Step II study plan for CK

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coxsackie

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Hey guys! So, let me start by telling you guys what i've done so far for my ck studying:
I've done all of kaplan videos and books for internal medicine and pediatrics. I've annotated extra information into master the boards. I take my test august 15th. i have not read ob/gyn, surgery, and psych from kaplan...i plan on just reading master the boards and u world for them.

What do you guys think? am i missing something? should i do kaplan for ob/gyn, as i feel like i don't want to just use a review source like master the boards for it. I'm confused, and starting to freak out. Also, i have not started u world yet, just bought it today.

I have heard of DIT being good too, but don't want to start another review course...seems like it's too much

HELP!!! 🙁
 
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You have plenty of time (assuming you're a US student. No idea how long IMGs take). I think most US students spend 3-4 weeks total on this and I generally advocate at least UW + step up (to med/step 2) + secrets.

I did DIT as well and was done.

I think if you have kaplan you probably don't need step up or DIT. Do Kaplan + MTB + Uworld and you will be fine. Lots of UW.
 
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OBGYN is 20% on the exam. I would suggest reading Kaplan. I was in the same boat but DIT or MTB did not help much. If you can watch Kaplan OBGYN Videos (they are worth it).
Same goes for Psychiatry.
 
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Valadi said:
It's completely random how much it ends up being. You could have a lot or a little.
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Well, it's random, but not "completely" random... if the real question bank is 10% ob/gyn, you're highly unlikely to get 30% ob/gyn questions on the test. I realize that there's a bit of variance and that we can't predict specific distributions, but it seems unreasonable to estimate that the test is 20% ob/gyn on average.
 
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shan564 said:
Well, it's random, but not "completely" random... if the real question bank is 10% ob/gyn, you're highly unlikely to get 30% ob/gyn questions on the test. I realize that there's a bit of variance and that we can't predict specific distributions, but it seems unreasonable to estimate that the test is 20% ob/gyn on average.
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Lol nitpicky, but fair enough. I do concur.
 
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