Step 3 is usually taken during the first year of residency. Step 2 CK is the last part of the USMLE taken during medical school. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) is divided into several parts taken at different times during your medical training: Step 1, Step 2 CS, Step 2 CK, and Step 3. I’d like to thank my wife Irene, my family, friends, and school for the support and preparation for this exam. I read the word again to make sure that that was really what was spelled. So given the past three long weeks, it was definitely a relief when I saw those four letters. And now, it’s here, right before my eyes. Memories of the vague questions and tricky answer choices (at the mercy of an ever-dwindling ticking time count) continued to haunt me with an uneasy feeling throughout the next three weeks while I waited for my scores to be tallied. I found no relief from being done with this monster. However, this was not the case with the CK. For most exams I have taken in my life, I’ve walked out of the testing center having a fair idea of how I did. Benjamin Laurence Ho, M.D.!īeing nine hours long with only a one-hour break in between, the CK is no doubt a mentally-demanding and exhausting exam, and by the end of the nine hours, all I wanted to do was go home, clear my mind, and think of nothing else for the rest of the day. As of October 26, 2013, I am now officially Dr. After countless hours of study, an ever-receding hairline, and lots of patience and support on my wife’s part, I’ve passed my last exam in medical school, and my last requirement for graduation. “PASS” … I can’t explain how relieved those four letters made me feel when I opened my USMLE Step 2 CK exam score report on my computer screen.

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