studied about 30min a day for 3.5 weeks while I pooped on the toilet and then crammed for 4-5 days before the exam. Got in the 90's percentile wise. I ran outta that test center as soon as I was done. Its an awful test.
sources:
1)strong medicine, BEST SINGLE RESOURCE IMHO
2)crush step II, reread the pertinent sections. Memorized the gold standard tests, diagnostics, etc. Crush III is the same book but slimmed down.
3) flew through my boards and wards. I didn't stop and smell the roses.
4) bought and crammed High Yeild OBGYN in 2 days or so. awsome book.
5) Had an NMS step III book. Did about 25% of it. The questions were great however. Not nearly as devastating to the ego as prior NMS question books.
6)Memorized Saverice autonomics and triggerpoints again then flew through the rest of the book in 2-3 hours. Skipped the cranial and the sacral stuff entirely.
I also:
-looked at some derm pictures on the internet of rashes. 10 minutes
-read some crap about COBRA. I don't even remember what that stands for. 10 minutes.
-crammed in pediatric fevers, gut stuff, breast feeding, primary care peds garbage.
- flipped open the Dubins to relearn some BASIC ekg stuff.
Forget swanson's. waste of time IMHO.
I did NOT want to take this thing again.