Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2015 Information Booklet and exam application materials, any USMLE exam applications that have been saved but not submitted via ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be deleted. If you have a saved exam application in IWA, you must complete and submit the application, including payment, by 5:00 … Read More
USMLE Physician Tasks/Competencies, a publication that provides a common organization of competencies and tasks assessed in USMLE examinations, is now available from USMLE. Examinees should read the full announcement on the USMLE website.
Updated practice materials for the Step 1 examination have been posted to the USMLE website. They include: Four blocks of downloadable practice test items, with tutorial USMLE Step 1 Sample Items booklet (PDF) USMLE Step 1 Content Description and General Information booklet (PDF) Examinees should read the full announcement on the USMLE website.
The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program recognizes the importance of providing all examinees the opportunity to learn about the design and content of its examinations and to have some exposure, before examination day, to samples of testing formats and materials. USMLE provides orientation and practice materials for all USMLE Steps and Step Components. … Read More
The USMLE Committee for Individualized Review (CIR) meets periodically throughout each year to review cases involving allegations of irregular behavior by applicants and/or examinees. At its recent meetings, the CIR heard multiple cases involving the following: falsified information, including the creation of falsified score reports soliciting and/or seeking to obtain unauthorized access to examination materials … Read More
Most score reporting of Step 1 results occurs within four weeks of testing. However, because of necessary modifications to the test item pool, there will be a delay in reporting for some examinees testing beginning the week of May 12th. The target date for reporting Step 1 scores for most examinees testing the week of … Read More
A unified content outline, which provides a common organization of content across all USMLE examinations, has been developed. Examinations released in 2014 will be built using the new unified content outline. Test specifications using the unified outline will be published in early 2014. For Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 2 CS, the changes … Read More
Effective January 1, 2014, the fee for submitting an Application for ECFMG Certification will increase from $60 to $65. The fees for those applying to ECFMG for USMLE Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), and Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) will also increase, as described below: The examination fees for USMLE Step 1 and … Read More
As stated in the USMLE Bulletin of Information and as explained in a previous posting to the USMLE website, the minimum passing score for each USMLE Step examination is reviewed periodically and may be adjusted at any time. An announcement describing a change in the Step 1 examination minimum passing score that will affect examinees … Read More
A summary of changes to USMLE planned for 2014-2015 is available on the USMLE website. This document will be updated as more information becomes available. Examinees should monitor the USMLE website for the latest information.
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