Medical students are under immense pressure not only to pass, but to excel at the exam, as it is the biggest deciding factor for selecting applicants to interview for residency positions. However, all ...

As medical students ramp up their UWorld practice in late spring, the USMLE program is quietly but significantly altering the testing environment for Step 1 and Step 2 CK. Beginning May 7 for Step 2 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The quantifiable nature of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 score lends itself to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The recent change in score reporting to pass/fail for the USMLE Step 1 exam is creating understandable concern ...

Scores for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) will be reported as pass/fail, not as numeric scores, the two organizations that sponsor the test announced Wednesday. The ...

The USMLE Step 1 may be pass/fail now, but mastering high-yield anatomy, physiology, and pathology remains key to clinical success. Understanding the exam’s content outline helps focus your time on ...

It is strongly recommended that students keep a permanent (PDF) copy of the USMLE score reports from the NBME website once they become available. Your score report, once released to you, will be ...

All physicians practicing medicine in the United States are required to pass a series of standardized board exams known as the United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE), which consists of the Step ...

The goal of this column is to provide you with the resources you need to excel in medical school. For more clinical resources, visit Emily Cooper's blog, Med-Source, which she maintains as a "one-stop ...

“Are you OK?” a medical school classmate asked when I snuck back into the lecture hall. I had just learned that I bombed arguably the most important test of my life. I was not OK. I was employing ...