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February 5, 2010 Just to let you know that I found out I passed and to thank you, Dr. Swartz, and the SPs for teaching us the keys to do well on this exam. Again, Thank You. Sincerely, Felix |
February 3, 2010 |
December 16, 2009 I passed Step 2 CS and THANK YOU!!! Thank you so much. Dr. Swartz really guided us well on the road to success and honestly, I had come out of the exam feeling like I had not done too well (as you told us). But it looks like I did pretty well save the patient note which I attribute to my bad writing really. You guys changed the way I think and really I know that I will be a better physician because of your workshop. You have really helped me much more than you realise. Thanking you again, Paroma Mitra, M.D. |
October 20, 2009 I joined workshop in August 2009. My result is out, and I Passed. Thank you all for your hard work and support. My score is low only in information sharing subcomponent. Please forward my email to Dr. Swartz. Thanks, Dr. H. Nischal |
August 22, 2009 |
| August 19, 2009 Dear Dr Swartz and Anna, I passed ! I got my results today. I got very high score in my communication and rapport skills with the patient. Your course really helped me a lot. It gave me the confidence I needed for this test. Those 3 days even though quite intense were perfect and very helpful. I will recommend this course to all my friends. Thank you so much, Devi Das Poovadan, M.D. Native of India |
June 26, 2009 Hi Anna, A big thank you to Dr. Swartz. I think the C3NY workshop really helped me pass this exam. Thanks to the SPs for their support. Dr. Swartz’s workshop is awesome for IMGs; it helps exactly how to be with the SPs and what are the questions to be asked. I recommend your workshop to everyone going for Step 2CS. Your breathing exercises helped. I think I made a good decision by coming to your workshop. |
June 25, 2009 Dear Dr. Swartz & Anna, I was feeling so worried about the CS exam until I joined the C3NY course. I joined the course just 1 week before my exam! I had no confidence of passing this exam at all....truthfully....!! After joining this course, you boosted my confidence so much, especially the last day after the SP encounter. The SPs were so wonderful. They are really so truthful yet polite in their comments. It was a good experience for me to know how prepared I was before my exam. Both of your comments were also so useful. It also means a lot to meet people who are in the same position as you, and you can share your worries and anxieties without hesitation. I really liked my group. It is a great course and I am so glad I was a part of it! Keep up the good work. And thank you very much for your help. I wouldn't have done it without you. Best regards, Vidya Vijayaraghavan, M.D. |
June 25, 2009 I gave my exam on May 15th at Philadelphia. I got the result, and I passed. I owe my result to the information and suggestions given at the C3NY workshop in the month of April '09. I am thankful to both of you and the SP's who gave us tips on improving. Thank you once again. Sincerely, Sapna Ravindranath, M.D. |
June 24, 2009 When I gathered courage to take CS exam again, this time did not want to any chances. I had decided to give best possible effort. I came to know about your esteemed C3NY workshop from one of my friends and also through internet. I guess, there cannot be any better person than Dr.Swartz and his team to make examinees understand the way exam can be cracked. I am very grateful to the whole C3NY team because I believe its because of them, I regained confidence in myself, performance at case encounters improved dramatically and started thinking "Out of the Box" as Dr.Swartz always suggested us. |
June 24, 2009 Dear Dr. Swartz and Ms. Lank, |
June 24, 2009 |
April 30, 2009 |
April 14, 2009 Dear Dr. Swartz, Wishing you best of health and happiness. I have received my step 2cs exam result, and I have passed. I extend my thanks for your help and guidance during the C3NY course I attended in December. The atmosphere at C3NY was wonderful and interacting with the SP's helped me understand the exam better. Thanks again, Regards, Dharam Purohit, M.D. |
| February 3, 2009 Hello Ms. Lank, I took the Step 2CS exam within 3 days of your course and at least 50% of the credit for passing goes to what Dr. Swartz taught me in the manner of what is really being examined in the exam. Without that, I would have definitely failed. Sincerely, Dr. Joey Native of India |
January 30, 2009 Dear Dr. Swartz, I passed and as promised I am sending you an email. I don't know whether you will remember me, but I am Saurabh from India, and you spoke to me on the last day to postponethe exam as I was a classic example of being "first aided." I rectified in time and appeared after a lot of practice day and night and cleared the exam though I am glad that you were truthful to me. It would be nice to hear from you. Regards, Saurabh Rohatgi, M.D. |
January 30, 2009 Dear Dr. Swartz and Ms. Lank, I have passed. I attended your November class and took my exam in December. Your team did a great job. I will be recommending you to all my friends. My husband will be taking your course sometime this year before appearing for Step 2CS. Take care and Goodbye, Aruna Ray, M.D. |
| January 30, 2009 Dear Anna & Dr. Swartz, Good to hear from you...Yes, I did pass the CS exam and am now doing residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I still remember you and Dr. Swartz. It was really helpful to get some hands-on experience. Thanks, Ram Niwas Bishnoi, M.D. Native of India |
| December 11, 2008 Dear Mz. Lank and Dr. Swartz, I am Dr. Urjita Shah from India. I was in your course from 18-21st of august '08. I am really glad to inform you that I took my exam in September, and I passed it. Thanks a lot to both of you. Wish you to continue helping people like me with your knowledge and experience. I wish to thank also all the SPs, especially the case I got for memory loss, an eldery female. She was amazing. Thanks a lot again. I just wish we had Anna with us in the group picture. Thanks God Bless, Urjita Shah, M.D. Native of India |
December 4, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz, |
| December 4, 2008 Dear Anna, Yes, I took the test, and I passed it (in the first attempt)  ! I got the result yesterday.Dr Swartz's and your efforts could do it for me! Thanks to your team... I performed so badly on the 3rd day at C3NY...but that was an eye opener...I could do good in the actual test. The practice of “Introduction” of self was just fabulous...I never forgot to smile, and introduce myself. Thanks a ton! Dhanashree Rajderkar, M.D. Native of India |
| December 3, 2008 Dear Ms. Lank and Dr. Swartz, I got my step 2 cs scores today morning, and I passed. I would like to thank you and the standardized patients for your insight and help. I was in the October 2008 batch. I would like to share my experience in Philadelphia. The staff and sps were all very nice. I did have one telephone case. I took your advice and made conversation with the patients. Timing was not too difficult for me as I usually was on the last few lines of closing when the end bell sounded. The part which I found most helpful after attending your classes is that for a few patients who didn’t tell you what the main complaint was, it took casual conversation, not a memorized list of questions, to gain the real information from them. After each patient I felt that I didn’t know what the diagnosis was, and I was quite worried. But then I remembered Dr. Swartz saying to us that if the diagnosis is very clear, then you are not getting the real picture. Overall even though our interaction was a short one lasting only 3 days, it was a very intense one. Hopefully my CS scores will help me to match for 2009. Thank you, Nandini Yadav, M.D. Native of India |
