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
UPDATE: The Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) test center in Chicago reopened for all scheduled Step 2 CS examinations on August 15. The Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) test center in Chicago sustained significant damage during a recent rainstorm and is currently closed. All Step 2 CS examinations scheduled at the Chicago test center through … Read More
International medical students/graduates and graduates of Fifth Pathway programs who plan to participate in the 2012 Main Residency Match (in March 2012) are reminded that they must take Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) by December 31, 2011. As published in the 2011 Schedule for Reporting Step 2 CS Results, if you do not take Step … 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
As of July 17, 2011, all examinees taking the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination will be required to type the patient note. Examinees will not be permitted to handwrite the note unless technical difficulties make the patient note typing program unavailable. A simulation of the computerized patient note program, which examinees may use to … Read More
International medical students/graduates and graduates of Fifth Pathway programs who plan to participate in the 2012 Main Residency Match (in March 2012) are reminded that they must take Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) by December 31, 2011. As published in the 2011 Schedule for Reporting Step 2 CS Results, if you do not take Step … Read More
Effective January 1, 2011, Prometric will charge a fee if USMLE examinees change testing appointments (e.g., reschedule, cancel, change test center location) at Prometric Test Centers thirty or fewer days before their scheduled test date. No fee is charged for changing testing appointments 31 or more days prior to the first day of the scheduled … Read More
Effective July 1, 2010, funds in an applicant’s ECFMG financial account will be available for a period of two years to pay for requested services. Any funds not used during a two-year period will be forfeited to ECFMG; this means that the applicant will lose those funds. The two-year period will be calculated from the … Read More
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME) offers web-based self-assessments to help medical students and graduates evaluate their readiness for the computer-based components of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). The content of the Comprehensive Basic Science Self-Assessment (CBSSA) resembles the content of USMLE Step 1, while the content of the Comprehensive Clinical Science … Read More
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