Step 3 • Live Practice

Computer-Based Case Simulations (CCS)

Built by clinicians, MDSteps CCS Cases simulate real-time patient care: timed orders, evolving vitals, physiology‑driven responses, and outcome scoring. Practice safe, decisive management under pressure.

Timed flow Live vitals Safe‑order prompts Post‑case analytics
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Select a case

Filter by system, setting, difficulty, and estimated time. Read the chief complaint and start the clock.

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Manage in real time

Order tests, meds, and consults; monitor vitals; advance the timeline. Safe‑order prompts reduce unforced errors.

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Review & learn

Outcome score, annotated timeline, and why‑right/why‑wrong rationales with key learning points per decision.

CCS Cases for USMLE® Step 3: Practice Management That Mirrors the Exam

Preparing for USMLE Step 3 means demonstrating safe, efficient patient management across emergency, inpatient, and clinic settings. Our library of computer-based case simulations (CCS cases) is designed to build the exact skills the exam measures: prioritizing critical actions, placing appropriate next-best orders, tracking vitals and labs in real time, and choosing the right disposition. Each case includes concise teaching points and outcome-based feedback so you understand why a plan works—not just which orders to click. Whether you’re tightening sepsis resuscitation, managing DKA, or navigating postpartum hemorrhage, practicing with realistic CCS scenarios helps convert guidelines into fast, exam-day decisions and stronger clinical judgment.

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CCS — Common Questions

Timed decisions, order processing latency, dynamic vitals, and physiology rules for fluids, vasopressors, oxygenation, and antibiotics. Imaging and consults return on a clock.

We weight early recognition and safe stabilization (airway, breathing, circulation), time to antibiotics for sepsis, appropriate test selection, and disposition. A missed critical action triggers deductions with feedback.

Yes. You can pause the timer; however, analytics record total elapsed case time for realism.

Every case ends with a timeline review and key pearls linked to guideline snippets for fast reinforcement.

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