... CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? :cry:

[White Al Sharpton]

I taken the MBLEx exam twice with no success.... CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? :
First test :Fail
Passing Score 630 YOUR score 615
Content Area ---------------------------- Performance
Anatomia & Physiology------------------ Good
Kinesiology--------------------------------Low
Benefits of treatment--------------------low
Pathology----------------------------------Low
Client Assessment------------------------Good
Overview-----------------------------------Fair
Guidelines for Professional Practice-----Good

Sec test :Fail
Passing Score 630 YOUR score 595
Content Area ---------------------------- Performance
Anatomia & Physiology------------------ Good
Kinesiology--------------------------------Low
Benefits of treatment--------------------Good
Pathology----------------------------------Good
Client Assessment------------------------Good
Overview-----------------------------------Low
Guidelines for Professional Practice-----Low

 

[Jane S]

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I don't know much about the test, but I can only imagine that the different sections are weighted differently. Hang in there, you'll get it. Maybe someone can give you insight into which areas are weighted higher and concentrate on those areas for next time.

3's a charm.

 

[Latise J]

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I find it interesting that on the first test, some of the areas that you scored low on were good or high on the second (which is typical- you knew what you needed to study for) but conversely, sections you did good on the first time you scored low on the second time, which is not typical.

Have you taken practice tests or gotten study guides? I'm not totally sure what resources are available for the MBLEx, but I'm sure any study guide will help (such as NCETMB material) since the publications they take information and make the questions from are basically the same. That's the best advice I can give you. Across the board, I see my students do better when they invest in stuff like that.

Good luck, and Talenyn is right... 3rd time's a charm!

 

[Pompal 09.]

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I find it interesting that on the first test, some of the areas that you scored low on were good or high on the second (which is typical- you knew what you needed to study for) but conversely, sections you did good on the first time you scored low on the second time, which is not typical.

Have you taken practice tests or gotten study guides? I'm not totally sure what resources are available for the MBLEx, but I'm sure any study guide will help (such as NCETMB material) since the publications they take information and make the questions from are basically the same. That's the best advice I can give you. Across the board, I see my students do better when they invest in stuff like that.

Good luck, and Talenyn is right... 3rd time's a charm!

Looking over that again, it seems that you might want to make kinesiology a big focus when you study. I'm sure that's a major part of the overall score along with A&P.

 

[Chirag Ashok]

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Thank u guys , I am very frustrated!

20-22 questions on Client assessment and treatment plans 17%

20-22 questions Benefits and affects of techniques 17%

15-17 questions on Pathology with contraindications and cautions 13%

5-7 questions on Massage History 5%

15-18 questions on Ethics, Boundaries, Laws & Regulations 13%

11-13 questions on Guidelines for Professional Practice 10%

12-15 questions on Kinesiology 11%

16-18 questions on Anatomy & Physiology 14%

for a total of 125 questions each exam

 

[rockin JC]

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Kinesiology is clearly a stumbling block for you, but I am curious also about how your score dropped in "Overview". Your scores in those two areas must have dropped more than your scores in other areas improved.

I feel that everyone benefits from learning more about kinesiology anyway, as it describes the body in motion. My work and study as a trainer have made me a MUCH better MT, because I can visualize the client in motion as they describe events/injuries in their life. Also, I can use that knowledge to ask questions about what they feel in different movements and quickly understand why they feel a hip symptom during walking but not when climbing stairs, or whatever. I may even ask them to perform a simple movement, and how they perform it tells me volumes about how their body is currently organized and coordinated, and where I am most likely to find key issues and secondary compensation issues.

Whatever school you had, was just the barest beginning. School training is the barest surface of an ocean of knowledge waiting to be explored. Now that you are out, put on your wet suit, jump in, and act like Jacques Cousteau. If you do, the MBLEX, NCETMB, and whatever other exams will soon appear to be painfully shallow and easy swimming.

C'mon in, the water's fine! :grin:

 

[max p]

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Hang in there.

Have you looked online for help? Here's a few sites I found. Not all of these are free, but I'm sure you could find something. There should be plenty of online testing.

http://www.iqfuse.com/flashcards/10236-MBLEX

http://www.flipkart.com/medical-massage-care-mblex-sample-book-0557208564

http://www.testprepreview.com/mblex.htm

 

[J L]

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If you are having trouble with MBlex...DO NOT ATTEMPT NCBTMB, it is much harder.

I'm not sure I would call this very encouraging..

 

[The Dark Knight.]

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It may be the most difficult entry-level cert in massage, but it is far from being the most difficult cert to get. Rolfing/Structural Integration, Orthopedic Massage, NMT (from the NMT Center), and others certainly require a much greater depth of knowledge from the practitioner, and the hardest usually include practical demonstrations of competency demonstrated over time with actual clients.

