General Questions

[CBG23]

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So, my school makes us take Step 2 early in 4th year and I just had a couple of questions about it. It seems like there are a couple of different Step 2 exams - on the Step 2 board it lists CS, CK, CE and PE. I have heard that one of these is basically a standardized patient exam (is this CS?) and another one covers the material that we should have learned during 3rd year rotations/ for shelf exams (is this CK?).

What resources do people typically use for Step studying? Is there a central book that people use analogous to FirstAid for Step 1? If so, what is it? I assume people use a Qbank as well - is USMLE World what people typically use?

I know it's still a couple of months away, but I'd like to get a general idea of what is looming around the corner. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[engineeredout]

CK = Clinical Knowledge = Written multiple choice format like Step 1

CS = Clinical Skills = standardized patients.

Nothing as good as FA for step 1. I personally use Master the Boards USMLE Step 2. Uworld seems to be the consensus Qbank for step 2.

Did your school really not tell you anything about this?

 

[CBG23]

Thanks for the reply. They haven't told us anything specific yet except that we need to take the Step 2 in a couple of months. I think we have an info session sometime in the summer. I just kind of wanted to get a jump on it b/c I didn't do so well on Step 1...

 

[CBG23]

So, does the Step II CK only cover stuff from IM, Surgery, OB/GYN, Peds, and Psych?

Does it also cover EM or other material? I read an old post on here where someone mentioned that it would be worthwhile to take an EM rotation prior to taking this exam...