Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG would like to remind applicants that the USMLE program is introducing new rules on repeating USMLE examinations. Time between Examination Attempts The USMLE program sets rules on how quickly examinees can repeat the same Step or Step Component. As previously published, these rules will change for exam applications submitted on or after January 1, … Read More
Effective January 1, 2012, the fees for those applying to ECFMG for USMLE Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), and Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) will increase. The examination fees for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK will increase from $780 to $790 for each exam registration. The examination fee for Step 2 … Read More
As was reported previously, the USMLE program has begun the process of eliminating the reporting of results on the 2-digit score scale to parties other than the examinee and any state licensing authority to which the examinee sends results. Because USMLE will continue to report the 2-digit score to examinees and to state licensing authorities, … Read More
The ECFMG 2012 Information Booklet and the 2012 exam application materials are now available on the ECFMG website. For Step 1/Step 2 CK, you can use the 2012 materials to apply for: available Step 1/Step 2 CK eligibility periods ending in 2011 (September 2011-November 2011 and October 2011-December 2011) and all Step 1/Step 2 CK eligibility periods … Read More
It was recently announced that starting July 1, 2011, USMLE would begin the process of eliminating the reporting of results on the 2-digit score scale to all score users except the examinee and the state licensing authority to whom results are reported at the examinee’s request. Other users of USMLE results who have focused on … Read More
The USMLE program is introducing a limit on the total number of times an examinee can take the same Step or Step Component. When this limit takes effect, an examinee will be ineligible to take a Step or Step Component if the examinee has made six or more prior attempts to pass that Step or … Read More
The USMLE Program sets rules on how quickly examinees can repeat the same Step or Step Component. These rules will change for exam applications submitted on or after January 1, 2012. For exam applications submitted before January 1, 2012, the current rules apply. The current rules are: For the computer-based examinations (Step 1, Step 2 … Read More
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
Items with an associated drug ad or abstract will be introduced into the USMLE Step 2 CK examination beginning in August 2011. Updated Step 2 CK Orientation and Practice Materials are available on the USMLE website. View full announcement.
Starting on or around August 3, a transition period will begin in which the number of items in current forms of the Step 2 CK examination will change from 352 items to 346 items. Because of this change, as well as routine modifications to the test item pool, there will be a delay in score … Read More
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