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Shelf Prep Study Guide

This document provides an overview of resources in the Shelf Prep Study Guide to help medical students prepare for clinical clerkships and Shelf exams. It outlines tips for success in clerkships, practice writing patient notes, overview videos of key topics, and four types of interactive questions to reinforce learning and identify gaps. The goal is to create a solid foundation for clerkship performance and preparation for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam.

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Shelf Prep Study Guide

This document provides an overview of resources in the Shelf Prep Study Guide to help medical students prepare for clinical clerkships and Shelf exams. It outlines tips for success in clerkships, practice writing patient notes, overview videos of key topics, and four types of interactive questions to reinforce learning and identify gaps. The goal is to create a solid foundation for clerkship performance and preparation for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam.

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Shelf Prep Study Guide 


 
Congratulations! 
You made it to the best years of medical school—the clinical years, where you will learn the real-life 
skills of becoming a doctor, providing patient care and navigating team dynamics. Your patients 
now become your greatest teachers and the better you care and learn about and from them, the 
more you will know. 

Clerkship evaluations depend on your preparedness, bedside manner, teamwork, and knowledge 
base. Your final grade will also be determined in part by your performance on the Shelf exam. While 
the Shelf exams serve as the focus of this course, we hope you find the guides, videos, and 
questions in Shelf Prep to be helpful throughout your time on the wards and create a solid 
foundation from which to begin your preparation for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam. 

The Guides 
Each Specialty begins with downloadable PDFs offering Tips for Success and Patient Notes. The Tips 
for Success document summarizes the clinical experience, how to prepare for your Shelf exam, and 
contains tips from current Residents and Attendings for how to excel during your clerkship. The 
Patient Notes document provides examples with detailed advice for what elements you need to 
include in your physical exams and write-ups. 

The Videos 
The videos in Shelf Prep provide a general overview of the topics you will need to know, not only for 
your Shelf exams, but also to answer questions from attendings, residents, and patients during 
your clerkships. Download the video slides PDF to preview before watching or print the file to take 
notes. Within each video, a menu in the top left links to specific topics, as listed in the description of 
each video on your Study Plan. Interactive questions allow you immediately recall the concepts 
being covered. If possible, try to avoid reading the answers in your video slides PDF to allow these 
questions to promote greater retention. 

Each Specialty’s videos can be viewed whenever you think it is most beneficial for your studies. 
Whether at the beginning, during, or end of your clerkship just before your exam, we hope you find 
the review helpful and efficient.   

The Questions 
Each Specialty offers four types of questions: 

1. Interactive questions within the videos that were already described 

2. Warm-up questions to complete before each set of videos to get your muscle memory 
moving and help you identify areas of opportunity 

3. Quiz questions to complete after each set of videos to diagnose and pinpoint any gaps in 
your understanding 

4. Assessment exams of 50-75 questions; complete 1-2 weeks prior to exam day to build 
stamina and put into practice the concepts you have reviewed throughout your clerkship 

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