Welcome to Step Prep!

Hello! My name is Adam Zakaria and I am a current preliminary intern at Kaiser Santa Clara who will be completing my dermatology residency at UCSF.

Throughout my medical education, I developed study strategies that have enabled me to master NBME content (see below) and have pursued extensive teaching opportunities to help other students attain similar success. Based on these experiences and identified gaps in study resources, I created Step Prep with two main objectives:

1) Provide free, high-quality answer explanations to NBME practice exams

2) Provide affordable, effective medical education services for students preparing for their Step 1 exam, Step 2 exam, Step 3 exam and clerkship shelf exams

If you are interested in NBME answer explanations for Step 2CK and shelf practice exams, please click on specific menu items above. If you are interested in gaining my insight into succeeding on these exams and/or obtaining a personalized study schedule, please click on the Tutoring button above or the Study Guides and Personalized Study scheduled button above. If you are interested in developing a solid foundation for biostats, please click on the Biostatistics curriculum button above and check out my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1Ukl4pm5QK9iw6h4MB_Hw). If you would like to get in contact with me for any other reasons, please use the contact button in the menu above. Good luck with your studying!

Verified Score Reports:

Step 1 (Feb 2020): 268 (99th percentile)

Step 2 (March 2020): 273 (98th percentile)

Step 3 (September 2022): 273 (100th percentile)

Psychiatry Shelf (June 2019): 90 (93rd percentile)

Ob-Gyn Shelf (July 2019): 89 (95th percentile)

Medicine Shelf (October 2019): 92 (99th percentile)

Surgery Shelf (November 2019): 87 (97th percentile)

Neurology Shelf (December 2019): 97 (100th percentile)

Note: We take Aquifer exams for Family Medicine and Pediatrics clerkships, and therefore I do not have NBME score reports for those examinations

We are not affiliated with the NBME, USMLE or AAMC.

The answer explanations may not be reproduced or distributed, in whole or in part, without written permission of Step Prep.