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What is the NBME? They’re the National Board of Medical Examiners. We guess you already knew that! They’re a not-for-profit and independent organization. They provide the public with top notch assessments of healthcare professionals. Their mission is to protect the health of the public. They also develop and manage the USMLE. It sounds exciting, doesn’t it? There’s more.
Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates they cosponsor the USMLE. Individual boards may grant the license to practice medicine; however, the US accepts a USMLE pass for a candidate to demonstrate they’re competent to practice medicine. The NBME have a collection of online lessons for members interested in learning various topics relating to high quality assessments. If you’re a practicing medical practitioner, student or just curious to test your knowledge, take these tests and see if you’ve what it takes to develop your assessment skills.
What is the NBME? They’re the National Board of Medical Examiners. We guess you already knew that! They’re a not-for-profit and independent organization. They provide the public with top notch assessments of healthcare professionals. Their mission is to protect the health of the public. They also develop and manage the USMLE. It sounds exciting, doesn’t it? There’s more.
Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates they cosponsor the USMLE. Individual boards may grant the license to practice medicine; however, the US accepts a USMLE pass for a candidate to demonstrate they’re competent to practice medicine. The NBME have a collection of online lessons for members interested in learning various topics relating to high quality assessments. If you’re a practicing medical practitioner, student or just curious to test your knowledge, take these tests and see if you’ve what it takes to develop your assessment skills.
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A 2-year old girl takes oral cephalexin for treatment of Impetigo caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Which of the following is the mechanism of action of this antibiotic in this patient?
A 10 - year old boy who has had type 1 diabetes mellitus for 1 year is receiving insulin. One hour after his morning dose of insulin, he becomes tremulous and diaphoretic and has tachychardia. Several hours later, his symptoms resolve. His blood glucose concentration is now increased. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s hyperglycemia?
A 50-year old man comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of pain in his wrists, changes in skin color, and progressive fatigue. His brother has type 2 diabetes mellitus and cirrhosis. Physical examination shows bronze-colored skin, tenderness of the metacarpophalangeal joints in both hands, and hepatosplenomegaly. Serum studies show:AST 100 U/LALT 110 U/LFerritin 1200ng/mLTotal iron-binding capacity 200ug/dL (N=250-400)Transferrin saturation 80% (N=20-50)Analysis of a liver biopsy specimen shows a markedly increased iron concentration and cirrhosis. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the findings in this patient?
A 28 year old woman comes to the physician for a health maintenance examination. During the interview, she tearfully tells the physician that she and her new husband are having problems. She says she wants to go out with friends, but he does not enjoy being with people, referring individual activities such as hiking. She says he seems indifferent to sexual intimacy and neither shows much emotion nor understands her feelings at all. Which of the following personality styles best explains the husband’s behavior?
A 55-year-old woman is scheduled to undergo transvaginal hysterectomy and oophorectomy for dysfunctional uterine bleeding. During the procedure, the uterus must be separated from all surrounding pelvic structures. Identification and incision of which of the following structures that attaches to the cervical region and extends posteriorly is most appropriate in this patient?
A 27-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 2-year history of sporadic vision and a 1 year history of intermittent numbness and tingling in her arms. The symptoms became more severe 5 days ago after a 4-day visit from her husband’s parents. During the past year, she also has had four episodes of urinary incontinence. Physical examination shows mild dysarthria. On mental status examination, she has a mildly worried mood and a reactive affect. MRI of the brain shows a few small, scattered, nonspecific white-matter plaques. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A 25-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 4-day history of pain and burning with urination and frequent urinary urgency. He is sexually active and has several female partners; he does not use condoms. His temperature is 37°C (98.6°F). Urinalysis shows 2+ protein; cultures grow on chocolate agar. A Gram stain shows gram-negative diplococci. The organism causing this patient’s symptoms most likely produces which of the following virulence factors?
A 47-year-old woman comes to the physician because she wants to do something about my wrinkles. Physical examination shows fine wrinkles in photodamaged skin on the face. Treatment with tretinoin is started. Collagen synthesis will most likely be increased in this patient by which of the following mechanisms?
A 22-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 2-year history of episodes of shortness of breath and wheezing. His respirations are 12/min. Physical examination shows no abnormalities. It is found that the symptoms occur after he takes certain over-the-counter medications containing aspirin. Laboratory studies show a serum IgE concentration within the reference range and no eosinophilia. This patients symptoms are most likely caused by excessive production of which of the following substances?
An 18-year-old man has had temperatures to 38.3°C (101°F), a sore throat, and cervical lymph node enlargement for 8 days. A latex agglutination test result for Epstein-Barr virus antibody is positive. Atypical cells with abundant lacey cytoplasm in the peripheral blood smear are most likely derived from which of the following types of cells?
A 6-year-old boy is brought to the physician by his mother because of a 2-day history of fever, sore throat and occasional vomiting. His temperature is 39'C (102.2°F). Physical examination shows erythema and purulent exudate over the posterior pharyngeal wall and tonsils. The anterior cervical glands are enlarged and tender. A throat culture grows group A Streptococcus. Because he is allergic to penicillin, treatment with erythromycin is begun. His condition improves during the next 2 days. The effectiveness of this antibiotic is most likely due to which of the following actions in protein synthesis?
A male newborn at 34 weeks’ gestation is delivered vaginally. Physical examination shows no abnormalities except for a 1-cm, raised, red area on the anterior section of the neck. His mother is concerned, and the physician explains that the lesion is a hemangioma, a benign growth. This neoplasm most likely originated in which of the following tissues?
- An 18-year-old man has had temperatures to 38.3°C (101°F), a sore throat, and cervical lymph node enlargement for 8 days. A latex agglutination test result for Epstein-Barr virus antibody is positive. Atypical cells with abundant lacey cytoplasm in the peripheral blood smear are most likely derived from which of the following types of cells?