Ayman Saeyeldin (Egypt) – 257 Experience – USMLE Step 2CK | Usmle step 2 experinces
Ayman Saeyeldin (Egypt) – 257 Experience – USMLE Step 2CK
USMLE Step 2CK - 257
USMLE Step 2CK – 257
INTRODUCTION:
Dr. Ayman Saey-eldin (also known as Dr. Ayman Abdelraziq) is currently in New Haven, Connecticut and is originally from the Middle East. Like many doctors in Egypt, post – revolution are migrating to the USA to seek greener pasteurs Dr. Ayman has done the same. This is his USMLE Step 2CK experience on scoring 257.. a very good score for the step for an IMG.
In this experience, he dives deep into the multiple phases of his preparation. How he approached each subject for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam. How he used Qbanks in conjunction with books and how he prepared for his exam using Uptodate which is very beneficial to anyone preparing for USMLE as it gives all the information at one place. He also explains how he used NBME and CMS to further solidify his knowledge and understand which subjects he is weak in and which subjects he can score very well in. This experience gives a complete low down of his strategies, the methodology needed to score high on USMLE Step 2 CK and the pitfalls in the process. How to utilize Kaplan for USMLE Step 2 CK is explained here. Also hwo to use UWorld for Step 2 CK is also explained. What NBME to use when..what score to expect with which NBME and which NBME to rely on to be predictive for the USMLE Step 2 CK is explained in this article. This article shows how he used the NBMEs & CMSs to get better score on USMLE Step 2CK. This and more is covered in the article which details on how to score a 250+ on the USMLE.
Dr. Ayman is currently working in the US as a doctor after the end of his USMLE exam series. Use this experience as a guide to preparing for the USMLE Step2 CK exam.
Hello everyone, my name is Ayman Saey-eldin, I took my CK exam while I was a GP, and right now I’m a cardiology resident in Egypt.
I realize there are better experiences with more impressive scores in the files section, but I wanted to write my experience because I’ve made some mistakes that I think you should avoid and it would save you much time that I wasted during my preparation.
I will try to keep it short and detailed, what we’re gonna talk about is the following:
Intro about the CK exam and the STEP 1 dilemma
Sources
Studying phase I) the first read
Studying phase II) the questions
Studying phase III) Revision
Shelf exams / self-assessments
Tips and Tricks about the last 10 days
Final word
Some abbreviations that I’m going to use:
UW = Usmle World question bank
NBME = National board of Medical Examiners self-assessment exams
CMS = Clinical Mastery series Shelf exams
MTB = Master The Boards review book
FRED = the software that the exam is using, with 150 sample questions, available for free on the USMLE website
Now I think we’re all set, let’s start with:
Intro about the CK and STEP 1
STEP 2 CK exam is about the clinical knowledge. The main bulk of the exam is internal medicine with subsections including (Cardiology / GIT / hematology / oncology / respiratory / Renal / infection / Rheumatology and Neurology).
You also have the Pediatrics / Surgery & Trauma / ObGyn / ENT / ophthalmology / Psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
IM is large and makes up about 50% of the material. 15% is pediatrics, 10% for surgery, 10% for ObGyn, 10% for psychiatry & behavioral and 5% for the rest. So plan your schedule wisely.
That doesn’t mean the IM is more important, it’s NOT. With most of your time being spent on medicine concepts most of your problems and weak points would fall in other branches, so that’s something you should be aware of. I for one had problems with psychiatry and ethics, and with the misc subjects that I couldn’t find a good source for them, we’ll talk about that later.
