With the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) test suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ...

In addition to the superior feedback mechanism, the OSCE approaches the stated goals of the CS exam much more rigorously, particularly in the area of the physical exam. An orthopaedist observes your ...

An eight-station CSE is administered to students in the 4th year of the curriculum. This examination has several aims: a) to assess 4th year students' skills of history-taking, physical examination, ...

Students say the test should be replaced with an alternative exam that the nation’s medical schools could administer free Washington: Hundreds of medical students at the University of Maryland, ...

It has been almost 40 years since a medical student was tested on his or her bedside manner before being licensed to practice medicine. In 1964, this portion of licensure testing was discontinued ...

To the Editor: The Perspective article by Papadakis in support of the new clinical-skills component of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) (April 22 issue) 1 fails to justify this expensive ...