{"id":3579,"date":"2020-03-03T14:40:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T20:03:13","slug":"coronavirus-covid-19-update-for-individuals-planning-to-take-step-2-clinical-skills-cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2020\/03\/03\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-for-individuals-planning-to-take-step-2-clinical-skills-cs\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update for Individuals Planning to Take Step 2 Clinical Skills&nbsp;(CS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STATUS: All Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) centers are currently open unless an announcement states otherwise on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csecassessments.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CSEC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Medical Licensing Examination<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (USMLE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) program continues to monitor developments in the COVID-19 virus (\u201ccoronavirus\u201d) outbreak and is prepared to take appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of examinees.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued travel notices for several countries in connection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. For the most current information on affected countries, please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you reside in or have recently traveled to any country subject to a travel notice, or if you might have come in contact with anyone with suspected coronavirus infection, and\/or have concerns about your health and\/or the health and safety of those with whom you might come in contact, you are strongly encouraged to contact your registering entity to\u00a0<strong>reschedule\u00a0<\/strong>your Step 2 CS examination and request a waiver of the rescheduling fee. Contact information is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usmle.org\/bulletin\/communicating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/bulletin\/communicating\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to check the <a href=\"https:\/\/usmle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USMLE website<\/a> for updates on the potential impact of coronavirus on USMLE administrations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>For more information on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ECFMG|FAIMER programs and what we are doing in response, please visit our <\/em><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/annc\/covid-19-coronavirus.html\"><strong><em>COVID-19 (Coronavirus) web page<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATUS: All Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) centers are currently open unless an announcement states otherwise on the CSEC website. 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