USMLE Step 1 OnlinePrep

All New USMLE OnlinePrep!

The USMLE Step 3 OnlinePrep course is a study course based entirely online. Kaplan’s OnlinePrep course is a convenient solution which allows you to prep for your USMLE test from anywhere in the world, in your own time.

The OnlinePrep course offers you more than 60 hours of online video lectures, which are delivered by Kaplan's expert lecturers in the USA, to learn vital content needed for the USMLE step 3. You will also get a diagnostic test to establish your strengths and weaknesses, assessment tests throughout the online course, and extensive lecture notes to to aid online lectures.

Course Overview and Pricing

You can start your OnlinePrep course whenever is best for you and choose a variety of course lengths.

You will get access to an online syllabus which is easy to navigate. The course comes with over 3 hours of online video lectures which you can view whenever you want, a diagnostics test, 9 subject-based assessment tests, a full length simulated test and more. You will also get high-yield Lecture Notes to assist you in your preparation.

Course Options:

USMLE Step 3 OnlinePrep - 1 month: 750 CHF
USMLE Step 3 OnlinePrep - 3 months: 1300 CHF
USMLE Step 3 OnlinePrep + Step 3 Qbank - 1 month: 850 CHF
USMLE Step 3 OnlinePrep + Step 3 Qbank - 3 months: 1400 CHF

Course Structure

The course starts as soon as you get your Lecture Notes and are are given access to your online account. You will start the OnlinePrep course by sitting a Diagnostic Test. This will help you establish your strengths and weaknesses.

You will then use your online account to view lectures to learn vital content. Throughout the online prep course you will take 9 assessment tests on different subjects in order to measure your performance - this will help you determine what areas in which you should to focus on. You will then take a full-length simulated online exam enabling you to assess yourself in exam like conditions.

Course Materials

1 or 3 months of online access with enhanced user interface giving you the opportunity to book mark, take notes and personalise video playlists.
Over 60 hours of online video lectures delivered by expert faculty in the US
Dr. Conrad Fisher’s CCS Review.
USMLE Step 3 Diagnostic Test.
5 discipline online subject-based assessment tests.
Qbook with over 800 practice questions and test taking strategy guide.
3 Volumes of Lecture Notes that cover the following Step 3 clinical sciences:

Internal Medicine and Neurology.
Gynecology/ Obstetrics, Surgery, and Psychiatry & Ethics.
Pediatrics

Optional Qbank Add On:

USMLE Step 3 Qbank: add over 1,100 practice questions.

Test Overview

Test Overview:

2-day computerized examination.
500 multiple-choice items administered over the first day and a half of testing. These items deal with clinical situations typically encountered by a generalist physician.
The exam concludes with a half-day consisting of approximately 9 open-ended computer-based case simulations (CCS).
There are three question formats used in the multiple-choice sections of Step 3: Single Best Answer, Multiple Item Sets and Case Clusters.
This exam must be taken in the U.S.

Test Scoring:

Minimum passing score: 184/75

Registering:

Unlike the Step 1 and Step 2 examinations, the individual state medical boards administer the Step 3 eligibility requirements. Application procedures vary among the states. You should request information directly from the medical board of the state where you wish to work, or from the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSME).

Note that most of the states have designated the Federation as the initial contact for Step 3 application information.

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