It gets harder to study as 4th year progresses – I promise you.I’m a bit advocate for taking Step 2 CK early for the following reasons: Gone are the days of 1st order questions … get ready to apply all of that knowledge you built up over 3 years of medical school! For some, this comes easier than others, which is why it is important to really understand why. The best advice I can give on preparing for Step 2 CK is to do well on your third year shelf exams. This is pretty much the same advice everyone gives on studying for Step 1, but the caveat is that with Step 2, you need to build your clinical acumen. With that, I scheduled CK for Jand CS for J. After also honoring my Internal Medicine shelf exam, I felt confident that I wouldn’t need more than ~2 weeks to study for Step 2 CK. īy halfway through my second semester of M3, it was clear that something had clicked. Studying for shelf exams became routine and I was doing well on the exams. All in all, my schedule appeared to align nicely with taking Step 2 CK before July 1st. My track also had 2 weeks at the end of the year dedicated to Capstone, which we could use as we wished. My clerkship order was a perfect setup to prepare for the exam – my second to last clinical clerkship was Internal Medicine and my last clinical clerkship was Psychiatry. I scored above average on Step 1, but I knew that if I wanted a shot at top-tier residency programs, I needed to improve on Step 2. This was the view from our hotel room.Īfter I found out my clerkship order for third year, I knew that I would be taking the USMLE Step 2 CK and CS before the start of 4th year. Today’s inane image of the day: After I took Step 2 CK/CS, I rewarded myself with a relaxing vacation up in the Bay Area.
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