education and training

This book is the closest simulation to the actual Step 2 board questions that I have yet reviewed. The length of questions and level of difficulty were commisserate with the exam material. The CD-ROM companion is helpful in practicing questions and becoming comfortable using the computer to do so. I still recommend an additional book, such as Prescription for the Boards, for systematic review of subject areas, with utilization of NMS for test questions.Combined, these make a very complete home review.

I'm a practicing Canadian MD who wanted to pick up the USMLE Step 2 exam. This book was really quite good in that the vast majority of the example questions were in the same format as the actual computer-based exam, though the hardest questions in the book were harder than the most difficult ones on the exam. Over-all a very worthwhile study aid for the person who more or less knows the material but needs practice writing exams. It would be even better if it was on disk in the EXACT same format as the exam, but as a book it was excellent.

This has many review questions for step 2 but there are many that are not representative of the type of questions on the actual exam. Some questions are way too specific and not clinically based. If one is looking for a book with a lot of practice questions it does have that to offer but many of them are not helpful in preparation for the exam.