Usmle step 3

[Justin4563]

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any of you guys take step 3 yet and know how it is???? is it a walk in the park or are they trying to fail people

 

[ghostcow]

Ah crap, I had forgotten about step3. Sigh, at least I will have plenty of time to study next year. I mean how hard can this intern thing be.
PEACE

 

[theD.O.C.]

Step 3 is more clinically based. It tests you not only on your fund of knowledge but your decision making ability (ie what's the best possible tx in this scenario when there are multiple right answers). It focuses on primary care mgmt (IM, Peds, OB/Gyn, surg).

That being said, I felt that Step 3 was the least intense of all the steps esp. after completing an internship in IM which is strongly featured on the exam. I took the exam after I finished intern year and studied off and on for around 2 months using Swanson's Family Practice Review (tm). It's a Q&A book with clinical scenarios.