Which is BETTER & WHY ??? - msn_majid

[ArchivalUser]

Hi,
I am prep for step-3
I am doing usmleworld
But I would also like to know ----
Which is BETTER & WHY ???

KAPLAN --Q--BOOK
or
KAPLAN---Q--BANK
PLZ,I AM UNABLE TO DECIDE
GIVING THE EXAM IN NEXT MONTH

[ArchivalUser]

Here is something I suggested for someone else too:
Here is my advise:
Refresh ur step2ck knowledge, may read Crush couple of times but it's not that high yield but some says it is. Then I would get Premier course notes and CD-review them for few times. For some eg ObGyn I would refer to Kaplan Lecture(video), Surgery I would refer to Kaplan lecture(video) but do notes on premier lecture material. Then I would do NBME q's which evaluate my situation points to my weakness so that I can work on my weakness(u should plan how u want to do that). Then do UW questions with explanations. Finally review Premier review material few times before exam.

For CCS do Shaher's CD first, then USMLE123 CCS cases (just to be familier with the system but don't depend on procedure & knowledge there in real exam it's somewhat different), then finally read all the UW CCS cases (75% of exam cases are from there) few times and practice them on usmle supplied CD as there recommendation only is standard for the exam.
All the best.

[ArchivalUser]

Majid jan salam
just as an advice if you are going to take the test very soon with a good prepration go over the UW and FA .Of course if you have done your step2 recently it is worthy to review them too.
Thanks
Babak

[ArchivalUser]

Thanks a lot !!
This really helps and goes a long way in ur prep of the exam
I will keep up-dated of my prep also
Thanks, once again !!