When advising students on how to study for Step 2 CK, we consider a few things. Our advice depends on how much time you have, your baseline and the score you’re aiming for. Still, every study strategy should be firm on a few things — your study approach and the resources you’ll use.
Practice questions are the most important part of Step 2 CK prep — we cannot emphasize that enough. It is important to use practice tests to prepare yourself for the style of questions on the actual exam and test your knowledge to find areas of improvement. Below, we get into more details on how to approach practice questions, but as a general matter, you should put a lot of your focus and energy into working through practice questions.