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Per NBPME website:
...This is a good change IMO. USMLE allows taking their exams out of sequence for FMGs who might want to pass pt2 then go back and study for pt1, but for podiatry boards, I never really saw any point for it.
"New Test Sequence Policy
The NBPME will, beginning on January 1, 2010, NOT allow any podiatric medical student or candidate to take Part II unless he or she has taken and successfully completed (with a passing score) Part I. Likewise, we will NOT allow any candidate to take Part III unless he/she has successfully completed and passed Part I and II. We will mandate that the tests be taken sequentially and passed before the candidate continues on to the next part. The goal of this new policy is to require students to demonstrate mastery of basic knowledge before advancing into clinical knowledge and skills assessment, since each test part assumes that prior knowledge has been achieved."...This is a good change IMO. USMLE allows taking their exams out of sequence for FMGs who might want to pass pt2 then go back and study for pt1, but for podiatry boards, I never really saw any point for it.