Step II USMLE CK format

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Hey all,

I am taking the USMLE CK on tuesday. I am wondering if the format of the exam is similar to USMLE World or is it similar to the NBME assessment exams?

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Medicineman20 said:
Hey all,

I am taking the USMLE CK on tuesday. I am wondering if the format of the exam is similar to USMLE World or is it similar to the NBME assessment exams?

thanks
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Format is identical to UWorld. NBME is a little outdated (2 too many questions per block) and the appearance of the test is exact to Uworld.

The one thing I would say is that the questions were considerably longer when I took my test last week. I went from 15-20 min left/block to 5 min left on the real thing.
 
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Sorry slightly off topic.

How much time do we get for breaks on CK? Can we get additional time to skip the intro and go to testing sound?
 
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docbill said:
Sorry slightly off topic.

How much time do we get for breaks on CK? Can we get additional time to skip the intro and go to testing sound?
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Its identical to step 1. 15 for intro/sound check, 45 break. Can add the 15 into the 45 if you click through quickly.

Any time you finish early on a section is added to break time.
 
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