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Can anybody advice me which books /material apart from kaplan are required for a good preparation for step 2.
Thanks in advance
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| lf777
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I liked Blueprints. Very concise and straight to the point.
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| asmi
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thanks 
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| meg
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I think the best are:-
1) Kaplan notes
2) CMDT (reference)
3) FA
4) CTB
Questions from Kaplan qbank, USMLEworld, NMS, CCSSA
Blueprints are good but they are so many different books, I think one gets a feeling of not having covered all topics finally. (just my thought)
All the best, Asmi.
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| asmi
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Hi meg,
thanks !
What is CTB and CCSSA ?
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| meg
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Hi Asmi,
CTB= Crush the Boards
CCSSA is the 2 tests you have on the NMBE.org site (yet to look them up much)
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| naisarg
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hi,,i just gave my step-1 and planning to start my step-2 studies...i have all material which u mention....can u tell me or guide me which way should i start studying..i m planning to start studying for step-2 from monday...it would be great if u guide me which way should i start ..so that i can give exams in october month.I want to study in a right direction and manner....i was lost in step-1..so meg or anyone pls.tell me...thanks in advance..any advice is appreciated..I have NMS CD,KAPLAN NOTES,Q-BOOK,CMDT,HARRISON PRETEST.CRUSH THE BOARDS,,FA2004.....PLS.PLS.TELL ME...ANY INPUT IS APPRECIATED
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| meg
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Hi naisarg,
I am half way down preparing for step 2. My observation is that Kaplan notes are the best and wholesome. They draw the boundaries for the subjects and that helps when you think of the ocean of med, peds, surg etc. So I think first one could do Kaplan notes, then qbook, then again kaplan notes, CMDT as required/personally-confusing topics, then start all the question sets you have. Then wind up with Kaplan notes, FA and CTB.
I think that is a good preparation. It helps if one can do questions twice or at least re-visit the ones you get wrong.
If you know any other tips/advice, do share with me because I am also on the road to step 2 (not finished yet),
Thanks,
All the best,
Meg
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| bluestar
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meg, where can I get Kaplan notes if you could tell me? thanks.
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| anne
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"meg" wrote:
Hi naisarg,
I am half way down preparing for step 2. My observation is that Kaplan notes are the best and wholesome. They draw the boundaries for the subjects and that helps when you think of the ocean of med, peds, surg etc. So I think first one could do Kaplan notes, then qbook, then again kaplan notes, CMDT as required/personally-confusing topics, then start all the question sets you have. Then wind up with Kaplan notes, FA and CTB.
Meg
Hi meg,
whats CMDT?:oops:
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| anne
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thanx!!
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| asmi
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thanks a lot
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| lucky
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i'm going thru kaplan notes and find them very good, i have the other books as well but have not started them a s yet.
i was wondering if u could tell me which subjects or topics to study from crush, CMTD and the other books. i 'm doing paeds now
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| leftfoot
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hey everyone....
great advice!
i m starting step 2 study too....
kaplan notes are really good no doubt.
meg, you said we should go through FA and CTB...
arent they similar books?
i havent bought either book. i wanted to find out which one is a better book to supplement kaplan....
it will be great if anyone can give any input on that.
thanks....and happy studying! 
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| anne
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i havent seen FA for step2 but heard its not as good as step1.but i bought CTB to supplement Kaplan.CTB is no doubt a good review book and i'll be one of the millions who recommend it.
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| leftfoot
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thanks for your input anne!
do you know what the latest edition of CTB...?
i went on amazon to but it and the latest they have is 2002 edition.
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| anne
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i got crush step 2 from university book store,its 2nd edition of 2003.
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| bobby
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hi anne, are you sure that it is 2nd edition 2003?
i have search for that edition but can't find it.
the latest i saw is CTB 2nd edition (November 30, 2002)
please recheck and let us know,
thanx
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| anne
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it doesnt have the title Crush the Boards,it comes with the title Crush step2(which is the new title of the book)written by the same author.its 2nd edition,but says copyrights 2003.i got it from a university book store,u may check it from a similar place and u will get it.
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