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Session Overview
Understanding Step 2
Exam content and structure
Factors contributing to score
Taking Step 2
Effective test-taking
Planning your exam day
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UNDERSTANDING
STEP 2
STEP 2 DESCRIPTION:
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Normal Conditions and Disease categories (Dimension
1) - normal growth and development, basic concepts,
and general principles.
CONTENT AREAS
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Surgery
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EXAM FORMAT
9 Hour CBT Exam Day
8 1-hour exam blocks [45 q’s/block]
1 hour “break time”
Multiple Choice Questions
Single One Best Answer
Statement or question followed by THREE to
TWENTY-SIX response options.
Matching Sets
Series of questions related to a common topic.
At least two questions.
FOUR to TWENTY-SIX response options.
A small number of multiple-choice items contain
exhibits involving audio and/or video clips [USMLE
Orientation materials]
USMLE
Registration Process
http://www.nbme.org
Deadline for taking Step 2CK: February 1, 2010
http://www.usmle.org/Examinations/step2/step2
ck.html
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PLANNING YOUR EXAM PREP
Factors Contributing to
Exam Score
Knowledge
Base
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Setting Your Exam Date
Set performance goal.
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Determining Appropriate Prep
Resources
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Establish final review time
Plan on dedicated comprehensive “final review”.
Consider NBME Self Assessment #2 at beginning of
final review time.
Schedule content/day.
Allow time for review of Step 1 memorized
information [bugs, drugs].
Use untimed practice questions as major review
strategy.
Determine use of CBT functions [USMLE Tutorial].
Practice timing.
Plan on reviewing no more than a few hours on day
before exam.
Effective
Test-Taking
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COMPUTER BASED TESTING
FUNCTIONS
Mark questions to come back to later.
Annotate individual items.
Highlight text/strikeout answer options.
RESOURCES
TIME INFORMATION
REMAINING – BLOCK, DAY
TIME SUMMARY WINDOW
STANDARD LAB VALUES TABLE
APPROACHING QUESTIONS
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Greater # of Answer Options.
Read Question Stem.
Read Question “Case” – Interpret
Information as You Read Clear
Understanding Formulate Possible
Answer(s).
Look at Answer Option List for Possible
Answers.
Reread Question if Down to Two Answers -
Consider Both and Select “Best”.
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Recognize that effective test-taking
will include …….
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GOOD LUCK !!
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