{"id":281,"date":"2011-10-03T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=281"},"modified":"2012-01-30T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:14:25","slug":"important-information-about-step-2-cs-testing-and-score-reporting-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2011\/10\/03\/important-information-about-step-2-cs-testing-and-score-reporting-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Information about Step 2 CS Testing and Score Reporting in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As noted in the 2012 USMLE <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/resources\/publications.html#boi\" target=\"_blank\">Bulletin of Information<\/a><\/em>, changes to the assessment of communication skills and patient note are planned in mid-2012. In order to introduce these changes to the examination, <strong>there will be no Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examinations from May 20 through June 16, 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note the following information regarding the testing schedule in the second half of 2012:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional testing sessions \u2013 including evening and weekend sessions \u2013 have been added to the calendar before and after the May\/June shutdown.<\/li>\n<li>The reporting schedule for examinees testing from June 17, 2012 through November 3, 2012 will be 2-3 weeks longer than for examinees testing during other periods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examinees who test on or before December 31, 2012 will have results reported in time for the 2013 \u201cMatch.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=52\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Step 2 CS score reporting schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As noted in the 2012 USMLE Bulletin of Information, changes to the assessment of communication skills and patient note are planned in mid-2012. 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