{"id":3467,"date":"2019-11-06T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:02:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:02:52","slug":"usmle-step-1-and-step-2-ck-content-changes-scheduled-for-mid-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2019\/11\/06\/usmle-step-1-and-step-2-ck-content-changes-scheduled-for-mid-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Content Changes Scheduled for Mid-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in mid-2020, the United States Medical Licensing Examination<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (USMLE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) examinations will include an increased number of questions assessing communication skills, system-based practice and patient safety, and legal\/ethical skills and professionalism. The length of the testing days for Step 1 and Step 2 CK will not change.<\/p>\n<p>Decisions about the balance of content on USMLE examinations are the responsibility of two groups: the USMLE Composite Committee and USMLE Management Committee. Both are composed of educators, practicing physicians, members with experience on state medical licensure boards, and public members. These committees approved the increase in the number of test items assessing the important competencies listed above.<\/p>\n<p>Timetable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning in\u00a0<strong>May 2020<\/strong>, Step 1 will include additional questions assessing communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Beginning in\u00a0<strong>June\/July 2020<\/strong>, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge will include additional questions on systems-based practice, patient safety, legal\/ethical issues, and professionalism.<\/li>\n<li>No changes to the Step 3 examination are planned during this timeframe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sample test items illustrating assessment of communications skills, systems-based practice and patient safety, and legal\/ethical skills and professionalism are provided in the<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/pdfs\/step-1\/content_step1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Step 1 Content Description and General Information<\/em><\/a>\u00a0booklet (pp. 7-11) and in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/pdfs\/step-2-ck\/Step2CK_Content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Content Description and General Information<\/em><\/a>\u00a0booklet (pp. 8-11).<\/p>\n<p>The practice materials available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/practice-materials\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USMLE.org<\/a>\u00a0will be updated in early 2020 to reflect these changes in the distribution of exam content across content categories on Step 1 and Step 2 CK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in mid-2020, the United States Medical Licensing Examination\u00ae (USMLE\u00ae) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) examinations will include an increased number of questions assessing communication skills, system-based practice and patient safety, and legal\/ethical skills and professionalism. The length of the testing days for Step 1 and Step 2 CK will not change. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2019\/11\/06\/usmle-step-1-and-step-2-ck-content-changes-scheduled-for-mid-2020\/\" 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":[8,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exam-preparation","category-step-1","category-step-2-ck"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Content Changes Scheduled for Mid-2020 - ECFMG News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK Content Changes Scheduled for Mid-2020 - 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