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clinical skills
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12.26.07Passing Standards for Step 2 CS and Step 2 CK Increased!The USMLE Step 2 Committee has decided to increase the passing standards of the Step 2 CS and Step 2 CK Exams. Step 2 CS Passing Standard Increase! Performance levels required to pass the Step 2 CS examination have increased in two of the three Step 2 CS subcomponents. Those categories affected are Communication and Interpersonal Skills (CIS) and Spoken English Proficiency (SEP). There will be no change to minimum passing requirements for the Integrated Clinical Encounter (ICE) subcomponent of Step 2 CS. If this increase in passing standards were applied ...
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12.14.07IMGs Participating in 2009 Match Should Take Step 2 CS by August 2008International medical students/graduates, including participants/graduates of Fifth Pathway programs, who need to pass Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) to participate in the 2009 Match (in March 2009) are strongly encouraged to take Step 2 CS by August 2008. Traditionally, there has been high demand for testing appointments in the period from September through December. For 2008, demand for testing appointments in the period from September through December is expected to be even higher than in past years. At the time of this writing, the earliest available test date at any test center was in May 2008. Additionally, test sessions at all test ...
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12.14.07All watches to be prohibited during Step 2 CS testingactually i don't know why they made this decision, prohibiting watches ? anyway , here's the announcement published on the USMLE official site with no extra comment !!!!!!!!!!!! All watches to be prohibited during Step 2 CS testing - starting January 1, 2008 USMLE will be modifying procedures such that all watches will be restricted from the testing area for the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) Examination, beginning January 1, 2008 [Posted November 30, 2007] Currently, USMLE procedures allow Step 2 CS examinees to have analog watches that do not have computer communication and/or memory capability. However, because it has become increasingly difficult to accurately ...
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07.13.06step 2 cs experience by doc179Hi I wanted to write my experiences and suggestions after getting the result but then realised that I wont be able to write in detail or answer any question correctly as with time I am forgetting abt the cases I encountered. The exam was day before yesterday in Houston. Everything went well except the SP encounter part of the day. I was very nervous and was going blank. The first 3-4 cases I had no idea what they might have...especially one of them was a psychiatric condition and I even now do not know what his DDs might be. So I ...
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07.10.06Review of Standards for Step 2 Clinical SkillsThe USMLE Step 2 Committee is responsible for setting and monitoring pass/fail standards for the Clinical Knowledge (CK) and the Clinical Skills (CS) examinations. Initial standards for the CS examination were set by the Committee in November 2004. Because this process was completed with less than a full year’s cohort of examinees, the Committee decided to closely monitor cumulative data on CS during the following year and to undertake a review of the CS standards in the Spring of 2006. This review process is underway and will be completed in the last half of June 2006. One of the possible outcomes ...
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07.10.06Change in Minimum Passing Requirements for Step 2 Clinical SkillsThe USMLE Step 2 Committee is responsible for setting and monitoring pass/fail standards for the Clinical Knowledge (CK) and the Clinical Skills (CS) examinations. Initial standards for the CS examination were set by the Committee in November 2004. Because this process was completed with less than a full year’s cohort of examinees, the Committee decided to closely monitor cumulative data on CS during the following year and to undertake a review of the CS standards in the Spring of 2006. This review has been completed. Based upon the review, the Step 2 Committee has decided to raise the performance levels ...
