{"id":2518,"date":"2017-08-25T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2017-09-08T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:51:57","slug":"step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to severe weather conditions in Houston, the USMLE Step 2 CS exam will not be administered at the Houston test center on Saturday, August 26. The Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC), which administers the Step 2 CS exam, is in the process of contacting affected examinees. If you are scheduled to take Step 2 CS at the Houston test center on Saturday, August 26, a member of CSEC\u2019s staff will contact you about rescheduling your exam.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this severe weather event.<\/p>\n<p>(published August 25, 2017; updated August 26, 2017)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to severe weather conditions in Houston, the USMLE Step 2 CS exam will not be administered at the Houston test center on Saturday, August 26. The Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC), which administers the Step 2 CS exam, is in the process of contacting affected examinees. If you are scheduled to take Step 2 &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More  <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-severe-weather","category-step-2-cs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ECFMG News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ECFMG-OG-1200x680-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ECFMG User3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ECFMG User3\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ECFMG User3\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6\"},\"headline\":\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":98,\"articleSection\":[\"Severe Weather\",\"Step 2 CS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/\",\"name\":\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6\"},\"description\":\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/25\\\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"ECFMG News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecfmg.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6\",\"name\":\"ECFMG User3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","description":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","og_description":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/","og_site_name":"ECFMG News","article_published_time":"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ECFMG-OG-1200x680-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"ECFMG User3","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ECFMG User3"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/"},"author":{"name":"ECFMG User3","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6"},"headline":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26","datePublished":"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/"},"wordCount":98,"articleSection":["Severe Weather","Step 2 CS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/","name":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-25T15:16:21+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-08T19:51:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6"},"description":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26 - ECFMG News","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2017\/08\/25\/step-2-cs-exam-cancelled-houston-saturday-august-26\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Step 2 CS Exam Canceled in Houston on Saturday, August 26"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/","name":"ECFMG News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8fe5f049d6a1411dc2f9ff9e34d5d8b6","name":"ECFMG User3"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}