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What are best USMLE Step 2 CK and 2 CS Comprehensive Study and Review Books?
USMLE Step 2 CK
You will need 3 tools to ace the exam:
I-Revision tool
II-Studying tool
III-MCQs tool
I-Revision tool
1-Crush Step 2: The Ultimate USMLE Step 2 Review by Adam Brochert, is the most common used one for revision.
or
2-Master the Boards USMLE Step 2 CK by Conrad Fischer
or
3-First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK by Tao Le
II-Studying tool
A-Kaplan USMLE Step 2 CK lecture notes by Kaplan
or
B-Make a combination of these books
1-NMS Medicine (National Medical Series for Independent Study) by Susan Wolfsthal
2-Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology (Blueprints Series) by Tamara L. Callahan and Aaron B. Caughey
3-Blueprints Pediatrics (Blueprints Series) by Bradley S Marino and Katie S Fine
4-Blueprints Psychiatry (Blueprints Series) by Michael J Murphy and Ronald L Cowan
5- NMS Surgery (National Medical Series for Independent Study)
or Blueprints Surgery (Blueprints Series) by Seth J Karp
III-MCQs tool
1-Kaplan Medical USMLE Step 2 CK Qbook by Kaplan
2- USMLE World step 2 ck online bank by UW
3-Kaplan online USMLE Step 2 CK Qbank by Kaptest
USMLE Step 2 CS
1-Applicantguide instruction sheet/counseling.... http://clinicalskillsexamination.blogspot.com/
PLUS
2-First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS: Clinical Skills Exam by Tao Le and Vikas Bhushan
Optional but highly recommended:
3- USMLE Step 2 CS Core Cases by Phillip Brottman
4-CS Checklists: Portable review by Jennifer K. Rooney
5- CS Videos:
a- http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/pom1/videos/index.cfm
b-http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uva-clinical-skills-videos/id250063587
c-free for 15 days http://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/doccom/user/individual_logon_1.asp
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