sas5814 Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 A new quarter is starting and I stumbled on this a few weeks ago. It seems they are reviewing questions for stinkers and giving some relief. I missed 7 last quarter (!) and was flipping out. 5 of them were removed. Removed and Replaced 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted July 1 Moderator Share Posted July 1 can someone summarize?? to lengthy for me..... I had 25 questions with that were dropped and rescored??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 (edited) Here is the TL/DR as best I can recall. Removed question means it sucked and they tossed it. Replaced question means you will get another question in a later quarter that will replace the one already answered. Removed question, if you got it right, won't change your score. Removed, if you got it wrong will improve your score. Replaced question if you got the first one wrong and the replacement question wrong doesn't hurt you because you replaced a wrong answer with a wrong answer. If you got the first one right and the replacement question wrong it hurts your score because the one you got right has been replaced with the one you got wrong. Replaced questions are picked because 1) you got it wrong or 2) you got it right but graded it highly relevant and low confidence so you got another one in the same subject. That is my best summary. Your mileage may vary. Additional info. I did my first 10 questions for this quarter and they have reached a new level of suck. Wrong answers, multiple choices that are all correct but you have to pick the NEXT thing to do, one that is so far removed from primary care common knowledge you couldn't see it with a telescope and, one that was personal fav, a question where all the answers were non medical...more like suggestions you might make. Have fun kids. Edited July 1 by sas5814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRate Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 3 hours ago, sas5814 said: first 10 questions for this quarter and they have reached a new level of suck. Wrong answers, multiple choices that are all correct but you have to pick the NEXT thing to do, one that is so far removed from primary care common knowledge you couldn't see it with a telescope and, one that was personal fav, a question where all the answers were non medical...more like suggestions you might make. Have fun kids Grreeaaattt. Looking forward to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I don't really understand what Scott explained up above. Logging in to NCCPA showed me that I had 2 questions thrown out in Q1 of my cycle and zero questions in Q2. I am not sure what that means or how it impacted my scores. The questions are not clinically real or appropriate to 99% of ambulatory providers. I have not delved in to this quarter yet but have a sense of dread. It sucks to "learn" how to test rather than LEARN something medical or refresh knowledge. My spidey sense tells me whoever writes these questions has not donned a stethoscope in a decade or worked full time in ambulatory care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Decided to plow through just to get it over with. Worst quarter yet. Apparently walking around knowledge includes a lot of ER experience including really sick infants and the ability to make a diagnosis and "next thing to do" treatment plan from a 1 view pelvis x-ray on an old man. My understanding is you get scored on your best 8 quarters. This was #7 for me. If I am passing after next quarter I may not take the rest, Color me frustrated and a bit disgusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted July 2 Moderator Share Posted July 2 2 hours ago, sas5814 said: My understanding is you get scored on your best 8 quarters. This was #7 for me. If I am passing after next quarter I may not take the rest, Color me frustrated and a bit disgusted. yup as soon as pass pops up I am done.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakaHoo Posted Wednesday at 03:04 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:04 PM They don't hold the last 4 against you, and you get 12.0 credits of CME. May continue just for the CME that is already paid for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted Wednesday at 05:52 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:52 PM 2 hours ago, ShakaHoo said: They don't hold the last 4 against you, and you get 12.0 credits of CME. May continue just for the CME that is already paid for. Makes sense if you need the hours. I am (fortunately) way over for this cycle already so I'm bowing out as soon as possible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted Wednesday at 09:36 PM Moderator Share Posted Wednesday at 09:36 PM 6 hours ago, ShakaHoo said: They don't hold the last 4 against you, and you get 12.0 credits of CME. May continue just for the CME that is already paid for. At like 224 hrs for cme. Not finishing once I get the pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakaHoo Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Interesting, I stop logging CME all together after I hit 100 credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted Friday at 03:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:54 PM Your credits have rollover capacity - don't stop logging them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRate Posted Friday at 04:58 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:58 PM Yes, you can apply your extra CME to the next cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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