USMLE Requirements Chart – iii

STATE-SPECIFIC Requirements For

USMLE Step 3:

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Idaho

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Illinois

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Indiana

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Iowa

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Kansas

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Kentucky

Source: http://usmleworldwide.com/blog/?p=1308

USMLE Requirements Chart – ii

STATE-SPECIFIC Requirements For

USMLE Step 3:

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Connecticut

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Delaware

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – District of Columbia

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Florida

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Georgia

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Hawaii

Source: http://usmleworldwide.com/blog/?p=1290

USMLE Requirements Chart – i

STATE-SPECIFIC Requirements For

USMLE Step 3:

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Alabama

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Alaska

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Arizona

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Arkansas

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – California

• USMLE STEP 3 Exam Eligibility Requirements – Colorado

                                                                             

Source: http://usmleworldwide.com/blog/?p=1257

Testing

The USMLE program has established rules to govern administration of the examinations to ensure that no examinee or group of examinees receives unfair advantage on the examination, inadvertently or otherwise. The rules include standard test administration conditions consistent with the principles on which the examinations are developed and scored. For example, examinations are designed to sample knowledge across specified content domains, and unauthorized access to examination content prior to testing violates that principle.
If there is a reason to believe that the integrity of the examination process is jeopardized, the USMLE parent organizations may invalidate all or any part of an examination. If information indicates that continued testing would jeopardize the security of examination materials or the integrity of scores, the USMLE parent organizations reserve the right to suspend or cancel test administration.

• Testing Regulations and Rules of Conduct

• Personal Items

• Admission to the Test

• Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3

• Step 2 CS

Source: http://usmleworldwide.com/blog/?p=1115

CRU Updates – November 2011

New question formats in February 2012 Step 3 Examination
One of the recommendations emerging from the Comprehensive Review of USMLE (CRU) process is that USMLE develop assessments focusing on the examinee’s ability to access relevant information, evaluate its quality, and apply it to solving clinical problems. Among the formats under development to help meet this recommendation are multiple choice questions that assess an examinee’s ability to appropriately interpret information presented both in the form of a research abstract and a pharmaceutical advertisement.
A small number of items with an associated drug ad or abstract will be introduced into the USMLE Step 3 Examination beginning in February 2012.
Pharmaceutical Advertisement (Drug Ad) Format
The drug ad item format includes a rich stimulus presented in a manner commonly encountered by a physician, eg, as a printed advertisement in a medical journal. Examinees must interpret the presented material in order to answer questions on various topics, including

• Decisions about care of an individual patient
• Biostatistics/epidemiology
• Pharmacology/therapeutics
• Development and approval of drugs and dietary supplements
• Medical ethics

Abstract Format
The abstract item format includes a summary of an experiment or clinical investigation presented in a manner commonly encountered by a physician, eg, as an abstract that accompanies a research report in a medical journal. Examinees must interpret the abstract in order to answer questions on various topics, including

• Decisions about care of an individual patient
• Biostatistics/epidemiology
• Pharmacology/therapeutics
• Use of diagnostic studies

Source: http://usmleworldwide.com/blog/?p=1021