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anyone else would mind giving some advice? Thanks

If you read the post, it was asking about pelvic dysfunction, not gynecological exams.

Quote: Originally Posted by MDTDO you can't do pelvic exams: http://www.brooksidepress.org/Produc...pelvicexam.htm Thanks for the link though! I was not expecting that. Kind of surprised me like the COMLEX 2 pic I had a few days ago of an anus.

I am scared of audio questions. Hope it as you say it is. I am going to quickly listen to them on youtube. MR, MS, AS, AR, PDA...anything else? VSD and ASD? Anything else?

Quote: Originally Posted by mbihlmaier I'm a MS III at a DO/MBA program who has passed both Comlex (506) and USMLE (204). I'm looking into staying in Kansas for residency because I have an underserved scholarship requirement after residency. My question is, does either KU Med or UMKC require a Step II score if you have passed both Comlex, USMLE Step I, and Comlex II. Right now looking into going into Internal Medicine with an...

So I sent an email to the NBME regarding my aforementioned question. And this is the very prompt and friendly response I received. : Thank you for your email. As you may know, our exam material is developed by committee members who are medical educators and clinicians in practice. It is their job to ensure that the material that they feel is important to the provision of safe and effective patient care is included. All of our test material is...

Quote: Originally Posted by tfom08 This is not really a question that will affect your score, to be honest. Not saying it doesn't matter, but do not worry too much about it. It is unlikely that a guideline that was just changed 1 month ago will be tested on an exam. As a general rule, topics that are controversial (those topics in UW in which there are conflicting answers to similar questions) are not asked on step 2 ck. Here's what...

It probably depends on how well you want to do. I had a world score of 59% with just 25% done and got a 229. If you're a good test taker, it seems like you will pass but may not break average (229). Good luck.

you can't do pelvic exams: http://www.brooksidepress.org/Produc...pelvicexam.htm

Agreed. They study for months, even years for the steps while most US students have only a couple of weeks of straight board studying. Quote: Originally Posted by southernIM I think it is largely due to the sheer amount of time and effort put in, not the actual source of information used. I think anyone (IMG or otherwise) who gets >270 would get that score with the same amount of effort regardless of whether they used Kaplan, FA, USMLE...