A joint Program of the federation of state medical boards of the united states, inc
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- SCORING AND SCORE REPORTING
- REGISTRATION ENTITY TO REQUEST A SCORE RECHECK, VISIT
- IMPORTANT You must pass all three subcomponents of Step 2 CS (ICE, CIS, SEP) in a single administration to obtain the
- Taking a Step examination to familiarize yourself with the examination format, or for any reason other than to pass, is prohibited and may limit your future access to the USMLE.
- IMPORTANT If you have information that an examinee or other person or entity has, or may have, compromised the security of the
- IMPORTANT Test preparation courses and materials are available from individuals and companies not associated with the USMLE. It is
- Scoring and Score Reporting
- COMMUNICATING WITH THE USMLE PROGRAM
- EXAMINATION TYPE OF APPLICANT REGISTRATION ENTITY AND CONTACT
- Attention: Test Administration
- Attention: USMLE Secretariat
- FLEX
SCORING AND SCORE REPORTING EXAMINATION RESULTS AND SCORING For up-to-date information on minimum passing scores, examination performance data, and general scoring methodology, please visit the USMLE website . SCORE REPORTING Score Availability Results for computer-based examinations (Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3) are typically available three to four weeks after your test date. However, release of results may take longer for various reasons. When selecting your test date and inquiring about results, you should allow at least eight weeks to receive notification that your score report is available. For Step 2 CS results, you should refer to the Step 2 CS Score Reporting Schedule . For more specific information about potential scoring delays, please visit the Announcements section of the USMLE website
. When your score is available, you will receive an e-mail notification from your registration entity. Your score report will remain available on your registration entity’s website for approximately 120 days from the date of the e-mail notification. After the score report is removed from the website, your scores will only be provided to you in the form of an official transcript, for a fee, through your registration entity. Visit the USMLE website
for more details, including how to request a transcript for you or for a third party. Reporting to Third Parties The NBME reports the results of the USMLE to LCME- and AOA-accredited medical school programs for their students and graduates. For Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 2 CS, if you do not want your results reported to your medical school, you must send a signed request to the NBME , which must be received at least 10 business days before your scheduled test date. For Step 3, you must indicate your reporting preference on your application. The ECFMG may provide the results of the USMLE to international medical schools for their students and graduates. For Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 2 CS, if you do not want your results reported to your medical school, you must submit a request for each examination administration, via the ECFMG website , at least 10 business days before your scheduled test date. Examination data (including performance information and recorded patient encounters) from USMLE examinations may be used by the USMLE program or made available to third parties for research and other purposes in the legitimate interests of the USMLE program. In such instances, the data will be confidential, and individual examinees will not be identified. If you do not wish your exmination data to be made available for such purposes, you must advise the USMLE Secretariat in writing no later than 30 days before your administration. Incomplete Scores If you do not open every block of your Step 1, Step 2 CK, or Step 3 examination, your examination may not be scored and the attempt may be reported as an "incomplete" on your USMLE transcript. www.usmle.org 21 2018 Bulletin of Information REGISTRATION ENTITY TO REQUEST A SCORE RECHECK, VISIT: NBME http://examinee.nbme.org/interactive
http://www.ecfmg.org/forms/steprchk.pdf
http://www.fsmb.org/licensure/usmle-step-3/cost-and-fees
For Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3, when a request for a score recheck is received, the original response record is retrieved and rescored using a system that is outside of the normal processing routine. The rechecked score is then compared with the original score. For Step 2 CS, the ratings received from the standardized patients and from the Physician Note raters are retrieved, resummed, and reconverted into final scores to verify the accuracy of the original outcome. Encounters and patient notes are not re-rated and videos are not rereviewed during the recheck. SCORE VALIDITY The performance of examinees is monitored and may be analyzed to detect aberrancies that raise questions about the validity of scores. The USMLE program reserves the right to cancel scores that are at or above the passing level if the USMLE program has a good faith basis for questioning whether they represent a valid measure of knowledge or competence as sampled by the examination. Questions about score validity may result from irregular behavior
(please refer to the Irregular Behavior section of this BOI on pages 24-25) or other factors. If there are questions related to the validity of your score, your score report may be delayed, or any further reporting or verification of such scores may be withheld, pending completion of further review and/or investigation. You will have an opportunity to provide information that you consider relevant. After review and analysis of all available information, scores will either be classified as valid and will be reported, or scores will be canceled and will not appear on your record. If scores are canceled, you will be advised of the options for retaking the examination. Anyone who has received a report of scores that are later canceled will be notified. www.usmle.org 22 2018 Bulletin of Information SCORING AND SCORE REPORTING For Step 2 CS, if you leave the test early or otherwise fail to carry out one or more of the cases, your performance may be assessed on those cases you completed. If, based on the performance of the completed cases, a pass/fail determination cannot be made, the attempt may be recorded as an incomplete on your USMLE transcript. To avoid misinterpretation and to protect your privacy, the USMLE program does not provide scores or outcomes by telephone, e-mail, or fax to anyone. Additionally, the scoring process is not expedited or accelerated for any individual or group. SCORE RECHECKS For all Steps and Step Components, a change in your score or in your pass/fail outcome based on a recheck is an extremely remote possibility. A rigorous process is used, including a double scoring method involving independent scoring systems, to ensure accurate results; to date, the score recheck process has not resulted in a score change. However, a recheck will be performed if you submit a written request and service fee to your registration entity. Your registration entity must receive the request no later than 90 days after your result was released to you.
