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can anyone kindly tell me which CS training course is best for IMG? thanks.

I strongly recomend the one to one tutoring : CSE review.

I took Falcon reviews for csa and found it to be helpful--only because i have be out of touch for a while.

PASSCSA

c3ny, kaplan. which one is better?

You should check out the program at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Tulane. They are the only ones operated by medical schools.

I took the C3Ny Workshops in May, my exam in Phili on 6/13, and passed on 7/29. The workshops were excellent . See my reviews here (just search under Afshan). Dr. Swartz is the expert in the field. He wrote the textbook on clinical skills and was the developer of the Kaplan clinical skills CSA programs. He's now on his own this year (at www.c3ny.org). I learned about the workshops from the comments from this web site and took the 3 day program. I have recommended now 7 people who felt the same way about the workshops, and they have all passed. It is impossible to say "what's the best course" since no one takes them all, but C3NY was great for me. GL Afshan

UTMB Clinical Skills Wokshop by far.

totally agree with Afshan.
I took Schwartz C3NY in july and CS in august and passed.
Based on the techniques and exercises we did at the workshop, I realized I was practicing all wrong, and I don't think I would have passed on my own.
Dr. Schwartz is also one of the people who designed the CS test you will be taking, so his insight is valuable.

What about UW and Kaplan courses? which one is better?

another question, would you please explain the abbreviations?
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