The NCETMB is a computerized multiple-choice exam for entry-level practitioners. People that can relax to take that kind of test tend to pass more easily. If you have test anxiety, it is harder. Therefore it would be good practice to do computerized practice exams under a shortened time frame. This would acclimate the test taker somewhat to the test-taking process, and hopefully help them relax and think more clearly during the actual exam.

If possible, study for the exam in an environment as close to that of the testing center as possible. Have a computer in front of you even if you are reviewing a book. Don't listen to any music that isn't present during the actual exam. Try to have the room temp similar. If you want to really get into it, wear your "test clothes" when studying, so that on test day even the feel of your clothes may help you recall information. These are some ways to take advaneforum.xxxe of "state-dependent learning" and overcome anxiety.

Hope all that helps!

 

[Tyrone C]

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Absolutely. I meant most difficult cert right out of school.

Depends on where you are. Ohio won't even accept the NCBTMB, since it's so much easier than the Ohio State Medical Board licensing exam. Same with a fair number of other states. Entry level certification means something different everywhere.

Kat

 

[8 In the corner]

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I'm a little late coming to this thread, but I get the general idea (by looking over your scores) that you may have some difficulty not only in kinesiology, but fully understanding the pathology associated with anatomy in general and putting full ideas into effect with your treatment.

Does this sound like a fair assessment?

I'd also say that if you were good in some aspects of the first test and then, that flipped on the second (as your post reflects), that the examiners are most likely pushing for harder questions in different portions of the exam, each time they give it. Possibly a fall test has more difficult pathology and a spring test has more difficult kinesiology/anatomy (or something like this). This is what they did with our National Boards (another profession). One year the Physiology exam would be heavy cardio, then neaxt heavy pulmonary, the next heavy blood/brain barrier, etc. Look into that as a possibility, and you may figure out a way to finesse-the-test a little better.

I'm not sure how many times you can re-take this particular exam, but if you have a few more shots at it, you may just want to bone up on the concepts of anatomy, pathology and movement related issues. If you get a thorough understanding of those, it seems to me that putting it into practice and the "overview" will come a bit more easily.

If you only have one more chance to take it before having to go back, then I'd suggest talking to the school you went to and/or finding someone who had dealt with the exam (and passed with flying colors) more recently and asking that person to tutor you.

11/09/10 - edited for typo

 

[Sinister]

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I can surly understand your frustration. What I had learned is that I never knew what to study because it wasn't the same test, same question, or the same format.
One time it could be on Western techniques and another time it could be on TCM. There is so much to learn and you can't prepare your self you just have to be ready for the majority of a million questions on massage.(Maybe not that many lol)
I know that's not what you like to hear, but I want you to know is keep at it nomatter how frustrating or intimadating it may be, it will happen for you. That's been my experience
Be glad to help if I can. Best of the best to you.
Mary
Pain is inevitable however, suffering is optional

 

[BitterBlue]

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Absolutely. I meant most difficult cert right out of school.

Depends on where you are. Ohio won't even accept the NCBTMB, since it's so much easier than the Ohio State Medical Board licensing exam. Same with a fair number of other states. Entry level certification means something different everywhere.

Kat

Really?! I took the OH Med Exam and found it seriously easy. I don't know my results yet so I could obviously be wrong, but after comparing answers with several of my classmates, I seem to have done really well. I got the same answers as one of the smartest people in my class. I really found this past time, December, to be so easy- in comparison to what I heard was practically impossible in June 10.

I plan on taking the MBlex soon here, I really wanted to take it already but I need to gather the funds and find some other studying materials since I didn't learn all the Eastern philosophies that are supposed to be in there too. According to one of my teachers, it will also be a breeze for me.....so this post has me a little concerned...? What types of questions were on there?


Also, when it comes to which questions, if its anything like the OH Medical Board exam, they have HUNDREDS of questions to pull from based on each section of the books the info is pulled from. Last June's questions were randomly pulled, after being used they are put aside, they will not return until 3 more tests have gone by. Decembers questions were randomly pulled from the pot MISSING last June's questions. They will not return until 3 more tests have gone by. So by that assessment, you really never know what you're going to get. Last June was supposedly extremely hard, but now all those questions are gone until December 2011. But at that point, questions from December 2009 will be in there mixing it up again. And then every now and then they add new questions, like December 2010 they were trying out lots of Hydrotherapy questions. Or throw out old questions that no longer apply. So you can't assume the next time you take the test, they are purposefully making it harder than the time before. The computer doesn't have a memory for rating whats hard and whats not.

 

[pink smiling]

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You'll have to let us know your opinion of the MBLEx as compared to your state exam, pear2apple. It's been very interesting to see the varying experiences from person to person with these tests, and sometimes students that I've seen ace through school have to take their test two or three times to pass, and other students find it very easy. Could it really just be luck with what questions you get, or do some people just have trouble with tests? Very interesting indeed.