www.usmlesteps123.com has a small q bank and INTERACTIVE cases for ccs. The team who makes it seems impressive (see the site). Has anyone used it yet? Any feedback? Thank you.
suresubabu Forum Junior
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04/28/06 - 02:42 PM  
 
   
 
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Dont try this. They say free questions and there are none. The CCS format is uselss. It drives you crazy to tell you the least. It is not worth trying. Importantnly it is different than the current USMLE format and the practice on this makes like difficult for you in the real exam. Not worth trying.
peds101 Forum Newbie
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04/30/06 - 02:58 AM  
 
   
 
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Suresubabu,
Maybe you did not know how to use the website. When you register, you have access to 30 sample questions in their test bank for free. I registered for the full testbank and found that it was not as useful as Kaplan, but you can register for free and try it out. They do use the FRED software which is more similar to the real exam than usmleworld or kaplan but their questions are fewer and a little more expensive.
The CCS cases were very good I thought and the feedback they provide is excellent. It lets you input orders and forces you to remember orders in the same format as on the real exam. I found it is helpful to study first aid for step 3 and usmleworld ccs cases first, but they are just notes. At least on usmlesteps123 you can practice cases. You are right in that it is a little different from the real software, so I had to practice cases on the real software too.
Maybe you only saw the practice sample CCS case and not all the CCS cases. If you do all the CCS cases, I think you would find it helpful too.