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What's up, everyone? 
Dr. Zeeshan here. 

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So this podcast episode is a 
little bit different. 

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It's more. 
What I see going on around me as

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you can imagine with how many 
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regular basis that I see certain
things that students do that 

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really is troubling in the sense
that it does nothing but hurt 

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you. 
And in no way. 

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Is going to help you and what do
I mean by that? 

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Well, have you ever caught 
yourself saying? 

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Oh, what did you get on the 
test? 

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Like what was the stuff that you
got on this test or on my last 

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test? 
For those of you that are 

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repeat, test takers. 
I got this and my friend told me

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that they got this topic on 
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lot of this in a lot of mental 
health, in a lot of maternity. 

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Look who cares. 
Who cares? 

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I promise you every single test 
is going to be different than 

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the next or different than the 
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your peer, or your fellow 
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It's all different. 
It's a pool that the board's use

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of thousands, upon thousands of 
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So you don't know if the test 
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going to be similar to somebody 
else's or similar to your 

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previous tests. 
So, just focus on content, those

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of you that know that come to my
weekly. 

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Resumes that are enrolled in the
on-demand lectures that have 

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done the course. 
With me that listen to my 

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podcast regularly. 
I'm all about content and these 

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are board exams. 
So they're not going to be one 

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specific subject, and I can it 
all mental health and I can all 

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maternity. 
You don't know what you're going

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to get. 
They also going to throw stuff 

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at you that you don't know that 
you've never seen before because

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they want to see if you can 
logically deduce, the answer and

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how your critical thinking 
skills. 

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Azhar so focus on test taking 
skills on top of that content. 

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And the other thing that I would
recommend is Stop close or stop 

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counting the select all that 
apply. 

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It doesn't determine whether you
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my career. 
I've seen people that have had 

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all 145 questions and they had 
nine. 

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Pass. 
I've had people that have had 

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98, go on to our Instagram. 
And look at one of our students.

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Her name is Nurse Amna, and she 
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out of 145 pass. 
So I think it's like psyching 

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yourself out, and it mentally 
harms, your ability to progress 

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and get to where you want to be 
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preparedness knowing that, I'm 
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In doing as much content as I 
need to know knowing that it 

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doesn't matter what somebody 
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Because if I know my content who
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hear all the time is, oh, you 
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Doctors eicu world is specific 
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Well answer me this, if you were
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out. 
I don't care how you asked me a 

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question about it, vaguely, or 
specifically, I'm gonna get it, 

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right. 
So knowing content is the number

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one thing that you can't avoid, 
you can't avoid. 

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That's why I'm consistently 
adding new content to our 

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course, because look the more, 
the more, you know, the better. 

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And it's not just about 
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You truly have to understand it.
And and that's a key issue that,

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a lot of people don't 
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You can't memorize things and 
then I Talk about that when I 

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talk about the seven reasons why
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So just some fallacies, just 
some myths that I want to kind 

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of debunk. 
Some things that I also want to 

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show you that students are out 
there doing that. 

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Maybe, you know, you're guilty 
of it. 

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I know I was guilty of it. 
You know, I would ask you all 

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the time. 
You know, what was the topic 

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that you got, or what did you 
see on the boards? 

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It's all different. 
It's all different. 

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So, stop asking, 20 different 
people what they saw on their 

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exam, stop, you know, focusing 
on what you You got on your exam

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last time and focus on the 
upcoming exam. 

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The focus is what's in front of 
you, what's coming up and 

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getting ready for that. 
Don't dwell on other people's 

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exams. 
Don't dwell on your own exams. 

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Stopped trying to count to 
select all that apply. 

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I mean, maybe as a talking 
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Oh, I got this many silly card, 
apply, but it really doesn't 

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determine whether you pass or 
not and then forget about the 

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vagueness and the specificity of
a question, just know your 

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content and you're going to get 
it right. 

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Have good tasting strategies. 
You will get it right? 

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Know that. 
I'm going to know half of your 

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exam and that test taking 
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For instance, for me. 
I teach my students a method. 

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So you guys all have access to 
that. 

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So the method kind of keeps 
things organized. 

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It shows you how to break down 
questions, knowing that you're 

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not going to know half of your 
exam, knowing your medical 

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terminology, very important, 
breaking down words and 

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understanding what they mean. 
And and these are the types of 

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things that are going to get you
to this exam. 

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So stop psyching yourself out. 
Nonetheless. 

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I thought I dropped this. 
A little quick podcast for you 

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guys. 
Hope you enjoy. 

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See you at the free weekly Zoom.
Take care.