| October 15, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz and Dear Anna Lank, I am Ashmi Desai from the C3NY batch of June 2008. I want to thank both of you for your help and support. I just got my results, and I have successfully cleared the exam. My two other friends who joined me in your classes also cleared the exam so we are all really happy that we took your workshop. Your classes really helped us a lot. Thank you very much from all three of us. Ashmi Desai, M.D. Native of India |
October 8, 2008 Hi Anna, Today I got the most eagerly awaited news of my life: that is “I passed a Step 2 CS”. When I came out of Step 2CS center, I thought this was my worst performance among all the exams I have given in my life. The reason I was thinking like that is I forgot to ask many questions to patients and forgot to perform many physical examinations in many patients. Thought that someone was judging me was making me nervous all the time and that’s why I forgot to ask many questions to patients. But during the exam one thought that was constantly going on in the back of mind is “watch the patient’s facial expression and body language” and think OUTSIDE THE BOX! I passed thanks to you and the C3NY team. Please send my thanks to Dr. Swartz. Best regards, |
October 8, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz and Dear Anna Lank, I am Dr. Abhay Vakil, your student from the August workshop, 2008. I appeared for the exam on 27th August after the workshop. As you know I had appeared in the exam once before but was unsuccessful. The exam was a totally different experience after attending your workshop. All the things that you taught us helped me a lot, especially being in the room, listening to the patients and not asking questions from the list. Following this I could get a lot of positive history in much less time. And today, I just received my results and I am very happy to inform you that I have passed the exam. The credit goes to you, Dr. Swartz and the whole team of C3NY. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you right now or in future. Thanking you all for your wonderful job Abhay Vakil, M.D. |
August 9, 2008 Hello Dr. Swartz, I am Dr. Mukkara Siva, Rama. I have passed Step 2CS. Unfortunately I had failed Step 2CS three times before taking your workshop. Honestly, I am really an above average student. I was impressed by your Step 2CS workshop. After that I have improved my communication skills considerablely. At the end of the workshop, I felt stressed, but I came to know many important techniques to make my clinical encounter better and more natural. In spite of my three failed attempts, this time I knew that I am going to pass even before I take the step 2CS. This is one of my life time accomplishments with your help. Thank you very much and I appreciate very much your directions for my exam. Mukkara Siva, Rama Krishna Reddy, M.D. |
August 18, 2008 Hello Sir, I want to inform you that I have passed the CS exam. It would not have been possible without your help and your teaching. I not only learned the communication skills, but I got the opportunity to meet a great human being who puts his hard core effort along with his team to help the IMGs to pass this test I cannot forget the third day of the course, when I could feel that you were so tired as you started from 9 am until 6 pm continuously except a small break, and during the last hours you didn’t even sit for a second you tried to answer all the questions students asked: this is a quality of a great human being. And how can I forget Miz. Anna Lank…she is also a great human being too. Her comments and advices were helpful for all of us during this course. I am very thankful to all the SPs who were cooperative to all of us. Please convey my best wishes to all of them I wish you success in your field for all the time to come. Thanking you, |
August 12, 2008 I attended the April C3NY course. I passed the exam. I would like to thank you both for the enormous help in making me understand this exam and get through it without any embarassing hiccups. It was particularly hard to unlearn the ways I had learned for 7 years in the UK where i trained and completed the exams in Psychiatry. It was your approach that helped me through the process. Thank you very much again for the personal training and motivation. Dr. P.S. Bhoopathi |
August 6, 2008 Dear Dr.Swartz and Mizz Lank, |
August 6, 2008 |
August 6, 2008 I passed the USMLE Step-2 CS exam. I got my result today on 6th of August, 2008. Aamer Rashid, M.D. |
June 20, 2008, Dear Dr. Swartz, I’m Kumar K. Batra, your student from the April group. I got my result on 18th June, and to my surprise, I passed and I really thank you and Anna more than anyone else. You people put so much effort behind me that I knew I had to pass. Truly speaking, I was shaken on the last day when you personally called me and suggested that I postpone my exam, but in a way, that worked as a shot in the arm. For the next 10 days, I put my heart and soul into the nitty gritties that you taught me, and I practiced and practiced and practiced with your book of course. The other thing that helped me was that I got a study partner from someone else in the workshop who was very supportive. Sir, I would not shy away from saying that those 4 days in NYC have changed my life forever......and for the better. I think that your guidance will help me to become a better clinician, and above all, a better person. Thank you sir and thank Mizzzz Lank! May God help you in your efforts to build futures and to turn dreams of students like me into a reality. Thanks for everything. God bless you! Kunnal K. Batra, M.D. |
June 19, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz, It is with great pleasure that I would like to inform you that I have cleared the Step 2 CS examination. I took the C3NY course in January 2008 and the CS examination in Atlanta in April 2008. The valuable insights I gained from your course helped me much more than I imagined it would. The workshop was a great experience, and I would highly recommend the course to anyone who is even thinking of taking the exam. Thanks again, Anoop P. Ayyappan, M.D. |
June 18, 2008 |
Hi Anna, |
June 18, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz and Ms. Lank: |
April 23, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, Yes I took my exam, and I am very happy to tell you that I passed. I had taken the C3NY course in November. It was very nice experience This course is wonderful, interactive and makes you confident. I will certainly recommend this course to my friends Thanks a lot, Shubhangi Sasturkar-Kulkarni, M.D. |
April 23, 2008 I just received my Step 2 CS Result, and I am so happy to inform you that I passed my exam. Truly, I believe that your course is simply "The Best". You gave me so much encouragement and self confidence that I was lacking before taking this course. I sincerely thank you very much for all the help give by both of you. God bless you. Have a nice day. |
March 28, 2008 |
March 26, 2008 I am really happy to inform you that I passed Step 2CS! Thanks a lot to your whole team of C3NY, for your valuable guidance and support, without which it would have been very difficult for IMGs like me who are not at all familiar with the patient doctor interaction in USA to pass this exam. All the small advices that you, Anna & your team gave are in reality not at all small. I can judge this best as this was my second attempt. It’s only now I can realize their importance in cracking the exam. Thank you, Ms. Anna and all the C3NY team again, Nitin Jain, M.D. |
March 26, 2008 |