ANOMALOUS PERFORMANCE Anomalous performance and/or unusual testing history may impact your access to the USMLE. If your performance raises concerns about your readiness to test or your motivation to pass, the USMLE program reserves the right to restrict your future access to its examinations and/or to impose conditions on future access. Do not test if you are not able or not ready on your scheduled test date.
www.usmle.org 23 2018 Bulletin of Information SCORING AND SCORE REPORTING IRREGULAR BEHAVIOR IRREGULAR BEHAVIOR DEFINED Irregular behavior includes any action by applicants, examinees, potential applicants, or others that could compromise the validity, integrity, or security of the USMLE examination process. IMPORTANT If you have information that an examinee or other person or entity has, or may have, compromised the security of the USMLE or intended to do so, please contact the USMLE or call your registration entity immediately . EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR BEHAVIOR Specific examples of conduct that may be deemed to be irregular behavior include, but are not limited to, the following: seeking, providing, and/or obtaining unauthorized access to examination materials providing false information or making false statements on or in connection with application forms, scheduling permits, or other USMLE-related documents taking or attempting to take an examination for which you are not eligible taking an examination for someone else or engaging someone to take an examination for you seeking, providing, or obtaining unauthorized assistance during the examination or attempting to do so making notes of any kind while in the secure areas of the test center, except on the writing materials provided at the test center for this purpose failing to adhere to any USMLE policy, procedure, or rule, including instructions of the test center staff verbal or physical harassment of test center staff or other examination staff, or other disruptive or unprofessional behavior during the registration, scheduling, or examination process possessing any unauthorized materials, including, but not limited to, photographic equipment, communication or recording devices, fitness and tracking monitors, and cell phones, in the secure testing areas
altering or misrepresenting examination scores or outcomes unauthorized reproduction by any means, including, but not limited to, reconstruction through memorization and/or dissemination of copyrighted examination materials by any means, including the Internet communicating or attempting to communicate about specific test items, cases, and/or answers with another examinee, potential examinee, or formal or informal test preparation group at any time before, during, or after an examination failure to cooperate fully in any investigation of a violation of the USMLE rules IMPORTANT Test preparation courses and materials are available from individuals and companies not associated with the USMLE. It is unlawful for any test preparation service or program to use, disclose, distribute, or solicit content from recent test takers, or to otherwise provide access to questions or answers from actual USMLE examinations. If there is evidence that you enrolled in, participated in, or used any test preparation program or service that distributes, provides access to, or uses the USMLE questions or answers, or provides a forum for others to share such information, your registration and/or testing may be canceled, your scores on the USMLE may be withheld or canceled, and you may be subject to further sanctions.
