{"id":671,"date":"2012-10-31T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=671"},"modified":"2017-09-08T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:57:28","slug":"philadelphia-step-2-clinical-skills-examination-center-closed-october-29-30-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2012\/10\/31\/philadelphia-step-2-clinical-skills-examination-center-closed-october-29-30-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Philadelphia Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination Center Closed October 29-30, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: red;\">Updated October 31, 2012: The Philadelphia test center is now open.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) test center in Philadelphia will be closed Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30, 2012 due to weather conditions. All Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examinations scheduled at the Philadelphia test center on those dates have been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Examinees scheduled to take the Step 2 CS exam at the Philadelphia test center October 29-30 are being contacted via telephone and email. If you were scheduled to take Step 2 CS in Philadelphia on October 29 or 30, please check your voicemail or email for information. CSEC staff will be in contact with affected examinees later in the week concerning make-up examinations.<\/p>\n<p>Please check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmle.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USMLE website<\/a> for updated information about when the Philadelphia test center will be re-opened. We will provide updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>We understand the inconvenience that this closure causes and appreciate your patience as we work to accommodate all examinees whose scheduled exams were cancelled due to the storm.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #888888;\">(posted October 29, 2012; updated October 31, 2012)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated October 31, 2012: The Philadelphia test center is now open. The Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) test center in Philadelphia will be closed Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30, 2012 due to weather conditions. All Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examinations scheduled at the Philadelphia test center on those dates have been cancelled. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2012\/10\/31\/philadelphia-step-2-clinical-skills-examination-center-closed-october-29-30-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More  <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","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>UPDATED: Philadelphia Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination Center Closed October 29-30, 2012 - ECFMG News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UPDATED: Philadelphia Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination Center Closed October 29-30, 2012 - 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