DIP Ep 653: USMLE Step 2/3 Rapid Review Series 137 (Dermatology)

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All right. Welcome. Uh, my name is Divine. Uh, this is episode six hundred and fifty-three of the Divine Intervention podcast. And in today's podcast, I'm gonna be talking about, uh, the-- I'm gonna be doing a step two, step three rapid review. Uh, this is gonna be series, uh, one hundred and thirty-seven. Right. Uh, again, I would encourage you if you missed the last one, I would really encourage you to listen to the last one. It was episode, uh, uh, six fifty-one. It was series one thirty-six. Uh, there was a bunch of, uh, just kinda weird high-yield things I emphasized, uh, that they love to test on the exams. So let's jump right into it. Right. So, and I will encourage you for this one, uh, the things I kinda plan to discuss, I would encourage you to go back, uh, have a computer in front of you, you know, and, um, just look things up. Like look up photos, look up images of these things as I discuss them, right? But what if they give you a question about a f- like a flat, you know, dark, uh, smooth skin lesion in a child, right? And typically, it's gonna be on the palms and on the soles. Typically, it's gonna be on the palms and on the soles. If you see this, I'd really hope you're saying, "Oh, Divine, uh, this is a junctional nevus. This is a junctional nevus." This is something they love to test on the exams. Uh, this is actually the most common mole in kids, right? So look this up, right? Again, remember, lesions on the palms and soles. The USMLEs, they know that everybody that has the job description medical student has memorized, uh, you know, coxsackie A with hand, foot, and mouth disease. They know you've memorized Rickettsia rickettsii, right? Um, um, you know, so with, uh, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, right? And they know you know about secondary