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
One of the recommendations emerging from the Comprehensive Review of USMLE (CRU) process is that USMLE consider ways to further enhance the testing methods used in the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination. As previously announced in the 2012 Bulletin of Information, these enhancements are scheduled for implementation in mid-2012. These changes will be introduced … 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
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) is developing new assessment formats for use in its Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination. A field trial of these new formats is planned between January 11 and January 23, 2012, at the National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA. This trial is primarily a test of new … 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
As noted in the 2012 USMLE Bulletin of Information, changes to the assessment of communication skills and patient note are planned in mid-2012. In order to introduce these changes to the examination, there will be no Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examinations from May 20 through June 16, 2012. Please note the following information regarding … 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 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) has been named a 2011 winner of The Principal® 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security. Presented by The Principal Financial Group®, The Principal 10 Best Companies is a national program recognizing growing companies that excel at helping employees build their financial futures through excellent benefits programs. … Read More
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