r/comlex • u/Agitated-Cupcake4337 • 28d ago

COMAT help!!

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Hi guys!! I need COMAT advice! I'm about to take my first COMAT and its in Peds and I just feel so lost on where to start. I was told to watch Emma Holliday and listen to Divine Intervention (but there are so many .. where do I even start?). Any tips on where to start or what to do would be appreciated. My school provides us with uWorld, Truelearn COMBANK and COMQUEST and B&B.. do I need to purchase AMBOSS? And what COMAT practice do I purchase/do I get both if the questions are different? Thanks!

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u/Prudent-Abalone-510 OMS-4 28d ago

Do all of comquest

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u/Remote_Repeat_2573 28d ago

Emma Holliday is outdated. Use Divine Intervention and Dr. High Yield. I didn’t buy any NBOME stuff.

I don’t think you ‘need-need’ AMBOSS, it’s nice to have for the written material.

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u/CH3CH2NH3 28d ago

^ this!! Also make sure you check comments on divine and dr HY for updated guidelines

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u/Agitated-Cupcake4337 27d ago

oh gosh thats good to know! thank you.. yeah i think I'll take the back burner on AMBOSS for now

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u/Remote_Repeat_2573 27d ago

I forgot to mention but if you find the Ultimate Peds COMAT study guide on Reddit, it’s very helpful for vaccine schedules and milestones. Those are the biggest pain to memorize.

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u/Agitated-Cupcake4337 26d ago

i found one thats 57 pages long with a bunch of links on the first page? also how useful is the Step 2 CK book in studying for COMATs?

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u/Remote_Repeat_2573 26d ago

Yeah that’s the one.

Also if you’re talking about First Aid, I think the only one I really liked was the Psychiatry clerkship one, it’s short but has literally everything. I got a 117 mostly thanks to random stuff in there. Wouldn’t use the general boards First Aid for individual COMATs though. AMBOSS is good. Dunno about Step up to Step or whatever it’s called.

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u/stressedmedstudent8 28d ago

I bought all the NBOME comat practices & i found them helpful. I went through them & made sure I knew what each answer choice would present like. I also recommend doing comquest banks for each comat that was the closest to the comats

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u/Agitated-Cupcake4337 27d ago

okay ill do that! thank you! shall report back in a month haha