February 5, 2008 Respected Dr. Swartz and Anna, I just got my result – I passed!!! I want to thank both of you and all the SP's. I paid attention to all that was taught each day and tried to follow it to the minutest details. Before coming to your class I had just given my CK, I didn't read any book for Step 2CS. Had just gone through forums to see how students prepare for CS. I was very much confused about the exam and had many questions in mind. But by the end of the 3rd day, I was very much clear in mind about how to go about patients. The small videos that you showed were great help to know what I must not do in exam. I don’t know if you remember, I was almost in tears before attending the SP I was assigned at C3NY and Anna told me its just like a stage – you’ll feel comfortable after you start your conversation-and that’s what happened. I remember that my history was over in 9 minutes, and it felt like my questions to SP were a rapid fire. Dr. Swartz and Anna pointed that out. And I performed exactly opposite to that in real exam- I just went with the flow-keeping in mind elephant eg. given by Dr Swartz. After attending C3NY I had started practicing with my husband, I had few querries. I e-mailed Dr Swartz and he replied to them within a couple of hours. I am thankful to him. I liked each and every point that he told us in interaction with the patient. I scored a 99 in CK. I knew theory part but was afraid of patient interaction in this country. Thanks to Dr Swartz and Anna, I made it through this exam. Maneesha Bangar, M.D. |
February 4, 2008 Dear Dr Swartz, It was very disappointing for me when I failed in Step 2CS the first time I took it in July. I really couldn’t understand the reason for my failure. I felt I had washed my hands, summed up etc etc...all the do’s that were recommended on FIRST AID ,U/W and forums. What I didn’t know was my interpersonal skills hadn't been good enough at that point of time. I had many doubts when I was preparing for the second time. I was so confused listening to several opinions and loosing my mind. I must thank God that I heard about the course C3NY from a friend and at the last minute paid the fees and decided to go all the way to NYC from New Mexico. This was a big decision for someone who had been in the US only for a month and had never been to NYC before. But I must say it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The course was amazing and worth all the money and stress I went through for traveling all the way etc. I realized that all the people who had been advising me previously were like those blind people trying to figure out what an elephant looked like....this cartoon was shown to us by Dr Swartz. He is a great teacher and certainly the best and most reliable person you can ask your doubts to. I actually asked him all my doubts the very first day and there can be NOBODY who knows more about the CS exam than Dr Swartz. All the people who had by stroke of luck passed CS on the first attempt would advise me so many silly things. I do not mean to be arrogant here but it was a great realization. I do not think that his teaching was limited to CS but I think it’s for life. As a physician in this country, you have to have to be a successful and compassionate physician. That’s what this exam is about and it became so clear to me after the 3 days at C3NY. I certainly recommend this course to all IMGS. Just for the record, the first time I failed in CIS like most people and I gave the exam again in December 2 weeks after my C3NY class and passed. My best wishes to all exam goers and my thanks to the C3NY team. Shalini Ravi Kumar, M.D. |
January 31, 2008 Hi Anna, My name is Swarajit Ghosh. I just got the results of the step 2 CS online and I passed! Your course was refreshing, informative and very helpful. Many thanks to you, Ginny, Dr. Swartz and all the SP's for preparing us so well! I will most likely use what you taught even during my clinical training. I will certainly recommend your course to other Step 2CS candidates. Thanks once again for your insight! Dr. Swarajit Ghosh |
January 31, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, I just received the results of my CS exam, and I'm so happy to inform you that I passed. Thank you Dr. Swartz for your wonderful teaching and guidance. You always answered all our doubts even if it would be very silly with a smile. You are indeed one of the best teacher's I have known. Thank you Anna for teaching me everything from introducing myself to breathing techniques and of course how can I forget the coffee shop!!! A special thank you to all the SPs. You guys were great. Your workshop was very helpful to me, and I have recommended it to all my friends. That's the least I could do as a token of my gratitude. I guess its time for me to go and celebrate :) Thank you all once again and God bless. |
January 31, 2008 Hello Dr. Swartz and Ms. Anna Lank, I have passed the Step 2CS exam Thank you very much. Regards, Ravindra Patel, M.D. |
January 31, 2008 Dear Dr. Swartz, I am happy to inform you that I passed CS on 30th January and I really appreciate your help. I am now certain that Dr. Swartz you are a real master of the standardized patient encounter. I followed everything you said during the coaching and I passed. The biggest mistake as International Medical Graduates is that we do not understand the motive of the test and who better than you Dr. Swartz can teach it. I wrote to you many times to clear my doubts about history and physical exam, and you replied to my emails within couple of hours, although you are so busy. I enjoyed C3NY classes very much, the environment was like a family. I am looking to match this year and will definitely keep C3NY family updated. Regards to Ms. Lank, she was very helpful. I thank all SP’s of C3NY as well. May GOD give you long life and happiness. Your student always, Ashiq Masood, M.D. |
December 6, 2007 Hi, I am very happy to inform you that I have passed the CS Exam. My heartfelt thanks to Dr. Swartz and Anna Lank. I do not have words to tell you how much your C3NY workshop helped me in the exam. Dr. Swartz teaching is awesome. Your way of teaching communication skills is perfect for the exam. I gained a lot of confidence after attending C3NY, which is an excellent course. Thank you once again... Vijaya Subramanian, M.D. |
December 5, 2007 Respected Dr. Swartz and Miss Anna, I passed the step 2 cs. It was my 2nd attempt. Last time I flunked in CIS. I did everything last time: read First Aid and UW thoroughly. But was amazed to see my result. I was very demoralized, could not find out where I went wrong. But it was when I attended your workshop that I found out that this exam is not just about checklists and gathering and completing the whole history. It is about the humanitarian approach to the patient. I have no words to thank you Dr. Swartz and Miss Anna. It was with your able guidance and your faith in me that helped my clear this exam. I was so demoralized at that time that I was thinking of postponing the exam. It was the last week of the slot. So if I postponed I was sure that I would be out of this year's match. Just because Dr. Swartz advised me to appear on the scheduled date I could gather confidence and appeared for the exam. I am very grateful to Miss Anna too. I called her twice after the course was over to clear some of my doubts and she was more than happy to answer all my questions. I really appreciate your helping attitude and your patience Miss Anna. And thanks a lot to all the SPs especially Barbara and a young white lady (I’m extremely sorry I forgot her name) and all the SPs out there. All of them are very good actors. One thing I really appreciate about this workshop is that everybody gets personal attention. I really appreciate your effort and want to once again thank you for your guidance. Sincerely, Jasleen Kaur, M.D. |
December 5, 2007 Good afternoon Dr Swartz,
I've got some terrific news for you!! I just got my CS result and I passed!!!! I'm ecstatic!! I don't have words to describe the gratitude I feel towards you and the entire C3NY team!
