NBI 600

Intensive Short-term USMLE STEP II CK Preparation

Description
NBI 600 review courses of Northwestern Medical Review are short-term intensive preparations for the CK component of the
USMLE Step II examination. These courses are organized based on the bodily systems and target high-yield subjects,
concepts, and notions that are likely to be tested on the exam. Review contents of the course are: Step II CK TALLP test-
taking strategies, Internal medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine/Public
Health/Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Neurology, and Surgery. The major content emphasis, however, is given to internal
medicine. The courses are primarily offered in 3-day formats. However, on occasional basis, Northwestern Medical Review
offers the course in 3, 4, 5 and 8-day formats. The extended formats share the same study materials and services of the 3-
day courses with the exception of the length of time that is spent on the relevant subjects.

Who Should Take the Course?
These courses are primarily designed for 3
rd
and 4
th
year medical students and graduating IMGs.

Course Materials:
Step II CK Review Notes by Northwestern Medical Review
TALLP booklet adapted for the Step II
One pencil-paper pretest and 30 days of web-based question bank access
Additional notes may be provided at the discretion of lecturer(s)

Please note that in contrast to Step I courses these materials are not available for sale independent of our courses and unless specified they will be
provided on day one of the courses.

A 3-Day, 4-Day or Longer Course Formats: Which One To Choose?
At Northwestern Medical Review we firmly believe that our 3-day courses would optimally prepare students for succeeding
on their CK examinations. As such majority of the public offerings with the exception of a limited annual sections or the ones
that are designed at the request of select group of enrollees are in 3-day formats.

3-Day Course Outline*
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Introduction | General Principles |
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases |
Neoplasms | Immunologic Disorders |
Hematological Diseases | Mental
Disorders and Diseases of the
Nervous System and Special Senses |
Cardiovascular Disorders.

Diseases of the Respiratory System |
Nutritional and Digestive Disorders |
Male and Female Reproductive
Disorders | Urinary System Diseases |
Disorders of Pregnancy, Childbirth,
and the Puerperium | Disorders of the
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues |
Disorders of the Musculoskeletal
System and Connective Tissue.
Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders |
Congenital Anomalies |Conditions
Originating in the Prenatal Period |
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined
Conditions | Applied Pharmacology and
Poisoning | TALLP Test-Taking Strategies
for CBT USMLE.

*OMT/OMM is included is select sections.
* The Outline is subject to change.
** The extended formats will distribute the above topics over an extended number of up to 8 days



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February 2006, July 2006, July 2007