Re: Guidance Regarding USMLE
adonis123 - 03-04-10 00:24



U can take any of the USMLE Steps.The only pre-condition is that u must have completed the first two years of yur medical school or the basic science years and yur medical school must be enlisted in the IMED (International Medical Education Directory) of FAIMER.
Most of the IMGs starting taking their USMLE exams during their Internship or just after finishing their Internship.This because by then they have studied both the Clinical and Non-Clinical subjects.As the USMLE exams r clinically-oriented so this helps them a lot to score high.Remember, these days passing with low sores is of no value.

If u first wanna take USMLE Step-1.Then here is some more info for that:
U can appear for USMLE Step-1 anytime as this exam is held round the years in many countries across the world.
Here is the high yield material for USMLE Step-1:
1.Kaplan Lecture Notes for Step-1
2.Goljan Audio for Step-1
3.USMLE World Online Q Bank
4.Kaplan Online Q Bank
5.Kaplan Q Book
6.WebPath for Histopathology Slides
7.First Aid for Step-1
8.WikitestPrep(Free Online Q Bank for Practice)
9.USMLE World Self Assessment tests (Before Exams)

Prepare at least for 5-6 months fulltime and try to score very high on it.
U can get some of the above books from leading book stores.U will have to get the photocopies of the Kaplan Lecture Notes as original material is too expensive.See if someone on the forum is willing to sell his/her material to u.U will have to subscribe online for the above mentioned Q-Banks .The websites r www.usmleworld.com and www.kaplanmedical.com .

Good Luck!