DIDI2usmle
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Hi everybody
I will like to know what should I do first.
Share your experience with me and help me to find a good way to make this endless travel as painfull as possible ( and shorter)
Some people tell me to take the Step 2 first because is easier than Step 1 and I need a short time to study for it but I'm still not sure. On the other hand others tell me to do the Step 1 because is more difficult to pass. 
I really prefer something easy for my first steps into this crazy world of study for second time in my life.
I'll be waiting your testimonies. Thanks in advance
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| DIDI2usmle
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hello
Anyone?
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| yogesh
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I am done with both the steps and this is solely what I felt. You're always at an advantage while taking the second test (step2 after step1 or vice versa)
But taking step-1 before step-2 helped me a big time. As I was a fresh grad and having passed the clinical subjects (med, surg, peds etc) in recent past I had the basic CK (clinical knowledge). That way I didn't feel the need for step-2 before step-1. But when it was the time for step-2, I needed a lot of informations from the basic science subjects and you are likely to have forgotten those evenif you're fresh grad.
You are likely to be asked some CK-like Qs in step-1 ( I had few ) and Step-1-like Qs in CK ( I had few more).But they are mostly quite simple and straight forward. For me it was easy to manage CK-like Qs in step1(for example diagnosing Mitral stenosis or PE based on clinical features) but couldn't have answered easy path,biochem Qs without reading them in step-1 (like pathological findings in thyroid diseases, enzyme involved in common biochem diseases like Von-Gierke.. )
My penny...
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