u/Remarkable_Ad6827

Hey everyone,

I recently took Step 1 (fingers crossed), and I've just been perusing studying for Step 2. For context, I'm a Canadian med student who just finished MS2 and moving to clerkship in a couple months. Had a question about Step 2 studying.

For Step 1, I only watched the high yield Sketchy Pharm and Micro videos. I didn't do any Anki nor did I watch all the videos, but I already feel like I will forget it soon. Is it worth going back and redoing the Sketchy Pharm and Micro videos and completing the Step 1 Anking for them? I feel like my drug knowledge is still weaker than where I would like it to be. Thankfully, the drug questions on Step 1 weren't terrible. I heard Step 2 is more about management, so would I need a strong grasp of Sketchy Pharm to be successful in Step 2?

Also is the main resource just learning from UWorld and Amboss? Are there no reputable third party resources? Just doing practice questions? And are there UWorld question links to the Anking deck or do I need to download some Chrome extension to automatically link them. I used to use the Chrome Step ToolBox Add-on to link my Step 1 UWorld questions to Anking, but I have to pay for Step 2 haha. Was just wondering if there was a free alternative.

Hey everyone,

I recently took Step 1 (fingers crossed), and I've just been perusing studying for Step 2. For context, I'm a Canadian med student who just finished MS2 and moving to clerkship in a couple months. Had a question about Step 2 studying.

For Step 1, I only watched the high yield Sketchy Pharm and Micro videos. I didn't do any Anki nor did I watch all the videos, but I already feel like I will forget it soon. Is it worth going back and redoing the Sketchy Pharm and Micro videos and completing the Step 1 Anking for them? I feel like my drug knowledge is still weaker than where I would like it to be. Thankfully, the drug questions on Step 1 weren't terrible. I heard Step 2 is more about management, so would I need a strong grasp of Sketchy Pharm to be successful in Step 2?

Also is the main resource just learning from UWorld and Amboss? Are there no reputable third party resources? Just doing practice questions? And are there UWorld question links to the Anking deck or do I need to download some Chrome extension to automatically link them. I used to use the Chrome Step ToolBox Add-on to link my Step 1 UWorld questions to Anking, but I have to pay for Step 2 haha. Was just wondering if there was a free alternative.

Hey everyone,

Been following this subreddit since I've been starting to study for Step 1. I'm a Canadian med student, and had been stressing quite a bit about this exam when I committed to take it seriously haha.

Quick question, I was originally going to book this exam for sometime in July, but I've been doing well on a couple NBMEs. Is it okay to book it for then, and then move it closer when I get some more consistent scores early on (let's say by mid June)? And is it simply just based on availability of dates for testing centers or is there also a certain amount of time I need to have between when I book and actually write the exam (eg. Could I just book the exam a few days before lol?).