STEP 2 CK SCHEM:
Duration: 5months
= 2 MONTHS (1st read) + 1 month 15 days (2nd read) +1 month DAYS (3rd
read) 8 days (4th read) +4 days (MTB
step2) 3days (MTB step3) 3 days for NBME
Materials
Needed: Kaplan series
MTB STEP2
MTB STEP3
U-WORLD SERIES
FIRST READ: 2 months (approximate)
In 1st read, one
should read system wise. e.g Cardiology, gastroenterology etc. When one system is finished, don't rush to
next system. Rather read it from MTB step2. This will cover MTB along with.
(Remember, MTB in CK is equivalent to First Aid in step 1, rather MTB is little
bit more important)
Medicine: 6
weeks
Cardiology 5
days (4+1)-4 days of Kaplan and 1 day of MTB
Gastroenterology
and Hematology 5 days (4+1)
Pulmonology 4
days (3+1)
Infectious
Disease 4 days (3+1)
Nephrology &
Electrolytes 4 days (3 +1)
Endocrinology 3
days (2+1)
Rheumatology 3 days
(2+1)
Hematology
/Oncology 3 days (2+1)
Neurology 4 days
(3+1)
Emergency
Medicine 4 days (3+1)
Preventive
Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-1
day
Opthalmology-1
day
Rdaiology-1 day
Surgery: 6 DAYS (4 +2 days)
Pediatrics: 5 days
(4 days +1)
Gynecology+
Obstetrics: 1 Week (3+2 days of Kaplan
+2 days of MTB)
Psychiatry/
Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 4 days (2+1 days of Kaplan + 1 day of
MTB)
SECOND READ: 45-50days
In second read,
in addition to revising Kaplan and MTB 2, one should add on U world. Do read
the U world notes shared on forum before reading U world. That will improve U
world scores; Read question and if the answer is right; don’t read the explanation;
just read summary; if answer is wrong; go through the explanation and summary.
Medicine:
Cardiology 4
days (3 days of Kaplan and MTB & 1 day of Uworld)
Gastroenterology
and Hematology 4 days (3+1)
Pulmonology 2
days (2+1)
Infectious
Disease 3 days (2+1)
Nephrology &
Electrolytes 3 days (2+1)
Endocrinology 2
days (1+1)
Rheumatology 3 days
(2+1)
Hematology
/Oncology 2 days (1+1)
Neurology 3 days
(2+1)
Emergency
Medicine 4 days (2+ 2 days of U world of Emergency visit)
Preventive
Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-&
Opthalmology-1 day
Rdaiology-1 day
Surgery: 4 DAYS (3 daysof Kaplan /MTB +1day of U
world)
Pediatrics: 4 days
(3days +1)
Gynecology+
Obstetrics: 6 days (2+2 days of Kaplan +2 days of U world)
Psychiatry/
Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 4 days (2+1 days of Kaplan / MTB+ 1 day
of MTB)
THIRD READ: ( 1 month)
In 3rd
read , one should revise kaplan and U world . U world takes verylesstimein3rd read
as all the questions are known by that time. So just read the notes uploaded in
the forum or read your own highlighted points and solve the questions and go ahead
MEDICINE: 18 days
Cardiology 3
days Gastroenterology and Hematology 4 days (3+1)
Pulmonology 1
days
Infectious
Disease 2 days
Nephrology &
Electrolytes 2 days
Endocrinology 1 day
Rheumatology 1 days
Hematology
/Oncology 1 day
Neurology 2 days
Emergency
Medicine 3days
Preventive
Medicine 1 day
Dermatology-&
Opthalmology-Rdaiology-1 day
Surgery: 3 DAYS
Pediatrics: 3 days
Gynecology+
Obstetrics: 4days
Psychiatry/
Behavioral sciences (statistics part): 2 days
MTB STEP2 CK: 3-4
days
Raed complete
MTB ck in 3-4 days in continuity
MTB STEP 3: (
2-3 days )
This is not
essential but if you read it, it will increase your total score by 15 marks.
Spend 2-3 days in reading it .It is same as MTB step2 with some addition
NMBE: After
reading the MTBs , take 2 NBMEs; if you score >250 , take step 2 in next 10
days; otherwise delay the date
FOURTH READ: ( 1 week)
After NBME, take
7-8 days in reading all subjects from Kaplan
MEDICINE=3 DAY S
SURGERY-1 DAY
PEDs-1 days
GYN/OBS-1 day
Psychiatry/BS-1
DAY
FINAL MTB:
Read MTB in 3-4
days and Take exam On 5 th day
NOTE: Most of
times, people get scores either equal or more than NBME score in real exam. So don’t
take exam until you get 250 or more in NBME
Article by: Waqas Nawaz ,MD