When I came out of the exam centre I knew I had bombed it. But it all turned out extremely well in the end. Looking back I had made quite a few mistakes but I always remembered what you had taught us at the workshop.. proper introduction, be polite, take a good focused history and most importantly for me - don't come out early!!! Anna's 'coffee shop' technique worked wonders for me as well.
Once again, I don't have words to describe how indebted I am to you. You are a Godsend Dr Swartz!!
God bless you and thankyou so much once again.
I will stay in touch and will keep you informed regarding the whole match season and Residency process.
Regards,
Ahmed Syed Ahmed Hussain, M.D. |
October 10, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz, Anna, and all the C3NY SP's, I attended the step 2 cs workshop in July 07; 2 weeks later I took my CS and I just got my result today and I passed. Dr. Swartz, your teaching is just fantastic, the confidence level that you build in every student who comes for the workshop is just amazing. You guided me so well in the patient encounter, every question I asked the SP, you analyzed and told me my strength and weakness. Thereafter, when I took the actual exam, I was coming out after every encounter very confidently. Anna's ways of reducing the stress levels also helped a lot. I learned a lot from your SP's, when we face them during the workshop it's not easy as they are trained so well, but makes our life so----- easier during the real exam. Dr. Swartz, I thank you for the excellent teaching, encouragement and all the help Love to Anna and to all SP's. I wish C3NY should open its wings in different places within US, so that more FMG'S will be benefited. Love, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, M.D. |
August 24, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz, Anna, and Ginny, I thank you once again for lighting the bulb in my life, and I will never forget the experience I had with your team. |
August 24, 2007 Hi Anna, Well, I took my Step 2CS exam in Chicago on June 5th, 2007. The centre is easy to find, and the proctors are friendly and cheerful, and that helped me in relieving the tension. The exam, as such, is long day. But I personally feel that 15 minutes is short a time on some cases, especially the psychiatry cases. The time for patient note was just adequate, maybe if I had a minute or two more I could have written a neat PN. The C3NY workshop helped me in time management, and the tricks on how to "wiggle out of sticky questions and situations". Well, I just received my results in the mail, and I have passed. I wish to thank you, Dr. Swartz and all the SPs; you all were a great help. GOD bless you all. I will definitely recommend you to my friends who will be taking the exam. Jaspal S. Hothi, M.D. |
August 20, 2007 Hello Dr. Swartz, Anna, and all others, I am very pleased to write to you to let you know that I have passed the STEP 2 CS exam, and I wish to thank you for all your assistance in achieving my goal. I was really nervous when I was taking the exam, but Anna's deep breathing mantra has helped me throughout this exam to maintain my cool, and go with the flow of things. I focused on the cases and sometimes although it didn’t feel like it was the ideal 10 minute ordeal inside the room, but it felt that I had done my best when I would write the history. Active listening in my opinion is the key to passing this exam. A doctor needs to listen and not just hear is what I have learned from this exam and you. Thank you so much, Avni Desai, M.D. |
August 18, 2007 |
August 18, 2007 Hi Dr. Swartz & Anna, |
August 17, 2007 Dear Dr Swartz and Anna, Your course was very helpful. The SP's you provided were tougher than the actual exam and that helped a lot. I have recommended your course to my friends. Thanks again, |
August 17, 2007 Respected Dr. Swartz and other members of the C3NY team, I passed, so did my other friend. Thanks immensely for making us think “outside the box”! Many thanks, Dr. Mulla |
August 17, 2007 |
July 26, 2007 Hello Dr. Swartz, I thank the C3NY team for all their efforts in helping students get through this test. Thank you once again for everything. Best regards, Shailaja Bhatia, M.D. |
June 27, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz, I attended your clinical workshop in April '07 and gave my USMLE step 2 CS exam in May, and I am extremely happy to let you know that I passed. I would like to thank you for your impeccable teaching and your guidance which made it very simple for me to go into the exam with confidence. Before coming to your class, I had not read anything for this exam and came to your workshop without any preparations, but doing that helped me the most. As I could assimilate all the information you gave without any difficulty. I would also like to thank Ms. Lank and all the SPs for the fantastic job they did. I am really happy I took this course, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone going for this exam. At the end, again thank you all for the great time I had at your workshop, and I hope you all keep up the good work. Thanking you, Malini Nandi Majumdar, M.D. |
June 25, 2007 Dr. Swartz and C3NY, I don’t have enough words for your 3 day course. Dr. Swartz you know the CSA. From clinical skills to interpersonal skills, from personal advise on patient notes to personal constructive critiques, from teaching body language, to ordering our meals. I can not forgot the first day when you yourself purchased a ticket for me to get into the metro as my credit card was being declined constantly. C3NY is not a center…it is a family, and I am happy to have this new family in my life. Thanks to all, Best regards, T. S., M.D. |
June 22, 2007 Dear Anna and Dr. Swartz, Great work, keep going, best wishes, |
June 21, 2007 Hello Dr. Swartz & Anna, Heard the magic word...PASSED IN CS.....It wouldn’t have happened without you. I came to C3NY in despair on 16 April....Having secured 99% with a 3 digit of 249 on Step 1, I took CS in Houston just to receive a failing result in Feb 2007. On the first day of the C3NY workshop, I felt a ray of hope dazzling.....At the end of workshop, although, I didn't perform well in my practice case. The confidence you created in me however kept me alive. I retook the exam again in Houston after your workshop and I passed! THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN! |
May 1, 2007 Dear Professor Swartz and Ms. Lank, Last night I returned from Experimental Biology 2007 meeting at Washington DC, and I found the letter in my mail box from the ECFMG. With a lot of anxiety, I opened it, and found that I passed my step 2 CS. I thank you and your team at C3NY and the friends who attended the workshop with me at C3NY for my success. Professor Swartz you are the exceptional medical teacher who knows everything about sociocultural, linguistic and academic problems of international medical graduates from across the world. I strongly feel that the clinical skills we learned in your workshop will help not only in passing Step 2 CS, but will continue to help us our future medical career. You are a great teacher of the art and science of clinical methodology. After attending your workshops, I used only your book "The Ultimate Guide and Review for the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam". With help of the two other IMGs I met at C3NY, we practiced the cases in the book 3 times. The cases in your book are extremely helpful and those who practice them all thoroughly will certainly do well in their clinical encounters in Step 2 CS and in their patient notes. The cases presented in your book are very appropriate and broadly covered all the cases on Step 2 CS. I once again thank you and your team. With best regards |
