Winter Storm Update
For updates on the impact of Winter Storm Juno on USMLE administrations, please go to the Prometric website (for Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3) and the CSEC website (for Step 2 CS).
For updates on the impact of Winter Storm Juno on USMLE administrations, please go to the Prometric website (for Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3) and the CSEC website (for Step 2 CS).
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
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
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) has developed new assessment formats for possible future use in the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination. A field trial to test these new formats and measurement instruments is scheduled for August 13 and August 15, 2013, at the NBME headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. Participants in the … Read More
USMLE Takes Action Against Individuals Found To Have Engaged in Irregular Behavior The USMLE Committee for Individualized Review (CIR) meets periodically to review cases involving allegations of irregular behavior by applicants and/or examinees. At its recent meetings, the CIR heard multiple cases involving a range of alleged irregular behavior, including the following: Supplying inaccurate information … 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 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
Starting July 1, 2011, USMLE transcripts reported through the ERAS reporting system will no longer include score results on the two-digit score scale. USMLE results will continue to be reported on the three-digit scale. This affects the Step 1, 2 CK, and 3 examinations only; Step 2 CS will continue to be reported as pass … Read More
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