Invites you to attend 2 weeks (15 days) Seminar on USMLE Step-1 review.

Discussion: Marathon USMLE 1000 most commonly tested clinical cases covering entire basic medical sciences. Speakers cover 1000 high yield clinical cases. All speakers who have passed USMLE steps-1, 2, and 3 with high scores.

70 cases a day for 15 days covering 1000 cases in 15 days

Case projection and discussion in Multiple choice format- Please see sample cases attached

Note: All students of Windsor University School of Medicine are mandatorily required to attend according to the Deans Office of Windsor University, St. Kitts, West Indies. According to the recent trend in pass rates of USMLE STEP-1 and in order to improve the step-1 pass rates, no student will be sponsored for USMLE step-1 who does not attend the seminar.

Dates: March 1st 2008-March 15th 2008

Time: 8.00 am-5.30 pm ( All 7 Days )

SAMPLE QUESTIONS & POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

1. A 55 yr old nonsmoker, nonalcoholic salesman presented to your office with h/o progressive dysphagia for past 1 yr. He also complained of 15 lbs wt loss during this period. After initial examination when you did endoscopy you found a cancer of lower third of esophagus. Which is the most likely cell type ?
a) Adenocarcinoma
b) Melanoma
c) Metastatic Cancer
d) Sarcoma
e) Sq. cell carcinoma

2. An 18 yr old man presents with difficulty swallowing over the last 3 days. He denies ingestion of unusual substances and complains of pain even when swallowing liquids. He is an IV drug user. Which of the following is most likely finding on esophageal endoscopy?
a) Brown blotches scattered throughout the esophagus
b) Normal appearing esophagus
c) Red patches in the distal esophagus
d) Reddish streaks throughout pharynx and upper esophagus
e) White patches adherent to Esophagus

3. The blood sample from a 6-year –old girl was analyzed by flow Cytometry. The cells treated with fluorescent-labeled antibodies to various cell surface markers before they were evaluated by flow cytometry. Which of following markers would identify the B lymphocytes in the sample?
(A) CD3
(B) CD4
(C) CD8
(D) CD19
(E) CD56

4. Both HSV I and HSV II depress the expression of MHC class I molecules on the surface of infected cells. Which co-receptor’s binding would be inhibited by this technique?
(A) CD2
(B) CD4
(C) CD8
(D) CD16
(E) CD56

5. Lymph node biopsy of a child shows decreased numbers of Lymphocytes in the paracortical areas of the node. Analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes is likely to show normal to
elevated numbers of cells expressing surface
(A) CD2
(B) CD3
(C) CD4
(D) CD8
(E) CD19