feel to crack the exam in the first attempt?

Speaker 1: It feels very very good sir. After like a 6 month of hard work it feels very very happy sir. You are my favorite teacher in the marathon.

Speaker 0: Thank you, thank you very much and you were using the Qbank. So can you tell us since when did you start using the Qbank and what were the tips and tricks which you utilize which helped you to get this score?

Speaker 1: Sure sir. So I started using Q-Bank I think around February and I used specifically the custom module. With the tag of recent needs and the FMG question, and if you want, you can add the end question. And then I integrated the previous questions and the topic to my NodeStorm. This was my main strategy though.

It was simple and it was not like so complicated though. First, we need to stick to the 1 node, whatever it should be the source. Will it be like narrow prep or like mistudo? And then we should concise the node stop. We should concise the node and then we have to do the multiple revision with the concise node stop.

We should not do the revision with the main node stop. That is the mistake like most of us do. We should concise the node and then we should do the revision of the concise node. Fair enough.

Speaker 0: So I think so very simple strategy what he is trying to say is that don't over complicate things. First make your notes then try to precise them by underlining them and just doing focusing.

Speaker 1: And then annotate the notes with the previous questions and simple notes. It is not so complicated.

Speaker 0: And then just keep on revising those notes and the previous year questions which he did using custom modules in the Marrow QBank. Perfect. So you were solving the NEET PGQ bank or the FMGQ bank? Both. So this time the exam was quite tricky, it was challenging, the past percentage has also fallen down to 10%.

So do you think that by doing questions of slightly higher difficulty it helped you in this exam?

Speaker 1: Yes sir, doing the question with like higher difficulty keep me in the extra age compared to other batch medicines. Extra aged dog compared to other batch mates. Sir, 1 main mistake we do is we are in the like this FOMO dog, like fear of missing out. So how we go to the multiple places so horses stop this is the main like blender top like most of the aspirants do know

Speaker 0: absolutely

Speaker 1: I feel

Speaker 0: so I think 2 things that you've very clearly highlighted get rid of the FOMO fear. And the second thing is don't overcomplicate things. If you can do that, and if you can do your effective revision, then passing the exam becomes very easy. 1

Speaker 1: more thing

Speaker 0: which she's highlighted is that in practice, always practice questions of higher difficulty so that the actual exam feels easier to you rather

Speaker 1: than doing

Speaker 0: less difficulty questions in practice and then struggling in the exam. So how frequently were you appearing for grant tests Dr. Kareem?

Speaker 1: I used to give each grant test for like 3 weeks. 1 for every 3 weeks and then the most important is to review the grant test. That's the main purpose of the grandest of we need to find me where we are like lacking of this subject and then we have to like work on it and then we can slowly make it improve in this corner same dose for the need

Speaker 0: that's correct so which way of which way of strongest subjects and which way of weakest subjects when you were taking Glandys?

Speaker 1: My strongest subject was like medicine. And my weakest subject was ortho.

Speaker 0: How did you deal with these weak subjects? How did you deal with ortho and the other weak subjects? How did you make them stronger?

Speaker 1: We have to do last revision in the, at least last 15 days. We have to do like whole like subject revision with the concise notes. In the last, at least in, in the last 15 days,

Speaker 0: Would you recommend somebody doing just revision videos and the notes for preparation for FMG?

Speaker 1: FMG? Yes, we have to do like multiple revision talk at least 4 talks. At least 4 with the like concept based based and then with the previous years we integrated with the previous years. That's the main thing. Correct.

And were you using

Speaker 0: pearls as well?

Speaker 1: Yes, very useful. It was tighter, concise and very highly helpful. It was also very useful.

Speaker 0: Any other tips which you would like to share Dr. Karim? It was Very good talking to you. 3 key takeaways are not to overcomplicate, stick to 1 sword, keep on revising. You know, 2 questions of higher difficulty during practice.

These are 4 things which I can gather from his preparation which are very simple and like we say, keep it simple and stupid.

Speaker 1: We need to have this self confidence. We can track any exam like FMG, NIPG, INS and the second is the consistency. Consistency is the key. We need to study at least 10 hours. 10 hours I feel is the minimum 10 hours.

The henna I feel is the at least minimum henna is the bread. We can also maintain our lifestyle also.

Speaker 0: The work-life balance is not important.

Speaker 1: We have to balance mental health is also important, preparation, we have to balance academic and like keyed off. We have to balance our both academic and the non-academic also. That's the second point. Third point is the we have to concise the notes. We have to concise the nodes.

We have to concise the nodes. First, we can reheat the main nodes. Then we have to concise it for the revision. Then also we have to concise it for this second revision talk like a pyramid talk. We have to focus mainly on the high yield at the end of like only the high yield at the end and the fourth is the like we need to give more time to the major subjects like surgery, OB and then PSM and then like pharmacology.

We have to focus also on the math building subjects. We should not leave a single subject. In our exam, the forensic medicine had 15 questions. We can't predict the questions from the each subject. It varies from the year to year.

So we have to cover the whole 19 subject also. That's the main point. So don't

Speaker 0: leave any subject and focus on the major subject.

Speaker 1: Yes, focus is on the major but we should not leave a single subject also. That's the main point because we can't predict the examiner like which subject can have the high question. In our exam, the first part was for me it was easy. PSM had tough question. PSM was slightly in the tougher side but the pharmacology question and the anatomy question was like a taste based on taste and clinically oriented based question was like integrated like for surgery plus anatomy Question was both integrated.

Speaker 0: Perfect. So I think so great tips by Dr. Kareem. Dr. Kareem, thank you for taking out time and sharing these tips with us.

I think so you have a great preparation strategy and I'm sure you're going to implement it in NEET PG as well and I'm sure you'll get a great rank there also.

Speaker 1: I need to say like few points Dr. Yes please.

Speaker 0: Like a

Speaker 1: summary Dr. First is this the health, belief and confidence and then we need to balance our lifestyle and then academic and non-academic and then we need to stick to like 1 source and then we have to integrate the previous question and the topics to the notes and then fifth is the we have to concise the note with every revision and then is the multiple revision is also the key. Main key is the multiple revision. We have to do at least 4 talks and the last resolution should be in the at least last 15 days. Last 15 days is the main important phase of our whole preparation.

Whole 6 months or 7 months. Last 15 days is like a marathon. We have to go fast and we have to focus on the most real topic and the most forgettable things for you. For me, like factual questions, we have to focus on the high-level, like forgettable things. We have to have a sleep, like adequate sleep for these last few days, at least before the exam.

Sleep is the main and then is the time management. This year the first part for me was time taking. So we have to give the grand test so that we can find which are your weak subjects and which are your light strong subject. And then we have to give the grant test every 1 month. And then we have to review the grand test.

That's the most important. Each subject we have to allow time. For major subjects, we need to give more time though comparatively to the like minus subject and that's the main point.

Speaker 0: Thank you. Dr. Karim you've summarized it beautifully And I think so people please listen to it patiently. He's taken out a lot of time to share these thoughts, but I feel all of them are very relevant. Please listen to him and I'm

Speaker 1: sure if

Speaker 0: you listen to him, you will do extremely well in your exam.

Speaker 1: Thank you very much. The last is we have to believe in our preparation. We can do this. We can like take this exam. Thank you so much.

You can like tag this guy. It's on. Thank you so much, Dov. Thank you. Thank you.

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How Dr. Kareem used Marrow QBank effectively to secure the top score of 234/300 in FMGE June '23