Ob-Gyn Shelf Exam

This shelf exam started off late. We, as usual, had troubles accessing the exam from the national examiners...we were delayed in starting the exam by 2 hours. That's a long time to sit in your seat, nervous and anxious for the exam. Not to mention that we aren't allowed any food or drink - so a 2 hour delay means that I had to wait an additional 2 hours to eat (nearly 5 hours in total). I could have used some caffeine and glucose, you know. I get cranky when I can't snack! ;)

I don't want to jinx myself, but I think this shelf exam was my best so far. I felt totally prepared, and I could think my way through the more complex questions reasonably well.

Every exam is different, so I can't say for sure, but I definitely felt like there was much more obstetric-related questions than gynecology, and they were fairly complicated cases. Maybe I just felt they were more complicated because I was so well prepared for gynecology questions than I was for the obstetrics questions, and maybe they made me feel uncomfortable. I suppose I'll just have to wait and see how I did, I should know in a few weeks.