April 30, 2007 |
April 3, 2007 Dear Ms Lank, I do not have words to express my thanks to you and Prof. Swartz. I have passed the Step 2CS. Your course was of great help. It gave me great confidence in dealing with all types of SPs. I was hardly stressed during the exam. Prof. Swartz's concept of looking out of the box was very helpful. His tips on clinical examination were very helpful. He is undoubtedly the best teacher to learn a lot from. I appreciate his patience and endurance to teach for hours together with the same energy throughout. I am finding his clinical concepts of great help in daily practice. His positive approach towards exam preparation is instrumental in fetching success to his students. The course is the best for Step 2CS. With personal regards and best wishes Dr. Ketan R. Vagholkar, MS, DNB, FACS |
April 2, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, Firstly I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me pass the clinical skills examination which I took on the 20th of January 2007. This was my second attempt, and I was so scared to take the exam before I joined the December workshop. The workshops helped me to walk into the exam with great confidence. The tips given by you which were 180 degree opposite to those mentioned in the review books and online courses helped me to take effective history and physical exam on the standardized patients. I think if had I taken this course for my first attempt I would have passed the exam. It was a great workshop. I made good friends there. Thank you sir for all your help. Atika Zubera, M.D. |
February 18, 2007 I took the CS exam on Dec 27th, 2006 in Philadelphia and just found out I I am very thrilled with my success, and I hope to get into a residency soon. Special thanks to the SP's at C3NY. Regards, |
February 12, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz, It is with great joy that I am writing to you to let you know that I PASSED the Step2 CS test. I really could not have done it without all the input I got from you and your team at C3NY. In the midst of all the misleading information provided on various websites and live prep courses, I found your workshop to be like a lighthouse which guided me to my success. During the history-taking, I was easily able to pick up the subtle clues given by the SPs and during the physical exam, I knew exactly what exams to perform in the few remaining minutes that will score me points. Though I ran out of time in some cases, I was able to close the encounter properly with a just a couple of well chosen sentences. In a nutshell, your workshop made all the difference in the world for me. Thank you for all your guidance and feedback. It was an amazing experience. My special thanks also to Anna, Charles, and other members of your team. May the essence of your extraordinary workshop travel far and wide so that many more doctors benefit from it. Regards, Deepika Sah, M.D. |
January 19, 2007 Dear Dr. Swartz, C3NY definitely helped me pass my exam. You prepared us so well, that I was ready to handle any clinical case, not just a few. I knew what to ask for history, what to look for on the physical, how to close the encounter in routine and in case of emergency, so It was great relief. Though I made few mistakes in the exam, C3NY gave me the confidence that I would really do fine. This is really important especially for IMGs. Dr Swartz ,you are really a "GURU". My special thanks to all the SPs. and Anna Lank. Thank you again very much. Take care. Regards. Neha Shah, M.D. |
January 7, 2007 Dear Anna Lank, I wish you a Happy New Year and a belated Merry Christmas....to everyone. I am glad to inform you that I have passed my Step 2 CS. I took the C3NY Workshops in August. I took this exam in October 2006 and this was my first attempt. Thank you, Ginni, all the SP's and especially Dr. Swartz for his guidance and coaching. The workshop was amazing in every aspect. I think the exam was very close to the workshop, and it prepared me well for the day. I didn't feel the anxiety at all. In fact, I was quite relaxed because I had some idea about this exam from the workshop. Regards, Jasdeep Sohal, M.D. |
October 18, 2006 I am Dr. Miten Amin from the July 2006 Step 2CS workshop. I took CS on 7th August in Chicago, and I am so happy to tell you that I passed. Same thing happened as you told us. I felt terrible when I got out of exam: I was thinking about what I missed. But fortunately I followed patient's direction and kept asking question according to his/her response. And I will tell everybody that it really works. |
August 28, 2006 Hi Anna, This is Karuna Chettiar. I hope you remember me. I cleared my CSA exam. I want thank Doctor Swartz and you for my result. My hearty thanks to Dr. Swartz and you for your excellent job. I am telling the truth from the bottom of my heart that your workshop helped me a lot. I can tell honestly that I passed in my exam because I joined your workshop. I didn't feel any difficulty in doing exam; I was very confident on that day. I really appreciate your help. Once again I thank you and Dr. Swartz. Bye, Karuna Chettiar, M.D. |
August 25, 2006 Dear Dr. Swartz, Anna and all the SP'S, I took your course in June 2006; took the exam in July in Philadelphia , and I got my results a couple of days back - and I passed!! Thank you all so much for all your help and feedback. The entire experience was very positive and really helped me iron out all the glitches in my preparation. Once again, thank you. Warm regards, Shalini Ramachandran, M.D. |
July 18, 2006 Hello Dr. Swartz, Anna, and everyone from the March C3NY Workshop, I took my Step 2CS at Houston in May & passed it with all of your help. Sorry for informing so late...I got my results by end of June. Dr. Swartz, when I came to C3NY, I had no idea how the exam would be. Everybody seemed to have prepared for the exam before they came for the course, & I felt lost on the first day. C3NY gave me the confidence & the right guidance which other books or materials would not have given me. I did use USMLE World, & it helped also...but it would not be the same without the C3NY workshops. Thank you once again, Swapna Chenna, M.D. |
