USMLE® Step 2 CK · chapter PREV

Preventive Medicine: USMLE® Step 2 CK topics

17 topics. Each one opens a review page with its guideline basis and key clinical sections, then links the QuestionBank questions, ChartWalk flowchart, FlashCards and ImageBank plates that share its code.

1. Breast cancer screening — who, when & how

   PREV-BRCA-0115 questions · Review Book p. 94 · 2024 USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening; 2019 USPSTF BRCA Risk Assessment

2. Cardiometabolic screening — AAA, diabetes & obesity

   PREV-CVM-012 questions · Review Book p. 101 · 2021 USPSTF Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes Screening; 2019 USPSTF AAA Screening

3. Cervical cancer screening & abnormal Pap management

   PREV-CERV-0116 questions · Review Book p. 95 · 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management; 2018 USPSTF Cervical Cancer Screening; 2026 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)/WPSI

4. Colorectal cancer screening — modality & interval

   PREV-CRC-0129 questions · Review Book p. 97 · 2021 USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening

5. Depression, anxiety & substance use screening

   PREV-MH-019 questions · Review Book p. 105 · 2023 USPSTF Depression & Suicide Risk Screening (adults); 2018 USPSTF Unhealthy Alcohol Use; 2020 USPSTF Unhealthy Drug Use

6. Healthcare-associated infection prevention bundles

   PREV-HAI-012 questions · Review Book p. 112 · 2022 SHEA/AHA/APIC/IDSA Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs

7. Immunization in special populations & contraindications

   PREV-IMM-0231 questions · Review Book p. 110 · 2025 ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule; ACIP Immunization of Immunocompromised Persons

8. Infectious disease screening — HIV, hepatitis & STIs

   PREV-ID-0120 questions · Review Book p. 104 · 2019 USPSTF HIV Screening; 2020 USPSTF Hepatitis C Screening; 2023 CDC Hepatitis B Screening

9. Lung cancer screening & smoking cessation

   PREV-LUNG-0127 questions · Review Book p. 99 · 2021 USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening

10. Medication & patient safety systems

    PREV-SYS-014 questions · Review Book p. 113

11. Occupational & environmental health exposures

    PREV-OCC-0110 questions · Review Book p. 114 · CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

12. Osteoporosis screening & treatment thresholds

    PREV-BONE-017 questions · Review Book p. 102 · 2025 USPSTF Osteoporosis Screening (women ≥65, Grade B); 2020 AACE/ACE Osteoporosis Guideline

13. Prostate & other cancer screening — shared decisions

    PREV-ONC-018 questions · Review Book p. 100 · 2018 USPSTF Prostate Cancer Screening; 2018 USPSTF Ovarian Cancer Screening

14. Routine adult immunization schedule

    PREV-IMM-0135 questions · Review Book p. 108 · 2025 ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule

15. Screening decisions — USPSTF grades & stopping age

    PREV-PRIN-0215 questions · Review Book p. 92 · 2012 USPSTF Grade Definitions

16. Screening test performance & biostatistics

    PREV-PRIN-016 questions · Review Book p. 91 · 2023 USPSTF Procedure Manual; Wilson-Jungner screening criteria (WHO 1968)

17. Violence, abuse & social risk screening

    PREV-SAFE-016 questions · Review Book p. 107 · 2025 USPSTF intimate partner violence (IPV) & Caregiver Abuse of Older/Vulnerable Adults Screening; 2012 ACOG Committee Opinion 518

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