Step 2 CK score good enough?

[blutie202]

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I want to match in EMED:

Step 1: 219
Step 2 CK: 232 (just released)

Based purely on my scores, will I be able to match into EMED? I'm concerned my STEP 2 score is not high enough given my mediocre STEP 1 score....

 

[Rebs28]

From Charting Outcomes of the Match 2011, for Emergency Medicine:

Mean USMLE Step 1 score: matched: 223, unmatched: 207
Mean USMLE Step 2 score: matched: 234, unmatched: 214

I would think that your scores are high enough to match somewhere, depending on the rest of your application. But I know nothing about matching into EM other that what's in that document.

 

[CW3469]

If you are you a U.S. medical grad, the answer is most certainly yes based solely on scores and no red-flags

 

[Food]

Your step scores alone put you right at the middle/low tier of competitiveness - If your clinical grades are mid-level as well, you're pretty much in the middle of the pack. If you are a US MD applicant, that is not a bad place to be. Make sure you do a couple away rotations and get good SLOEs. What helps you in this case is that your Step 2 is higher than your step 1 - EM in general places a lot of importance on the step 2 scores (at least this seems to be the trend). The reason of course is that the bulk of step 2 questions resemble the majority of ED scenarios (62 y/o, CP, SOB, diaphoresis of 3 hours, EKG showing inferior lead ST elevations - which of the following is contraindicated?)

Source: A nice talk given to us by my home institution's EM program/administrators.