July 16, 2006 Dear Dr. Swartz, I hope you remember me. I was a participant of your April Step 2 CS workshop. I am glad to tell you that I have passed the CS exam and have obtained the ECFMG certification. You were right, a candidate cannot judge his performance in the exam. The result proves that I was wrong in assessing myself. I thought that I will not do well, but the result was a pleasant surprise. I think I owe a lot to you and Anna for your expert advice and tips for this exam. Your course was the critical factor in tilting the result in my favor. In hindsight, I think I should have given more time between your course and the exam to fully assimilate the important points and through you I would like to pass this message to all future course participants. I plan to write step 3 in Sept-Oct this year. Thanks a lot for your help. I shall come to see you and Anna again when I come to New York (probably in Sept-Oct). Regards, Tarun Pandey, M.D. |
July 11, 2006 Dear Dr. Swartz, I got the Step2CS score report today and.........I passed. Actually the exam was fun after your course. I attended your course on April 24, 25, 26, and I flew to Atlanta that evening and took the exam on 28th. It didn’t feel like I was taking an exam; it was fun. Thanks a lot for making me feel so well at the exam. Thanking you once again. Sincerely yours, Dr. Surjith Vattoth, MBBS, MD, DMRD, DNB, PDCC (Neuro and vascular), FRCR |
July 6, 2006 Dear Anna and Dr. Schwartz, I can't tell you how happy I am today...I got the result thru post today and guess what..I passed! I had this awful feeling after my CS exam...was hard to tell whether I did well or not...but the insight and the valuable info I got from the workshop which no book on earth can give you helped me all through the exam and will continue to do so in my future residency. I want to thank all at C3NY with open heart....best workshop I ever took, and it was fun all the way...keep up with the great work! Best regards, Anand Ojha, M.D. |
July 5, 2006 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, Hope all is well with you. I am doing fine. I gave my exam last month, and I just learned that I passed. Your workshops were very helpful to me. They gave me the confidence to face the exam which is an important part of the preparation. I appreciate your efforts and wish all success in your future endeavors. Sincerely, Shilpa Mikkilineni, M.D. |
| June 27, 2006 Hello Dr. Swartz and Anna, How are you? I have passed my step 2 CS. I attended C3NY in February-2006. It really helped me a lot in my exams. It was a really good experience in class to meet you and Anna and other students of the class. Thank you very much. Kairav Shah, M.D. Native of India |
June 23, 2006 Hello Dr. Swartz, Special thanks to you Sir. I came to know that I passed my step 2-cs exam today. I took the test on April 24th. Well I don't know where to begin...I found ALL of your points useful in the exam. After the course in March, for the exam I was always ready to pick up any clue that the SP's were directing me to other than the presenting symptom; so your concept of "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX" really helped. I would definitely recommend this course to all those who are skeptical about the exam. It gives a great direction to go. Keep up the good work Sir. Sincerely, Beena Jibin, M.D. |
May 29, 2006 Hi Anna, How are you? I took exam on March 9th at Atlanta. I passed the exam and got my result on 24th May. Thanks a lot. Please say thanks to Dr. Swartz also. Words can’t say my thanks enough to him. I failed the CS exam the first time. Thank GOD because of you both I passed. Thanks again Bye. Vijayasimha R. Pothula, M.D. |
May 27, 2006 Hi Anna, I just received my letter, and I cleared the exam! It is a unique examination. I liked the physical examination part and standardized patient cases of your course. I got to know about few people from your course with whom I practiced after the workshops. That was also very useful. Anna, one has to be confident about what they are doing in the exam, and present themselves well. So practice, practice, practice and more practice. Your course gives good orientation. Since it is only a three day course, no one should expect to learn all medicine within those three days. After attending your course, everyone should go back and practice seriously for two to three weeks. I also read USMLE World and First Aid for Step2-CS. The worst part of this exam is that, you have to wait so long to get the result, and you are not sure how well you did in the exam. I would recommend your course to everybody who is taking this exam after little bit of preparation. They should also form groups and practice. One again thank you, Dr. Swartz and awesome Ginny. Best regards, Prem Konakondla, M.D. |
May 25, 2006 Dear Dr Swartz, If anyone has a slightest doubt about his/her success in Step 2CS, they should definitely attend this workshop; its worth spending their hard earned money. |
May 24, 2006 Hi Dr Swartz and Ms. Anna, I am sorry for this late reply. I have passed step 2CS last month. Thank you very much for your great guidance. You know I was so upset when I have took step 2CS: 4 cases were terrible, but I just followed the communication skills you taught me and all of Dr. Swartz’s rules and I did it.... I now realize that this exam is only communication and good bedside manner....only a little bit of medical knowledge (only for diagnosis).... thank you very much once again. Take care, Bye, Jayesh Patel, M.D. |
May 2, 2006 This is a message to you and to Dr. SWARTZ. I have passed my step 2 clinical exam, and I express my sincere thanks to you all for the wonderful tips and insight you have given me for the exam. I was very nervous after the exam as I lacked time in some cases. But I stuck to taking a good history though I ran short of time in a few cases. I focused less on the physical exam and thought more about the counseling which worked in my favor I guess. Overall the case pattern was not very different from my first experience, but taking a good history and not leaving the room early (which I did realize after the first experience was not a good thing to do) paid me good dividends. I am sure the students would benefit a lot from your course, and my appreciation to you all once again for the excellent guidance and encouragement. God bless, Sushil George, M.D. |
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| January 24, 2006 Hello Dr. Swartz, Anna, and Ginny, A very Happy New Year to everybody at C3NY. Finally, I got the most precious mail ever, i.e. the result of my step2 CS, and it said PASSED!!!!! I hope you all remember me—I was 7 months into my pregnancy when I attended the workshop in August. And there is one another good news too—I had a baby girl on the 17th of October 2005. We have named her Eira. I was very happy on reading the results of my workshop colleagues — Pratibha, Kamna, Shabbar Sajjad, Lalit, Shweta, Kalpesh. I would like to thank everyone who practiced with me on the 3rd day, and I think that was the thing that clicked as that practice session made me realize my weaknesses. And on the test day, Dr. Swartz’s words were echoing in my ears again and again as if he is standing right behind me and telling me what to do next. He taught us in such systematic way that you can’t forget ever what the sequence in the examination and history taking is. I think it was the best decision I ever took in my life to join C3NY classes.
