Step 2 Clinical Skills Course Preparation

The purpose of the Step 2 CS is to test your clinical and communication skills. This unique exam is a performance, so preparing for it is different from preparing for other exams which test your knowledge and application of content. The USMLE website has quite a bit of information to get you started, including a detailed description of the exam, how it is scored and orientation materials. The orientation materials include the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) Content Description and General Information booklet, an interactive practice patient note program, sample patient notes and two orientation videos.

http://www.usmle.org/Examinations/st...s_content.html


Clinical Skills courses are for students who would like hands-on preparation for the Step 2 CS exam. They allow you to do histories and physical exams on trained patients and then get detailed corrective feedback. You learn how to do all this in the allotted time, which is extremely important. Kaplan Medical offers 5 and 6 day courses, and a Practice Exam which gives you firsthand experience of the Step 2 CS exam.

If you cannot take a course, you may want to purchase a good Clinical Skills prep book, which will inform you of the proper format and communicating methods. Some books also have clinical practice cases.

ECFMG and NRMP both advise doctors to secure their CS test date earlier in the year because there is an annual rush to obtain test slots prior to the end of the calendar year. If you take it earlier, you will be able to ensure that you get a test date when you want and be confident that your Step 2CS results are available in time for the NRMP eligibility deadline in mid-February, 2010.

http://www.ecfmg.org/announce.htm#2009match

http://www.usmle.org/Examinations/st...reporting.html


All CS testing centers are reviewed regularly by NBME staff to ensure that they are all testing and scoring consistently with other CS sites, so where you take the exam should make no difference at all.

AGENDA AND PRICING FOR CS WORKSHOP:

Our next upcoming training in Chicago Illinois will start on Friday June 5th at 3:00 pm and will end on Sunday June 7th at 5:00 pm. The agenda for this training is as follows


June 5th
3:00 pm 3:15 pm AME Introduction
3:30 pm 4:45 pm Lecture on CSA
4:45 pm 5:00 pm Next day activites



June 6th
9:00 am 12:00 pm Patient encounter with faculty demo
12:00 pm 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm 4:45 pm 10 Patient encounter
4:45 pm 5:00 pm Next day activites


June 7th

9:00 am 12:00 pm Feedback
12:00 pm 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm 4:45 pm Q and A


Our enrollments are open until May 30th and will be on first come first served basis. We will be limiting the batch size to 15 and will be closing the enrollments for the month of June as soon as we meet our batch size. The fee structure is as follows


Illinois residents $1195
Out of State residents $795
Students enrolled for our USMLE coaching $695

Training for residency interviews


By faculty who has served on residency selection committees.
2 day workshop
June 20 and June 21
8 am to 5 pm
In depth inside information on residency interviews.
What interviewers are looking for ?
General format of the interviews
Dress code
Interview questions
Practice sessions


Mock interview sessions with full feedback on presentableness, body language, confidence, language, appropriateness of responses, communication.


Repeat session after feedback from faculty


16 spots only
$400 for 2 day worshop for students who have taken coaching at IAPEN centers in India
and $600 for all other students.


See and feel the difference yourself !!
Contact us at education@ame.us.com