Best USMLE Step 2 CK Review Books

[StepTaker]

In this thread we vote for the best USMLE Step 2 CK Review Books.
To approve any of the books listed in the poll just check them.
To disapprove any of the books listed just leave them unchecked.
If you want to suggest other books please start a new thread and we'll be adding your suggestion to this poll.

[DarkKnight]

First Aid for the CK sucks! Unlike FA for Step 1 it's very bad and is not useful at all

[rasheed]

The new second edition of Deja Review for the CK is now out
Check this News Article
New Deja Review Series Out

[ChrisHouse]

I used the Step 2 CK BIBLE. I think it's relatively new, it was more thorough than the other books I looked at.

[USMLE-Story]

Lange Outline Review is under voted here.
It's great book that has everything you need for the CK

[Sabio]

Kaplan Medical USMLE Master the Boards Step 2 CK by Conrad Fischer has been added to the poll today as it is just released.
For more info about the release please read here Kaplan Medical USMLE Master The Boards Step 2 CK

[atr88]

thanks for your hard working, but i think the result of this poll will have low precision, say why?
because in short time that an applicant will have for preparing for exam, he/she will have time only for reading (and reviewing) only 1 or maximum 2 books mentioned in this poll.
what we choose for reading depends on what we have heard from our friends and it seems most of applicants agree on KAPLAN LECTURES BOOK, i chose it too but i can't say what the result would be if I'd chosen another book.

[Sabio]

Originally Posted by atr88

thanks for your hard working, but i think the result of this poll will have low precision, say why?
because in short time that an applicant will have for preparing for exam, he/she will have time only for reading (and reviewing) only 1 or maximum 2 books mentioned in this poll.
what we choose for reading depends on what we have heard from our friends and it seems most of applicants agree on KAPLAN LECTURES BOOK, i chose it too but i can't say what the result would be if I'd chosen another book.

While your point is valid, I disagree with you about the uselessness of the poll. Because the fact that a book is popular it means it's the best, it wouldn't be popular in the first place if it was not compared to others by early adapters.
Moreover, I know several students who choose to have a look at many references and then they choose one of them to continue their prep which means there's still an element of comparison in such a poll.
Also, this poll is dynamic. It's changing with time. You can see for example that MTB for CK has already gained 8 vote even it was just released recently.

[futureharvard]

Originally Posted by DarkKnight

First Aid for the CK sucks! Unlike FA for Step 1 it's very bad and is not useful at all

Hello
I think you are right about previous editions but step2ck FA 7th edition is really good , i am being able to score 70% in tutor mode on Umleworld , however i need a lot more prepation to go smoothly in the timed mode but still i can find the answers by studying step2ck only.
However i used the following two resource:
- i read and studied kaplan notes surgery ( good)
- i read part of kaplan OBGYN (good)
As for peds First aid enough
for people who studied step1 or studied internal medicine very welll during third or 4th years clerckships First aid step2 ck is enough with USMLEworld however , at the end of the road each of us has different IQ , lifestyles and studying styles .Good luck

[Dr. Salama]

Originally Posted by ChrisHouse

I used the Step 2 CK BIBLE. I think it's relatively new, it was more thorough than the other books I looked at.

Hey, can you elaborate on what you liked, and did not like about the step 2 CK BIBLE? It is fairly new, and I can not find any reviews for it, so your opinion on it would be very helpful. Thanks.

[SHICE]

Although it's not a review book I find CMDT an excellent resource. In fact I am doing a parallel CMDT-MTB for CK review and i find that MTB really is a collection of notes from CMDT.

[Mr_Blake]

hey guys.. I find that Step Up 2 USMLE is really under rated here..its way higher on Amazon...why is that ??

[nikhilesh]

greetings!!!
has anyone used 'passing the usmle:ck' ???????
was wondering how good is it, seems concise n small...

[drciri]

mine was the same question.it has excellent reviews in amazon..is it really good than FA

[StepTaker]

New edition released
New Edition of the FA for CK

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[Novobiocin]

What about USMLE Step 2 Recall.
Did anyone use it?

[Fami]

Hi
I'm really confused. I want to plan for preparing for step 2ck. at first I wonna study Broad&Wards. When I opened the book I saw something, there were some topics in contents list that I thought that there aren't in exam references. you know, I thought that the exam just includes Internal medicine, OBS/GYN, Pediatric, Surgery, Psychiatry, Ethics and Preventive medicine but in this book I saw these too:
Family medicine, Neurology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Emergency medicine.
now I don't know what should I read. please and please guide me.
thank you, wish you the best