Year 3 - Step 2/Level 2 Dedicated

The Qbanks

The overarching key to the dedicated period is to do as many practice questions as possible. Highly recommend completing your questions in TUTOR MODE, as you can see immediately why you got a question right or wrong and thus analyze your train of thought. Use your Qbank to build your knowledge, not necessarily to test your knowledge. Test and time yourself using the NBMEs instead.

At this point, you've probably done a good amount of your Qbank of choice from the shelves, so now you're left with a few choices:

1) Reset your Qbank - this is a good option to just start fresh and review everything, or at least the topics you need more practice in. Just time consuming.

2) Redo only your incorrects - also a good option and more efficient. However, potentially miss out on concepts that you guessed correctly on.

3) Switch to another Qbank - more questions you haven't seen yet! Just more monies, of course, but you're probs numb to that now.

AMBOSS Articles

This will require a subscription, but AMBOSS's articles on ethics, quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare system are generally recommended.

This study plan for ethics includes 100 questions as well.

Would also recommend checking out their other High Yield Exam Prep Study Plans, including these 200 Concepts, Screening and Vaccination, and Risk Factors.

NBME

Take as many of the NBMEs as you can, as they are from the same people who make the actual exam, so theoretically should be closest in resemblance. Below are some resources to help convert and predict your scores:

Free120s

Take these a few days before your actual exam, as they are said to be the most representative of the real thing.

Episodes

Well-regarded podcast for both shelves and boards. You can browse their site for your desired episode to fill in any gaps.

Take a look at these reddit write ups for specific episodes people found helpful for Step 2 especially:

Episode Notes

Notes created from volunteers: Episode Notes

Slight plug: I am developing a program to take audio and transcribe them to make notes, similarly to the Dr. HY notes for the shelves. The beta will be available for the public in the upcoming weeks, but in the meantime, if anyone would like to have an audio source or podcast turned into notes, feel free to reach out to me now and I can convert it.

Randy Neil's Videos

Well-regarded for both Step 1 and Step 2!

One Page Cheat Sheet

JAnki Deck

Here is a smaller Step 2 Deck (~7000 cards total) that pairs well with UWorld. Download each subject separately. Otherwise, you can use the AnKing V12 deck found on the main page.

Dirty Medicine

Good playlist to review OMM: OMM COMLEX Review Course.

Reddit-sourced Anki Deck based on the videos from the above playlist (sort by tags): Dirty Medicine OMM Anki Deck.

OMT Review by Robert Savarese

AKA, the Green Book. Also highly recommended, but stick to one resource and you'll probably be fine.

COMLEX Ethics Flashcards

Check these out for the tricky ethics questions: COMLEX Ethics Level 2.

AMBOSS OMM Study Plan

Dedicated study plan for just OMM practice questions: High-Yield Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

OMMedicine

This website includes a free OMM anki deck as well as study plans: OMMedicine Resources

Demeter Deck V4

Anki deck that encompasses OMT predominately from Savarese, but also OnlineMedEd, UWorld, and AMBOSS (sort by tags): Demeter V4

Additional Youtube Videos

Viscerosomatics: Viscerosomatics for COMLEX

Anterior Chapman's Points: How to Draw Out Anterior Chapman's Points for COMLEX

Cranial Shadow Hands: OMT: OCMM Diagnosis Part 4 - Cranial Strain Patterns (Shadow Hands Review)

Counterstrain Points: Counterstrain Treatments Easy Memorization - COMLEX Level 1/2