Doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of recommendations out there about what to get to study for COMLEX 3. I have all of May off and I'd like to try to study and take it ASAP to forget about it. What I've gathered from SDN is that COMBANK > COMQUEST, and some people use Master the Boards for Step 3. What say you, friends?
Posted Mar 31, 2016, 10:59 PM UTC
Number 2 pencil!!!
I used DIT, COMBANK, and reviewed my OMT pocket manual. Getting it done as early as possible is the best idea, but not a lot of programs will pay for you to take the exam. I was able to use my book fund to pay for DIT which was nice.
I used MTB, uworld and combank. But as others said, I could of gotten by with less
Review your OMM using that Savarese book because no real doctor uses that mumbo jumbo in real practice. Other than that you should be fine. I used USMLE World but that was definitely overkill.
Thanks, I was going to ask about UWorld + Savarese instead of COMBANK/COMQUEST. I'd rather go with UWorld if that's enough.
Honestly, there is very little to study. I used the remnants of my colleagues Comquest for a few days and scored very highly. If you are going into a field that will look at your step 3, I would study for maybe 2 weeks. If you are going into a field where it doesn't matter, just read the OMM book and call it good enough.
Also, I see you are a MS4. It might be in your best interest to wait and take it in residency. I was able to get the $800 fee covered through my program. If you took it before July 1, you were ineligible for reimbursement. Plus, internship is perpetual studying.
The earliest date I can even take it is after residency starts. I just want to get it out of the way ASAP so I don't have to try to study on an ICU month. I'm going to see if my program will pay for it.
This is the correct philosophy. Get that shit over with. For comlex 2, I used doctors in training and I pretty much killed it. Improved my score by over 100 points from the first one. So that's something you could consider. I'm pretty sure they have one for step 3.