{"id":2918,"date":"2018-08-03T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:23:02","slug":"reminder-imgs-participating-in-2019-match-should-apply-for-step-2-cs-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2018\/08\/03\/reminder-imgs-participating-in-2019-match-should-apply-for-step-2-cs-now\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: IMGs Participating in 2019 Match Should Apply for Step 2 CS Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you plan to participate in the 2019 National Resident Matching Program\u00ae (NRMP\u00ae) Main Residency Match\u00ae (in March 2019) and still need to pass Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS),\u00a0you should register now to take the examination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To help ensure that your result will be available in time to participate in the 2019 Match,\u00a0you must take Step 2 CS by December 31, 2018.<\/strong> At the time of this writing, the earliest available test date at any test center is in December 2018. If you do not register now and schedule soon, it is possible that you will not be able to obtain a test date in 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you register and schedule now, you can change your scheduled testing appointment (subject to availability) at no cost within your one-year eligibility period, provided you give notice of more than 14 days.<\/p>\n

Like ECFMG on Facebook<\/a> and follow us on Twitter<\/a> for periodic updates on the availability of Step 2 CS testing appointments. Detailed information on the results reporting schedule for Step 2 CS<\/a> is available on the ECFMG website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you plan to participate in the 2019 National Resident Matching Program\u00ae (NRMP\u00ae) Main Residency Match\u00ae (in March 2019) and still need to pass Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS),\u00a0you should register now to take the examination. To help ensure that your result will be available in time to participate in the 2019 Match,\u00a0you must take … Read More <\/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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-step-2-cs"],"yoast_head":"\nREMINDER: IMGs Participating in 2019 Match Should Apply for Step 2 CS Now - ECFMG News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"REMINDER: IMGs Participating in 2019 Match Should Apply for Step 2 CS Now - 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\/2018\/08\/03\/reminder-imgs-participating-in-2019-match-should-apply-for-step-2-cs-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REMINDER: IMGs Participating in 2019 Match Should Apply for Step 2 CS Now - 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