Master the Boards USMLE Step 2 CK Fourth Edition

It is a book that teaches you to examine yourself, it is just what I need, it is not the classic book of medicine to learn, at this time I don't need that kind of knowledge, because I already have it and I am in another stage. These exam is multiple selection, and the answers are confusing and this book is the tool that will allow you to choose the correct option.

Just finished step 1 and decided to use this book to make study packets before starting my clinical rotations. Will annotate the packets during each rotation using Step Up and Uworld. I hope to have great packets to review during my dedicated study period...cheers to the next 12 months, best wishes to you all!

3.5-4, I rounded up. I wasn't sure what the best study materials for Step 2 CK were when I bought this book. Spoiler alert: it's Uworld all the way. I had the best of intentions to read this book but ended up focusing mainly on Uworld. At the beginning of my dedicated time, it was a bit too time consuming to read the chapters if you're trying to bust through 3-4 blocks of Uworld per day too. Towards the end of my dedicated time, I did read some of the book and what I read was very good. It has a more coherent way of presenting the info that ties big concepts together better than doing random Uworld questions on it, but is insufficient on its own. I thought it was very useful as a review, after doing several Uworld questions on a topic, because then you move through it quickly and it ties everything together nicely. Got a 254, read a few chapters of this book. I think it did help with those a bit. To summarize; not a necessity, but useful if you have the time.

This book is great for test taking strategies and board prep. StepUp to Medicine is a great review source, but might not be so great during dedicated. Love both, used in separated times.

I had trouble figuring out what to use for third year IM rotation. I tried online meded, step up- too detailed. This has been working for me. Fuew!

UPDATE: I scored 250s and to give a fairer review, it does highlight the truly HY points. I went back to highlight the sections that I had questions on, and every few pages for the first half of the book was marked so I just gave up. Annotating with UW is great, but the awful organization makes it so frustrating and time consuming. I also skipped most of the questions that just wasted space in the book IMO. Oncology (aside from screening guidelines) is also non-existent in here, so I went back to pathoma to review some of those sections (eg lung cancer). I supplemented towards the end flipping through FA CK for derm, sports med, and ethics - the rapid review was not as great as it was for step 1. Good luck!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Originally 1/5: It's very basic and bare bones information, which I was expecting based on some reviews. I'm fine annotating with UWorld into it, and there's plenty of space in the book to do so - but I'm digging around forever, flipping pages to figure out where the topic is because there's no pattern to how they're organized - not head to toe, not totally timeline based (for Ob), and it's infuriating. Even with the chapters it goes from cards, to ID, to allergy, then endo, then pulm, etc and I have yet to figure out why. As for the classic thought of MTB 3 for the non-IM sections - at least for Peds, there's a decent amount of standard information missing from the MTB 2 section (vaccines, chromosomal disorders) that's in 3 - so you're going to be shuffling through a lot of pages. I'd advise against buying the two MTB and just buy one First Aid or Step Up book or something. Or even not buying a text for CK and just jotting down UW notes to make your own.

I find this book very good.i did not compare it any book out there. I like the way it emphasizes on high yield and highly tested areas.

This is amazing book. I found the book like on the picture. And shipping was on time. I prefer this book to all doctors!!!