UWSA2 was a close second (=0.6554) and UWSA1 was a slightly distant third (=0.5973). Among the five practice tests on the survey (I apologize for forgetting about Free-120), NBME7 score had the best correlation to Step2 CK exam score (R2=0.6948). Practice exams: Now for the most important pieces of information. There are diminishing returns for long study periods. However, when dedicated study length is broken into groups of 2-week increments, there was a difference in average score between less than 4 weeks and 4 or more weeks: average score is higher for those who spent less than 4 weeks in dedicated (p=0.0009 ANOVA, see spreadsheet for pairwise t-tests).
Dedicated study length (in weeks) was not correlated with score (=0.0575), which is further established by a small effect size (-1.492) and non-significance (p=0.092) on GLM. Total study time (in days) had absolutely no correlation with score (R2=0.0006). Since the survey was started late in the year, many earlier test takers may have missed the survey. No respondents took the exam before April (with the exception of one who took it back in June 2017). I neglected to add OME to the list, with many adding it via the “other” option to a total of 22.1%.Įxam Date and Study Time: Most respondents took their exam in July (39.4%) with June (14.9%) and August (20.1%) also being popular months. Among book resources, First Aid had the lion’s share (18.1%) with Master the Boards (2.8%), Blueprints (any 1.6%), and Kaplan review notes (0.4%) and Step up to Medicine (0.8%) dragging behind. All others combined were used by less than Bros Step2. An extremely close second is Zanki Step2 (12%) Bros Step2 is a strong third contender (6.4%). Many people used some type of Anki deck, the most common being something other than the “featured” decks over at r/medicalschoolanki (14.1%). AMBOSS was the second most used QBank (7.2%), followed by Kaplan (4.8%), and finally USMLE-Rx (2%). Resources: To no one’s surprise, almost everyone used UWorld (98.8%). The overall median was 256 with an interquartile range of 245 & 264.
This is compared to the overall mean from the 2018 NRMP for matched US MDs of 246 (240 for US DOs). Results & Partial Discussion General: With an N of 249, the average Step2 CK score was 253.3 with a standard deviation of 15.6 and standard error of 0.99. For ANOVA or t-tests, variables were excluded for low sample size (2 or less). Generalized linear model (GLM) to assess multifactorial effect was performed in Matlab by a classmate with experience performing this analysis. Step2 CK score was required to submit the survey, so all who submitted the survey were included.Īnalysis: descriptive statistics, ANOVAs, t-tests, and univariate linear regressions were performed in Excel 2016. Inclusion/exclusion: There were no exclusions. Data collected included: date taken, score, practice exam scores, resources used, school type, curriculum, desired specialty, and shelf exam scores. Methods Data collection: Google survey-based data collected from those who took their exam in 2018. Regardless of data difficulties, you will do well on Step2 CK. Secondary good news from the bad news is that those more difficult or less clear areas are being improved upon for the 2019 survey. Good news is that there are several good, informational data bad news is that some things were not as granular as one would hope. For the first time ever, there is data for Step2 CK from Reddit for Reddit! After nearly four months of collecting survey responses, the results are in.
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