High Yield Internal Medicine Shelf/Step 2 CK Review

This is a comprehensive review of Internal Medicine related topics for the shelf exams and Step 2 CK. This review can be the best place to start as many of the other clerkships emphasize internal medicine content as well. We start off with some practice questions, move into high-yield differential diagnoses, and then conclude with rapid review. These are most useful for NBME-style exams but can also be used to introduce yourself to a clerkship or review after a long break. To keep it around 1 hour, we concluded before covering pulmonary, renal, GI, and substance rapid review.

If there is interest, I can extend the video or upload a shorter part 2 segment covering these remaining rapid review systems.

Good luck!

Time stamps below:
Practice Questions - 0:00
Differential Diagnoses - 17:39
Rapid Review - 39:26

If you're looking for other shelf review videos, feel free to check these out:

High yield family medicine review –

High yield surgery review -

High yield OB/GYN review -

High yield pediatrics review -

Downloadable PDFs of the slides can be found at the site below:

[TFrenchHughes]

Just came out of the shelf. This review was incredibly high yield. Better than Emma Holiday was for my NBOME shelf.

[danpkr]

Thank you so much for all your videos . Great review even for the internists . If I am not mistaken the preferred treatment for dressler syndrome is ASA as opposed to NSAIDS and colchicine for typical acute pericarditis .
You really are amazing with very vast medical knowledge .
Thank you .

[vlacarde]

esmolol is easily titratable. can make adjustments to the drip without long lasting repercussion since it's a very short acting beta blocker. you can really dial in your goals. THanks for the video! taking step 2 next week. super helpful

[avibenshtein]

Hi Tim, I'm having my CK2 exam tomorrow. Your videos are just great for rapid review! thank you very very much!

[patpat_]

This review was amazing, thank you so much

[studywithmeasmr]

Dr. Tim! these reviews are so helpful! carried me thru OBGYN, Peds, and Psych. Have my Medicine self in a few days. Would love to see if you have pulmonary review. watching the other dedicated systems rn throughout the week. Thank you for the great presentations through out!

[dr.dsquare]

Awesome work! please do a 2nd part. Much appreciated!

[nonnydeking]

LOVE IT.... would appreciate it more if you discuss all your slides rather than skipping cuz one student"s strength could be another's weakness. better to push for 1hr30mins with everything reviewed than <1hr with some stuffs skipped.

[happsingh]

Request for you sir : could you possibly make a video on EKGs / ECGs please ?

[angm]

Would love to see a part 2, are you able to upload slides?

[maksatidris]

Hi, can you please give a source for the use of AC when Wells >4 in PE? Everywhere I've seen, you always do CTA first w/ those at a high pretest probability for PE. Heparin always comes after. Even up to date has this information.

[Imonaboattt]

For the second question can you explain why the answer was NOT sarcoidosis? The explanation provided afterward basically showed that all the hints you gave applied to both, so I am curious as to what the reasoning to be used there to discriminate them

[externaltv]

How would i like differentiate the symptoms of osteopenia in the elderly vs osteoarthritis or arthritis. When would you consider a dexa scan.

[kiyapenanje]

Great summary.... can you do that for pediatrics?

[mosesjacksonkarashani]

Cerebral salt wasting syndrome as a cause of hyponatremia . Is not often tested ?