My usmle step2ck score 264/99

[carrarmatino]

Hello everyone.
Just got my score: 264/99 :D

8 weeks preparation with full time job.

Read kaplan notes once.
Did 75% of UW qbank (46 q, unused, timed mode). Average score was 72% with last 15 tests being 74%.

NMBEs:
form 1 (6 weeks before): 590 (237)
form 3 (3 weeks before): 610 (241)
form 2 (1 week before): 730 (261)

My suggestion: qbank is the most important tool.. do as many questions as you can.

Thanks everybody. This forum has been very useful for preparation.

Good luck to you, all!

G

[hunteradam07]

Hello everyone.
Just got my score: 264/99 :D

8 weeks preparation with full time job.

Read kaplan notes once.
Did 75% of UW qbank (46 q, unused, timed mode). Average score was 72% with last 15 tests being 74%.

NMBEs:
form 1 (6 weeks before): 590 (237)
form 3 (3 weeks before): 610 (241)
form 2 (1 week before): 730 (261)

My suggestion: qbank is the most important tool.. do as many questions as you can.

Thanks everybody. This forum has been very useful for preparation.

Good luck to you, all!

G
First, Congratulations on ur great score! Second, I would like to know what is ur opinion on what subjects or breakdown should i concentrate on most? I know that IM is main subject, but what about the rest? How would u breakdown CK interm of each subject important percentile? That way i can focus more my time on important subjects. Thanks

[carrarmatino]

Thank you very much hunteradam07.

As you said, IM is heavily test and I would say cardio is the most prominent feature. Valvulopaties; CHF pathogenesis, diagnosis and management; and acute coranary snd management the most tested topics. I also had 2 audio on chest auscultation in pt with PDA and one with aortic stenosis. Second to that is probably gi (bleeding and obstruction + a good amount of hepatic and gallbladder cases) and then respiratory (lung infection, pulmonary thromboembolism).
I found ob/gyn and pediatrics to be pretty equally test probably around 20%. A lot of pregnancy, delivery and post delivery management.. probably more ob than gyn.
Psych is probably around 10-15% with a lot of withdrawal/intoxications and many mood and anxiety disorders. Mosty about diagnosis, sometimes side effect of medications especially sexual disfunction with SSRI and dystonia with anti-psychotics).
Surgery is not that difficult and is mostly related to gi.

I would say that 50% is about understanding the mechanism of the disease and make the most likely diagnosis. 30% is about first step in diagnosis and then 20% about treatment.

I had a good amount of really long clinical vignettes, with many potentially correct DDs. Sometimes you have just to pay attention to a detail you just skipped at first sight (like I have one case with a young lady that could have had a post-cocain cardiac problem, but then on the EKG there was a right axis deviation with deep S1.. going back she was on OCP.. it was pulmonary embolism.. first step is therefore LMWH).

Anyway, being honest, there is not really anypart that I would suggest to skip. But if you have to decide wich topics are more relevant... definitely cardio, gi, ob and pediatrics.

Hope this helps.
Good luck.

G

First, Congratulations on ur great score! Second, I would like to know what is ur opinion on what subjects or breakdown should i concentrate on most? I know that IM is main subject, but what about the rest? How would u breakdown CK interm of each subject important percentile? That way i can focus more my time on important subjects. Thanks

[MDXRS22]

Congrats!!

That was cool!

[carrarmatino]

Thanx MDXRS22 ..
Feeling much relieved now:)
Good luck with everything.
G

Congrats!!

That was cool!

[hunteradam07]

Thanks for all the info. It will help i m sure.