how long did you study for step 3?

[freud]

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I'm trying to plan my schedule to take step 3. I have been doing psychiatry for awhile and will need to study alot more than someone whos been doing regular medicine stuff. any advice?
Any advice at all would be much appreciated! Please help!

 

[Jim Picotte]

I studied for about 3 weeks. This was during work so the studying was done after 6 p.m. and on weekends. I used the blueprint series and the Boards and Wards book plus the cases from the CD that they sent you. Make sure you practice these CSA cases a few times doing the correct things and the wrong things just so you can get a feel for how it works. It was a fairly difficult test and I'm not sure that my studying helped much at all but I ended up doing very well. You just need to pass though so you don't have to waste the $610 again. The hardest part was going back the 2nd day for me. Glad its done and you'll be too after it's all over. Good luck with it.