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I keep getting mixed answers on this, was wondering what the importance of Step 2 CK in IM residency admissions? How does it compare in importance to clinical grades?
Thanks!
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Not important at all, it's a joke compared to Step 1 and everyone does well on it
Not to mention my CK exam was like 75-80% IMNo part of this statement is remotely true... CK is definitely important to IM programs since it focuses more on clinical reasoning. However, this year might be a little bit different because of the pandemic and PROMETRIC/USMLE's handling of administering the board exams.
No part of this statement is remotely true... CK is definitely important to IM programs since it focuses more on clinical reasoning. However, this year might be a little bit different because of the pandemic and PROMETRIC/USMLE's handling of administering the board exams.
How will the pandemic affect the way schools see scores? I feel it would remain the same in value (or even more in light of Step 1 transitioning to P/F, as well video interviews shifting the focus towards numbers more). Since a lot of people do not take Step 2 CK before interviews anyways, I feel not much will change.
LOL. Step 2 CK will get alot harder eventually now that Step 1 is P/F.Intern here.
It is definitely important. You just want to show consistency and CK is mostly IM material.
In relevance to your clinical grades, if shelf exams played a big role in your grade then it will prob correlate with you CK score to an extent.
CK is not as hard to study for as step 1. Take about 3-4 weeks and you should be fine.