I plan to do a more comprehensive post on this later. Step 1 seemed like a complete blur whereas I was able to reason through many of the questions on Step 2 and make well-educated guesses. If I had to compare it to Step 1, this exam is slightly easier.I only had one or two of these questions total.
Compared to Step 1 or Uworld, there weren’t many questions that required multiple answers within the answer (i.e.I had about 1-2 each block with at least 3-4 questions on public health topics that I had never even heard of! I struggled with these and felt like Uworld didn’t cover them well. Even though the NBMEs are notorious for underpredicting scores, these exams serve as a great guide to understanding high yield, testable topics. There were a few questions very similar to those on the NBMEs (almost verbatim).I don’t think spending hours reviewing all of Sketchy or First Aid is worth it. There’s really no way to prepare for these. There were questions on basic Step 1 knowledge sprinkled in throughout (about 1-2 each block).Most of the questions asked, “What is your initial step in management?” All the answer choices included steps you would take to manage that patient but forced you to decide which is the best first step.It was a comprehensive exam and I didn’t feel like there was one particular subject that was more heavily covered than others.I had about 7-8 first ordered questions that covered a broad range of topics such as power, bias, relative risk, tests, and error. To my surprise, I didn’t have any questions regarding pediatric vaccine schedule or developmental milestones.Otherwise, this topic was fairly low-yield. I had a few derm images that asked 2nd or 3rd ordered questions that weren’t covered in Uworld. There were about three of these on my exam. I could not distinguish which murmur was being presented and the question stem wasn’t super helpful in giving away the answer. The audio stems of heart sounds were tough.The questions corresponding to these were fairly straight forward, “What’s the diagnosis?” “What’s the next step in management?” I had maybe 4-5 of these total. patient age, chief complaint, past medical history, review of systems, physical exam). They consisted of an admission note (i.e. Although new, these weren’t terribly hard. These questions took longer to get through so I’m glad the test writers accounted for this. The two blocks that contained the abstracts consisted of 38 instead of 40 questions. I had two abstracts and they both consisted of three questions each. These abstracts require one to interpret a study, apply it to a patient case, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the research study. But, the ones on the real exam were much more complex and required strong critical thinking skills. Ok, I think there’s an example of this in the Uworld Assessment.
Of note, timing was something I worked a lot on during dedicated since I ran out of time on many blocks during Step 1. The questions stems were shorter than most of the Uworld questions and represented NBME-style questions. This allowed me to go back through my marked questions (about 8-9 per block).
#Usmle practice test step 2 ck license
Hey all! I just finished taking USMLE Step 2 CK this past weekend and wanted to share my experience for those who may find it helpful! For those who don’t know, the USMLE is a three-part series of exams necessary to obtain a medical license in the U.S.
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