USMLE

The USMLE is a three-step examination for medical licensure in the United States. It assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centred skills, that are important in health and disease and that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care. The USMLE is a professional exam that medical graduates must take to enter US postgraduate clinical medicine programmes.

If you are interested in taking the exam, first enroll in the USMLE course in IS MU. General medicine students enrolled in this course will become familiar with the literature and electronic information resources necessary for passing the prestigious USMLE exam. The Study materials section of the course contains a USMLE seminar recording.

The Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University reports our students' and graduates' results of USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK to the US Department of Education in order to administer Federal Student Aid.

DESCRIPTION OF USMLE

STEP 1

• assesses the examinee’s understanding of and ability to apply important concepts of the basic sciences to the practice of medicine, with special emphasis on principles and mechanisms underlying health, disease, and modes of therapy
• approximately 280 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), divided into seven 60-minute blocks
• one-day exam, approximately eight hours

STEP 2 CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE

• assesses the examinee’s ability to apply medical knowledge, skills and understanding of clinical science essential for the provision of patient care under supervision, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention
• approximately 318 MCQs, divided into eight 60-minute blocks
• one-day exam, approximately nine hours

STEP 3

• assesses the examinee’s ability to apply medical knowledge and understanding of biomedical and clinical science essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine, with emphasis on patient management in ambulatory settings
• Day 1: FOUNDATIONS OF INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (FIP) assesses the examinee’s knowledge of basic medical and scientific principles essential for effective health care
  Approximately 232 MCQs, divided into six 60-minute blocks
  One-day test session, approximately seven hours
• Day 2: ADVANCED CLINICAL MEDICINE (ACM) assesses the examinee’s ability to apply comprehensive knowledge of health and disease in the context of patient management and the evolving manifestation of disease over time
  Approximately 180 MCQs, divided into six 45-minute blocks and 13 computer-based case simulations (CCS); each simulation is allotted a maximum of 10 or 20 minutes of real time
  One-day test session, approximately nine hours
• you can apply for this step only after you graduate from an MD programme and obtain is ECFMG Certification.

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