www.usmle.org 24 2018 Bulletin of Information www.usmle.org 25 2018 Bulletin of Information IRREGULAR BEHAVIOR IRREGULAR BEHAVIOR – INVESTIGATION PROCESS If the USMLE program receives information suggesting that an individual has engaged in irregular behavior the USMLE program will conduct an investigation. During this time, anyone alleged to have engaged in such activity will be prohibited from registering for additional exams; previously unreleased scores, if any, may be withheld; and pending examination appointments will be canceled. If the evidence suggests that the alleged irregular behavior affects score validity, the score will also be reviewed as described in the Scoring and Score
If you are the subject of a USMLE investigation, you will be advised of the matter and will have an opportunity to provide information that you consider relevant. Individuals who are the subject of an investigation must cooperate fully with the investigation, including providing all requested documentation and answering truthfully all questions posed during investigative interviews conducted on behalf of the USMLE program. If requested, individuals who are the subject of our investigation shall provide a signed release authorizing the USMLE program to obtain information and records from educational institutions and other third parties. Failing to cooperate with an investigation or providing misleading or untruthful information in the course of an investigation will constitute irregular behavior that may be the basis of separate proceedings or other actions by the USMLE program. If it is determined that you engaged in irregular behavior, information regarding this determination will become part of your permanent USMLE history. Your score report (if applicable) and USMLE transcript will contain a notation of the finding of irregular behavior. The USMLE program will provide information about the irregular behavior to third parties that receive or have received your USMLE transcript and may also report to other legitimately interested entities, as determined by the USMLE program. You may be barred from taking future examinations and/or special administrative procedures or conditions may be implemented for your future examinations. The USMLE program also reserves the right to take such action when information regarding irregular behavior on predecessor examinations suggests that such actions may be appropriate to ensure the security of the USMLE.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE USMLE PROGRAM APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION INQUIRIES Contact the appropriate registration entity (see below) for information on how to apply for the USMLE, obtain application materials, and receive information on the status of your application and scheduling permit. EXAMINATION TYPE OF APPLICANT REGISTRATION ENTITY AND CONTACT STEPS 1, 2 CK, AND 2 CS Students and graduates of medical school programs in the US or Canada accredited by the LCME or students and graduates of medical schools in the US accredited by the AOA NBME
3750 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3102 Website: http://www.nbme.org
Telephone: (215) 590-9700 Fax: (215) 590-9460 E-mail:
webmail@nbme.org STEPS 1, 2 CK, AND 2 CS Students and graduates of medical schools outside the US and Canada
3624 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685 Website: http://www.ecfmg.org
Telephone: (215) 386-5900 Fax: (215) 386-9196 E-mail:
info@ecfmg.org STEP 3 All medical school graduates who have passed Step 1 and Step 2 (CK and CS)
FSMB Assessment Services 400 Fuller Wiser Road Euless, TX 76039-3856 Website: http://www.fsmb.org
Telephone: (817) 868-4041 Fax: (817) 868-4098 E-mail:
usmle@fsmb.org SCHEDULING AND TEST CENTER INQUIRIES For Steps 1, 2 CK, and 3, your scheduling permit includes instructions on how to contact Prometric to schedule your appointment to test. Inquiries about your appointment, such as a request to reschedule an appointment within your eligibility period, must be directed to Prometric. Visit the Prometric website for information on test center locations. To schedule an appointment for Step 2 CS, follow the instructions provided on your scheduling permit. To check test center availability and to schedule or reschedule an appointment, visit the USMLE website .
www.usmle.org 26 2018 Bulletin of Information www.usmle.org 27 2018 Bulletin of Information COMMUNICATING WITH THE USMLE PROGRAM If you receive a scheduling permit but experience a problem scheduling your appointment that Prometric or
CSEC scheduling staff are unable to resolve, you may contact your registration entity. TEST ADMINISTRATION INQUIRIES For questions and concerns about your administration, contact the NBME Test Administration office.
National Board of Medical Examiners 3750 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3102 Telephone: (215) 590-9700 Fax: (215) 590-9457 E-mail: testadmin@nbme.org SECURITY CONCERNS USMLE encourages you to provide information about cheating and other activities of which you are aware that may compromise the security and integrity of the USMLE. Please visit the USMLE website to report such information. GENERAL INQUIRIES Complete information about the USMLE is available on the USMLE website. General inquiries regarding the USMLE or inquiries for the USMLE Secretariat may be directed to:
3750 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3102 Telephone: (215) 590-9700 E-mail: webmail@nbme.org LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACM Advanced Clinical Medicine ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AOA American Osteopathic Association CCS Computer-based Case Simulations CIN Candidate Identification Number CK Clinical Knowledge CS Clinical Skills CSEC Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration ECFMG Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates FLEX Federation Licensing Examination FSMB Federation of State Medical Boards FIP Foundations of Independent Practice LCME Liaison Committee on Medical Education NBME National Board of Medical Examiners PIE Personal Item Exception USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination www.usmle.org 28
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