If you’re preparing for your USMLE Step 2 CK exam, you may be overwhelmed by all the topics you have to prepare for. It can feel like a small, vital step on a long road to your goal of becoming a doctor. The best way to prepare for these exams is by getting really comfortable with practice questions. We’ve chosen 4 highly rated questions from the BoardVitals USMLE Step 2 CK Practice Question Bank. Can you answer them correctly?
How did you do? Whether you aced them all or missed a few, you still can use more practice.
The USMLE Step 2 CK exam lasts approximately nine hours and is considered the hardest of the three USMLE exams. It consists of eight 60-minute blocks for a total of no greater than 318 questions. According to the USMLE Step 2CK Content Outline, the topics covered on the exam are broken down as follows:
Table 1: Step 2 CK Test Specifications
- General Principles of Foundational Science: 2-4%
- Immune System: 3-5%
- Blood & Lymphoreticular Systems: 4-6%
- Behavioral Health: 6-8%
- Nervous System & Special Senses: 6-8%
- Musculoskeletal Sys/Skin & Subcutaneous Tissue: 6-10%
- Cardiovascular System: 8-10%
- Respiratory System: 7-9%
- Gastrointestinal System: 7-9%
- Renal & Urinary Systems & Male Reproductive: 4-6%
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Puerperium: 4-6%
- Female Reproductive System & Breast: 4-6%
- Endocrine System: 4-6%
- Multisystem Processes & Disorders: 4-6%
- Biostatistics & Epidemiology/Population Health: 3-5%
- Social Sciences: Legal/Ethical Issues & Professionalism/Systems-based Practice & Patient Safety: 10-15%
Table 2: Step 2 CK Physician Task/Competency Specifications
- Patient Care: Diagnosis
- Laboratory/Diagnostic Studies: 13-17%
- Diagnosis: 16-20%
- Prognosis/Outcome: 5-9%
- Patient Care: Management
- Pharmacotherapy: 8-12%
- Clinical Interventions: 6-10%
- Mixed Management: 12-16%
- Communication/Professionalism: 5-7%
- Systems-based Practice/Patient Safety: 5-7%
- Practice-based Learning & Improvement: 3-5%
Table 3: Step 2 CK Discipline Specifications
- Medicine 50-60%
- Surgery 25-30%
- Pediatrics 20-25%
- Obstetrics & Gynecology 10-20%
- Psychiatry 10-15%
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