8- 12H/day, 6 days a week for 5-12M, try to be consistent
Fee
740$+140$ (International Test Delivery surcharges) =880$
Test centers
Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi
Date of exam
Date of exam
Every Wednesday, Thursday throughout the year
Exam format
Computer based exam
Total exam time
8H (1 day exam)
Tutorial
15 min
Total no. of MCQs
336
Total no of blocks
Total no of blocks
7 (each block contains 48 MCQs and lasts 1H. Beginning May 15, 2010 total no of questions in each block will be reduced to 46)
Time for break
45 min, you can take breaks between any 2 blocks but not within a block.
Subjects
Subjects
Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
Avg. time required to prepare
8-12H/day, 6 days a week for 4-8M
Fee
740$+155$=895$
Test centers
Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi
Date of exam
Date of exam
Every Wednesday, Thursday throughout the year
Exam format
Computer based exam
Total exam time
9H (1 day exam)
Total no of MCQs
352
Total no of blocks
8 (each lasts 1H and contains 44 MCQs)
Subjects tested
Subjects tested
Same as step 2 CK
Avg. time required to prepare
6-8H/day for about 1 Month
Fee
1295$
Test centers
Philadelphia, PA. Houston, TX. Chicago, IL. Atlanta, GA. Los Angeles, CA.
Date of exam
Date of exam
Every day except Saturday and Sunday throughout the year
Exam Format
Involves direct patient encounters
Total exam time
8H (1 day exam)
Total no of stations
12
Time available at each station
25 min, you are required to take history, do physical examination, determine differential diagnosis and then write down notes of 12 Simulated patients (SPs)
Subjects
Subjects
Same to Step 2 CK
Avg. time required to prepare
6-8 H/day for 1-2M
Total exam time
16 H (2 day exam)
Fee
705$
Test centers
all over USA and only in USA
Date of exam
Everyday including Saturday and Sunday
Take decision before graduation
Take decision before graduation
Start preparation after the result of final professional
Buy books
Dictionaries
Kaplan Lecture notes
MCQs books like “USMLE World for step 1” and “Q bank for step 1”
First Aid for step 1
First reading;
First reading;
Just read and try to understand Kaplan Lecture notes, don’t try to memorize
Use dictionaries aggressively
Start with physiology
Listen to Kaplan lecture notes DVDs specially Genetics and Behavioral sciences.
Second reading;
Try to memorize Kaplan lecture notes now
Add MCQs books like USMLE WORLD (UW) series and Q BANK series (Boosters).
Read pathology immediately after physiology
Third reading;
Third reading;
Read Kaplan lecture notes again and add First Aid (you would start making your own questions).
Take practice tests
Kaplan test (available on CD)
excellent test to check your speed
NBME practice test (Buy on the internet)
correlates very strongly with USMLE score
It’s time to go for exam….
Before graduation or after graduation!
Before graduation or after graduation!
Before house job, after house job or along With house job!
I want to get experience certificate
The Knowledge I gain will help me in USMLE
I am not that strong financially
Use multiple ways to learn knowledge (read books, use dictionaries, listen to class lectures, write down notes, listen to Kaplan DVDs, put notes on the walls)
Use multiple ways to learn knowledge (read books, use dictionaries, listen to class lectures, write down notes, listen to Kaplan DVDs, put notes on the walls)
Duration from graduation (less than 5 years)
Duration from graduation (less than 5 years)
US Clinical Experience (electives, research and observer ship)
Letter of Recommendations (LORs) preferably from American teachers
Time of USMLE certification
Others (how did you utilize your time between graduation and application, performance at the day of interview)
We all have brains; we just need to use our brains in the right way.
We all have brains; we just need to use our brains in the right way.
