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CCIII – SHELF EXAM PREPARATION 2009-2010 Total Expense: $580.80

Preface: I highly suggest purchasing USMLE World for Step 2CK for a year subscription at the beginning of the third year.

You can use these questions for each of the clerkship in preparation for the shelf exams. The price is $399 for the year.

Clerkship Resource to Carry Study Text Question Bank

Shelf Study

Duration

Comments (My opinions)

Family Medicine

Pocket Medicine: The

Massachusetts General Hospital

Handbook of Internal Medicine

$59.95

Smart Phone or

Device

Case Files: Family

Medicine

Step-Up to Medicine

$44.95

Pretest Family

Medicine

$29.95

AAFP Board Review

Questions

3-4 weeks

“Case Files for Family Medicine is quite weak but is required reading for the Clerkship. Read the Ambulatory Medicine, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal sections of Step-Up. The questions are very helpful.”

Internal Medicine

Pocket Medicine: The

Massachusetts General Hospital

Handbook of Internal Medicine

$59.95

Smart Phone or

Device

Step-Up to Medicine

$44.95

MKSAP 4

USMLE World

Internal Medicine

6-8 weeks

“The Pocket Medicine is great to carry with you on rounds. Try and get through most to all of the USMLE World questions for Internal Medicine. This was absolutely the most helpful resource for the exam. Read quickly through Step-Up after doing questions. It will help to solidify the key concepts. MKSAP is great too and I suggest taking a look at these questions as well.”

Neurology

Smart Phone or

Device

Neurology Objective

Notes

NA

3-4 days

“This is not a shelf exam, it is an exam given by the Neurology Department. Only study the Neurology Notes and you will do great.”

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Obstetrics & Gynecology

Smart Phone or

Device

Kaplan:

USMLE Step 2CK Lecture Notes: Obstetrics and

Gynecology

USMLE World

OBGYN

uWISE Questions

3-4 weeks

“The Kaplan lecture notes are great. An alternative source is Blue Prints. Try and get through the questions. You will be provided with a password for uWISE.”

Pediatrics

Smart Phone or

Device

Kaplan:

USMLE Step 2 CK Lecture Notes:

Pediatrics

USMLE Step 2CK Video Lectures:

Pediatrics

USMLE World:

Pediatrics

Pretest Pediatrics

3-4 weeks

“The Kaplan Lecture notes were very helpful. There are video lectures that follow along with the notes. Get through the questions and do pretest questions only if you have time.”

Psychiatry

Smart Phone or

Device

First Aid for the

Psychiatry Clerkship

USMLE World

Psychiatry

Lange Q&A Psychiatry

3-4 weeks

“First Aid is used universally. The USMLE World questions were good. Lange Q&A was very extensive, impossible and time consuming. Only do these if you have time. I don’t know if there really is a single good source.”

Surgery

Surgical Recall

$46.95

Smart Phone or

Device

Kaplan:

USMLE Step 2CK Lecture Notes:

Surgery

USMLE Step 2CK Audio Lectures:

Surgery

USMLE World

Surgery

Pretest Surgery

5-6 weeks

“Carry Surgical Recall. Pimping question come right out of it. You truly only need the Kaplan lecture notes, the audio lectures that follow along with the lecture notes, and USMLE World questions for surgery. I’ve listed pretest, but this is really unnecessary. Contrary to popular belief, also doing NMS Surgery Casebook, First Aid, and reading Lawrence is overkill. If you work with Dr. Dayton, read the GI section in Lawrence.”

Surgical Subspecialties

Smart Phone or

Device

NA

NA

NA

“There is no exam for this clerkship.”