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| January 23, 2006 Hi Anna, I would like to thank you, Dr Swartz and the SPs for your help and critique during the course. It was a great experience. I must add comment that one spare day that we had (between day 2 and day 3) to play with the oto-ophthalmoscopes as well as do some practice exam on each other was very useful. It not only brought us together as a group, but also helped us exchange some important info regarding the exam as well as future plans. I took exam on Dec 16th and received result within 5 weeks. Dr. Swartz is a great teacher, and I enjoyed learning some imoprtant steps that are hard to pick from the books. I have also heard comments from other people and having experienced it, I think your program is the most well-structured, organized and to the point. I am sure over the next years it is going expand and lots of folks like me will benefit from it. Thanks again, Harman Sek, M.D. Native of India |
January 20, 2006 Long Live C3NY! Thanks you so much Sir! |
| January 15, 2006 Dear Ms. Anna Lank, Thank you. First, I want to wish you, Dr. Swartz and all the staff a happy 2006. My step2 clinical skills exam result came yesterday. I passed the exam. I am profoundly thankful to all of you at the C3NY for having imbued me with the right way of communication skills focusing on the person, the human being in front of us-rather than thinking of them as cases and case lists. Within those two days at C3NY training, I imbibed a new approach to communication which will be a most useful tool, not just for the exam, but for an enriching life experience with people whose care I am entrusted with. Special thanks to all the actors who gave their time and valuable feedback. Sincerely, Dr. Srinivas Native of India |
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November 23, 2005 Dear Anna, I had the Malaysian sisters (from the C3NY workshops) with me on the day of my exam, and it was a comfort seeing their friendly faces. Your advice of breathing really made a big difference. I was loud and clear, and none of my SP's had any problems hearing or understanding me. Do convey my regards and much thanks to Dr. Swartz. His teaching is invaluable, and I am sure that his words will be ringing in my ears even when I go on to practice Medicine. Sincerely, |
November 10, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz, Anna, and Ginny, I don't know how to express in words what I'm feeling right now. I just got the results for my CSA, and I cleared it! The first thought that came to my mind after thanking God and my husband was that I could have never done it without C3NY. Taking this course was the best decision I have ever made. It changed my whole perspective towards the exam. I still remember the way we had been taught how to introduce ourselves. It seemed a little unbelievable at that time but when I took the exam, it came home how much difference that really made. The simple sentence that I picked up from Dr. Swartz during one of his classes about asking the patient first thing after introducing "Are you comfortable sitting or would you rather lie down" always drew a warm response from my patients. I now realize that this exam is all about these simple things only, and the ones we could miss out so easily without the proper training. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for helping me and bringing me one step closer to my aim. I wish C3NY all the success, and may you help so many others like me. Regards |
November 6, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz, I attended your C3NY training in September 2005. After the first day of the class, I was greatly relieved that I took the training. After the first day I realized the objective of Step 2 CS and what they were looking for. It was sort of a purifying experience you can say. Almost everything I had imagined about Step 2 CS was WRONG. I learned a lot in the four days with you. After the exam, I was very upset that I hadn't done well, but you predicted correctly my reaction and my results. I highly recommend the course to anyone who wants to pass the exam and become a better clinician. Thank you once again. I appreciate all your help and guidance. Mihir Shah, M.D. |
| October 18, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz, Ms. Ginny, and Ms. Lank, I am glad to inform you that I took Step 2 CS in Philly on September 6, and I PASSED!! I attended the C3NY workshops in August 2005. It was fun learning from all of you, and I must say it really helped me as whenever I knocked on the door, I expected Mary Smith to be there! All the encounters went well. Thanks to Dr. Swartz, Anna, Ginny, and my workshop colleagues, Kalpesh, Muktak, Anant, Monica, Pratibha, Amna, Shivani and a long list.....who practiced with me as a group. I cannot forget Anna saying "BREATHE......." which I did after I finished every encounter. I really enjoyed learning as well the lesiure time in New York. Believe me before coming to New York I didn't touch any book, and after the workshop was over me and Kalpesh, whom I met for the first time only at the workshop, practiced for about 15 days before appearing for Step 2 CS. Thank you all once again! Wish all my colleagues sucess in Residency Match Program, Wish C3NY great Sucess and a brilliant future. Regards, Lalit Kalra, M.D. Native of India |
| October 15, 2005
Dear Dr. Swartz, Ginny, Anna and all the SPs, I just learned that I have passed!! Thank you so much for everything. Believe me; I’ve never walked into an exam feeling so confident about myself. I found myself following the protocol almost mechanically during the exam. It was as if I could hear Dr. Swartz saying, “Knock…Introduce yourself...Drape..." and so on. The interview techniques you taught us were great. I felt as though I really connected with the patients…there was just the kind of ‘ping-pong’ of conversation that Anna emphasized. At the end of my third encounter, the SP told me, “Thank you doctor that was great.” That gave me a big boost of confidence, and I sailed through my remaining encounters. I would recommend your workshop without hesitation to all who plan to take the CS exam. |
| October 13, 2005 Hello Dr. Swartz, Ginny, and Anna, My name is Dr. Kalpesh Patel. I attended your workshops in August 2005. I took my exam on 6 September in Philadelphia, and today I got my result...I PASSED the exam! I am really thankful to all three of you who really helped me and many others in passing this exam. All of you took your personal interest in our preparation and that is what I liked most about your classes. Since the patients in the actual Step 2-CS exam were not as tough as in the workshops, as Dr. Swartz told us, the exam looked easy to me since I was well prepared for the "tough ones" by you guys. Once again thank you very much for your help, and I really really appreciate everything that you are doing for the IMGs. Thanking You, |
| October 1, 2005
Hello Dr. Swartz and Anna, This Prathiba Doddabasappa who attended the August class. Today, I checked on the Oasis......Immedately all the letters were in the RED....showing you not eligible to reapply for the exam--I PASSED! You may remember I am the person who made the mistake while taking the history from the anxious woman on the third day....you gave me so much encouragement. You kept saying "you have a great personality..you can do it". I kept that in my mind always when I went to exam....and I finally succeeded. I took the exam 2 weeks after the workshops. Thanks Dr. Swartz for teaching us how to take a history and do a physical examination and all the communication skills. Your teaching us how to write a clincal history and write-up was excellent. Regarding the cases on the exam, they were all similar to the ones we did in the C3NY workshops. Good luck for the future C3NY participants who are taking the course and exam. THE WORKSHOPS ARE WORTH EACH AND EVERY PENNY! Once again thanks so much Dr. Swartz and Anna. Regards, |
| October 1, 2005
Dear Dr. Swartz & Anna Lank, This is Dr. Nirmala Senthil Kumar who attended your course in August. I am glad to tell you that I passed the exam. Your course really prepared me well for the exam. Thanks a lot. Best regards |
