Kaplan Lecture Notes USMLE Step 2 CK 2020

Here’s a brief description of each:

Internal Medicine:

• Focuses on diagnosing and managing a variety of diseases in adult patients.
• Topics include cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology, hematology, oncology, rheumatology, and infectious diseases.
• Emphasizes clinical reasoning, patient management, and evidence-based medicine.

Obstetrics and Gynecology:

• Covers women’s health, pregnancy, childbirth, and disorders of the female reproductive system.
• Includes prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care, gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology, and infertility.
• Focus on common presentations and management strategies.

Pediatrics:

• Focuses on the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.
• Topics include growth and development, preventive pediatrics, common childhood illnesses, congenital disorders, and pediatric emergencies.
• Emphasizes age-appropriate care and developmental milestones.

Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Ethics, Patient Safety:

• Psychiatry covers the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance abuse.
• Epidemiology focuses on the study of disease patterns, causes, and effects in populations.
• Ethics discusses the principles of medical ethics and their application in clinical practice.
• Patient safety addresses strategies to prevent medical errors and improve healthcare quality.

Surgery:

• Covers the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of surgical patients.
• Topics include general surgery, trauma, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, and surgical subspecialties.
• Emphasizes surgical techniques, patient evaluation, and postoperative care.