So this is practically the same as step 1, you do it at least 2-3 times, buy the six months one so you can reset it.
Offline is also present somewhere on the internet you should get and study them in the last couple of months of revision. I have personally gone through Davidson, Master the Boards, Kaplan Medicine, and Step up 2 Medicine, I can tell you, Step up 2 Medicine is hands down one of the best books! Just read it whenever you want or if your specific system is weak during CK prep.ĬMS forms are from NBME, you can buy them, but they cost a lot. But I am listing some other sources too, which helped a lot. Now there are a lot of CK questions in Uworld, not like before when it had only 1500 qs. The best thing about CK is there is only one proper source. If you are doing a job or in Med college, it will take more time, maybe double than 4-5 months If you aren't doing anything and just had a step 1, CK should only take 4-5 months. You can get a less stressful ward, and even in hectic departments, you have some time off after morning rounds when you are just chilling. Do not bitch about not having time in house job to study. Even if you score a 250 in CK, If you would have given it after Step 1, you would have probably scored a 260. It is the second exam for a reason, although you can give USMLE exams in any sequence, every SANE person gives this exam with AFTER step 1. It worked best for me, but it might not be best for you, so do what you want in this case.īefore you scroll any further, let me clear some things up. I say you take a break after every block, around 5 minutes. The break is total up to you you can utilize the whole break time in one go or divide it as needed. After the block ends, you can take a break.
Once the block starts, you cannot pause it you have to do all the questions in that block in an hour. The total number of items on the overall examination form will not exceed 320. The number of questions per block on a given examination form will vary but will not exceed 40.
These 9 hours are 8 hours of exam time, 45 minutes of the break with a free 15 minutes of the tutorial, which everyone skips so you get 1 hour of break time more or less. It is divided into eight 60-minute blocks, administered in one 9-hour testing session. Internal medicine, Obstetrics and gynecology, Pediatrics, Preventive medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery, and some other minor subjects, including Behavioral sciences and ethics. It sees what diagnosis you would think or what possible management should be given for a particular case. It judges the clinical knowledge of a person. Step 2 Ck is the second exam in the USMLE series.