All the hard work prepping for boards 3...I came out 75% confident that I passed. I messed up on station 3 and wasnt too sure if the camera views on fundus and bio were good. I know I missed little things here and there but I am praying for a pass.
All I know was that I was on autopilot. I couldn't stop myself even if I wanted to. I was just going through the motions and script like a robot and I finished each station 15 minutes early. I could have redone some stuff but my mind was completely blank.
Luckily I got injections on my first try and finished it as well.
The strange thing was I wasnt nervous with stations 1, 2, and 4. I was smiling and making jokes with the patients and it was totally fine. But when it came to station 3 I kind of crashed. It started from a poor retinoscopy to an incorrect subtraction calculation on NRA/PRA.
Don't ever want to experience that whole process again. I would voice record my written script and play it, repeat after it, then do it again for 2 hours in LA traffic. I would do a 3 hour round trip commute to practice in fullerton, talking outloud and standing listening sitting going through the motions for 6-10 hours on whatever days I could squeeze in, looking for affordable hotels and flights during the week of TWO large national beer and education conference, making sure we make it to the connecting flights, being in a foreign area, making sure we wake up on time that is 3 hours ahead on top of daylight savings...so gross.
I hope the effort I put in reflects the score. If I fail this one, then life is too CRUEL!!!
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