September 2, 2005 Dearest Dr. Swartz, I have some Good News for you. I just checked my Oasis and they indicated that I HAVE PASSED.....And I cannot thank you enough for that Sir!!! But passing the Step 2-CS is the least impact that you have made in my life as a doctor. After your class I have undergone tremendous changes as a clinician and I am dying to apply those when starting my residency next year. I consider myself so lucky to have attended this workshop. As soon as the workshop started, I thought that it was going to be an extraordinary program, but after the first 2 hours on the day one, I thought that this workshop is definitely going to change the way I am going to practice medicine for the rest of my life. Considering that medicine is my life, this workshop is going to change my life. I suddenly realized that I was until now learning and practicing the “Science” of Medicine when in fact Medicine is more of an “Art”. In order to be a good doctor, I have to learn the Art of Medicine as well. And as I paint a lot, I know that you cannot learn art from text you have to study with a master. Dr. Swartz, I must say that you are a master. Please thank Anna on my behalf. Her breathing technique was so effective...and plus her suggestions with the name and all other comments...and also thanks to all the SPs for all their help.... I would recommend your course not only to all Step 2-CS examinees but also to anyone who wants to become a Good Doctor. It was my honor and extremely good fortune to have met you and have had an opportunity to learn from you....I hope I can keep learning from you in the future..... Thank You once again, Seeking Your Blessings, Your Student, |
September 1, 2005 Hi, I want to tell you something: Dr. Swartz you are really a great teacher not just because you teach well but I was so much impressed by this that how much you worked hard on us like from your heart you want everybody to understand everything and pass the step-2cs exam. I really appreciate that. You worked very hard with us. Ajay Kumar, M.D. |
| August 6, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, I am feeling excited to tell you that I just got my result of step 2 cs yesterday, and I passed it!! I took it on 14th June in Los Angeles, and I was enrolled in your May workshops. I would like to mention that this happened after a failure, and the only thing which changed between failure and success was that I attended your classes, which was one of the best learning experience in my life. On my previous attempt, I failed in Spoken English Proficiency (SEP). Before attending your workshops, I was very confused on how this workshop would affect my SEP, but I was wrong. Now, I strongly believe that following your concepts and styles of dealing with this exam affected and lifted my entire performance including SEP, which helped me to pass this exam. Things I liked the most about your workshop are: your fundamental approach and knowledge of dealing with this exam, constant feedback by you, Anna, SPs, direct interaction with your SPs who have been real SPs and watching other people performing real encounter etc. Through your workshop, I also got good friends to practice for this exam, and now we are planning for the residency together. I am really thankful to you and Anna, not only for helping me to pass this exam, but also for teaching me helpful traits toward my medical career in United States. Sincerely, |
| August 4, 2005
Hello Dr. Swartz, My name is Gulvahid, and I attended your June C3NY Step 2-CS workshops. I am very glad to inform you that I got my result and I passed. I am very much thankful to you for all the things that you taught me. Before attending the workshop, I was very concerned about the direction I should take (what was important for the exam), but you showed me the right path to take. Things that you taught me were not only helpful for the exam, but I think they will help me in my entire medical career. I am indeed most grateful to you and your excellent style of teaching. Now anyone who asks me how to prepare for exam, I tell them that they must join your class! Once again thanks. |
July 28, 2005 I want to thank you and Dr. Swartz for the inspiration and motivation. Yesterday I received my result of Step 2CS... I have cleared my exam. I was in your April/May program and took my exam in Atlanta. On the day of exam I was very nervous, because I was taking this exam for the 2nd time. But then I remembered your words," take a deep breath". Again thanks to all of you and wish you success in your C3NY workshops. Regards, Baljit Walia, M.D. |
July 27, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, I took the C3NY course in April 2005, took the exam in May, and I just learned that I passed the exam. I want to thank you both very much for all the help. Dr. Swartz, you are a wonderful teacher, and you taught exactly what we need to know for this exam. I would say you are one of the best teachers I have ever had. About the exam, I did exactly what you advised us to do, I spoke slowly and followed everything you told us to do and I passed because of you. I have been telling all my friends the good work of Dr. Swartz and will continue to do so. Thank you once again, and I wish you my best. Best regards, Abirami Tanjavur, M.D. |
| July 21, 2005
Dear Dr. Swartz, I just found out that I passed the Step 2CS Exam. As you already know, I took CS at Houston two weeks after I took your workshop in May. I definitely went to the exam with lots of confidence and clear concepts about how to deal with different SP's. I definitely benefitted from the workshop and I will highly recommend your workshop to all my friends. I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank you and the rest of the team at C3NY. Shirisha C. |
July 19, 2005 To Dr. Mark Swartz Respected Sir, Long time back, I read a famous quotation. It was "a good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others". There can never be a better way of describing your teaching at the workshop. In the middle of May, I landed in US with fear and apprehension about Step 2 CS. But things changed after I started attending your workshop in the third week of May. You gave a lucid and clear idea about the exam and also the ways to achieve success. I took the exam on 3rd June in LA with gusto and confidence. All's well that ends well. I passed. I have no words to express my gratitude for the contribution you have for helping me to pass the exam. I will also take this opportunity to thank all the SPs for their critical comments in helping to improve the performance of all the exam-takers including me who had joined the workshop. I also thank Anna and Ginny for their help. Nothing succeeds like success. With reverence, I write "SIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH" because the "Fearful trip is done...... and the prize I sought is won". May God Bless you and everyone in the workshop. I sincerely hope the hard work and effort you are putting in, will bring you more and more success in the days to come. Bye, Sincerely yours, Arindam Biswas, M.D. |
May 23, 2005
Hello Dr Swartz,
I attended your Step 2 CS 3 day workshop in Manhattan in February 2005, and sat for my exam 4 days later. I did everything as instructed, especially the communication part but felt that I had not done well. I just got my results and I passed! The 3rd day interactive session with the simulated patients was very good. You just told us what is required to pass the exam and the American way of doing things, which is very important. It is money well spent to attend such a course in order to achieve good results.
Many thanks
Yours sincerely
Dr. Naidu Kella
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| June 11, 2005 Dear Dr. Swartz and Anna, I've just received my results, and I passed Step 2-CS. The workshops were a very intensive 3 day program where I learned how to interview and examine a patient in 15 minutes. It was very focused learning. I have been able to practice it when I see my real patients in real life. It works. Thanks for all your help. I feel I am a better doctor already. Warm regards, Anoop Jalota, M.D. Native of India |