Step II Which rotation more important before Step 2 CK?

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Only have space to take one of the following before my Step 2 CK: peds or ob/gyn.

So, which one is more necessary/relevant to the CK exam?
Another way to phrase, which one can I NOT teach myself well enough to do well on CK?
Put yet another way, which one of the two will I see more of on the CK exam?

Discuss.

Please and thank you!

 

[olemissbabydoc]

Neither are that high yield (unfortunately since they were my best subjects) but I'd venture to say there's more material and possible zebras in Peds. Of course I'm a bit biased...

 

[WiseGuy1]

I had very very little peds or OB on my exam. Best advice? Take your medicine clerkship again, ha.

 

[bakanoisha]

I personally had a lot of ob/gyn on mine.

 

[ASAPRocky]

Both are things you will want to know if you are looking to do very well.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I'd vote OBGYN just because I fell the things that I was tested on during the step 2 that were obgyn related would have been much harder to learn than peds, which has so much overlap with medicine.

 

[Olenadr]

I agree with mmmcdowe, I'd say Ob/gyn, I had a lot of that on my test(outside IM, was the next highest), and I hadnt done my Ob/gyn rotation/shelf and I completely messed up on Ob/gyn. I could have gained another 15-20 points easily if I got even a few Ob/gyn questions right, I think I failed them all🙁 Its a hard topic to study straight from the book.


It depends on your rotation, mine ended up being doing a lot of Paps and all, but still there are some stuff that make more sense to me now than when I studied for CK.

 

[Psychlover2013]

I would also vote for Ob-Gyn. Ob is a little different so seeing it might be helpful but neither is really necessary.