Registering for Step 3

[Maxfli]

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So I know this question has been asked a ton and I've went back through the old posts, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't screwing this up.

I'm just starting residency in Ohio which has a 9 month window before you can take Step 3. So I've heard you can register for the test in CT, take it wherever, but than what do you do after that to switch it back over to Ohio?

Also, I've tried registering and it asks me what state I would like to take the exam for. I'm assuming you just keep putting CT for everything and don't mention Ohio at all.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

-Maxfli

 

[sarabara]

you can register for it in any state in which you meet the requirements. ie ct
you can physically sit and take it in any anywhere ( in a testing center) ie atl
you do not need to "switch it back" to ohio.
hope this answers your question!

 

[Maxfli]

you can register for it in any state in which you meet the requirements. ie ct
you can physically sit and take it in any anywhere ( in a testing center) ie atl
you do not need to "switch it back" to ohio.
hope this answers your question!

It does, thanks 👍

 

[Law2Doc]

So I know this question has been asked a ton and I've went back through the old posts, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't screwing this up.

I'm just starting residency in Ohio which has a 9 month window before you can take Step 3. So I've heard you can register for the test in CT, take it wherever, but than what do you do after that to switch it back over to Ohio?

Also, I've tried registering and it asks me what state I would like to take the exam for. I'm assuming you just keep putting CT for everything and don't mention Ohio at all.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

-Maxfli

I'm not so sure I see the wisdom in rushing to take Step 3 through another state to circumvent your own state's requirements. Depending on what you are doing residency in, there actually is a ton of benefit to having 9 months of clinical experience before taking this test. Although you will have less time to study as an intern than before, you certainly will do on a daily basis a lot more things that are relevant to this test. There's a lot of things that become knee jerk reactions as an intern that you may be hazy on as a med student if you just try to remember from World. Just my 2 cents.

 

[sarabara]

there are both pros and cons to taking it early. obviously, some things become easier to answer after you have done an intern year. for me, however, having a solid month or so to study, without having to work/ be on call was the better option. so it depends on you- if you are a very good multi tasker, can stick to a study schedule on top of the work load of the first year of residency- then wait to take it. if not, and you have some free time now, id say go for it and take it now (after you feel comfortable with your predicted score from NBME/UW etc). I was encouraged to take it early, and am so glad that its out of the way now!

 

[Maxfli]

I'm not so sure I see the wisdom in rushing to take Step 3 through another state to circumvent your own state's requirements. Depending on what you are doing residency in, there actually is a ton of benefit to having 9 months of clinical experience before taking this test. Although you will have less time to study as an intern than before, you certainly will do on a daily basis a lot more things that are relevant to this test. There's a lot of things that become knee jerk reactions as an intern that you may be hazy on as a med student if you just try to remember from World. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for the advice. My situation is a little different though. I'm in an Anesthesiology residency and the way our schedule is set-up basically I'm doing about 6 months of typical intern rotations, than I start into my CA-1 rotations and fill in the rest of my PGY-1 rotations over the course of the next couple years. With it set-up that way, I wanted to get Step 3 done before I started into my Anesthesia rotations and the reading involved with them.

-Max