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Step 2 CS has been discontinued.
Started by Foreverworthless
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Dang, the mfs did it. They freaking got rid of CS. Can we do the same for PE now?
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Wiiiiild.
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YAS
Can anyone explain the impact this will have? Just a lowly M1 so I still doing have a lot of knowledge on STEP lol
The impact is you’ll save like a thousand dollars and your time.
Zero impact. The only impact will be to your bank account.
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You won't be wasting time and energy preparing for this worthless exam.
You get to save a lot of money and time because you won't be flying across the country just to take a nonsense exam.
You get to avoid so much stress because your career won't be threatened by an arbitrary, terrible, and unrealistic exam.
DeepInTheHeart
New Member
I took CS right before they suspended it 😢 I want my money back.
About $1590 and closer to $1700 with tax in some places... this is long overdue
Yeah it was free for us so I dunno how much it actually costs. But I figured a grand was a good estimate lol.
But I was excited to see the award-winning Tony, Emmy, and Oscar performances of actors and actresses who finally got their big break apparently or something.
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confuzzled10
Full Member
Med students get to save themselves around $2000 for the test, traveling, and lodging. Essentially a stimulus check for students. lol
I would like to preemptively ask that all pro-CS faculty/admin kindly maintain a non-patent mouthhole
I don't want to hear "participation trophy" crap
I don't want to hear "lowering our standards" crap
I don't want to hear "snowflake" crap
I don't want to hear "millennials" crap
Please and thank you
I don't want to hear "participation trophy" crap
I don't want to hear "lowering our standards" crap
I don't want to hear "snowflake" crap
I don't want to hear "millennials" crap
Please and thank you
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Not gonna lie, that gave me a very much needed laugh haha
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Best news I’ve received in a while.
GET RID OF PE PERMANENTLY NOW!
Until that happens,
NBME >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that evil malignant sociopathic scam known as NBOME
Until that happens,
NBME >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that evil malignant sociopathic scam known as NBOME
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deleted600623
Any chance they come up with something equally as terrible in the next 2 years? Asking for a friend...asking for myself.
If the alphabet soup is logical, they will announce any addition of items with at least a two year lead-time... that is IF they are logical
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deleted600623
True. They did the same for Step 1. Hopefully we’re in the clear.
When I saw the news, I was honestly surprised. CS is prob a huge money maker for the USMLE, I assumed they'd just wait it out. But now that I think about it, the cost of maintaining their cadre of examiners was probably huge, I'm sure they have let them all go, and now the process of retraining everyone would be an enormous drain -- just not worth it any more financially.
I'd like to think they did this because it was the right thing to do, but we all know it usually comes down to $$.
I'd like to think they did this because it was the right thing to do, but we all know it usually comes down to $$.
Was 🙂
People use prep companies for CS?
Med school is filled with Type A, anal, "must succeed at any cost" individuals that also come from big money. One of the easiest groups to milk and people are really good at doing so ala GoldUSMLEReview haha.
Thank goodness! Every medical school teaches and assesses clinical skills. The only folks who might need such an exam are IMGs who have never done a rotation in the US.
So can I get a refund from 2009?
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I thought CS was a good exam in general. Let me be the pariah here. "And we have free speech in this country."
Someone has to be wrong sometimes.
I think maintaining some form of practical / in-person exam is fair for medical licensing purposes. The exam sequence is becoming weaker than it used to be. People have opinions. Yes. That's how forums work. How about that.
I agree with that last part, and my opinion is that you're wrong.
Ah, the old "back in my day" argument. Always logical and strong.
Except all US med schools already have this. I like the idea in DO forums of decentralizing CS/PE by having schools certifying results of passing the OSCEs.
Make CS/PE the screening tool for IMGs/FMGs only. Leave US grads out of this crap
For real. My school has us do a **** ton of OSCEs. That's enough lol.
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I just think a numerical Step 1 + the presence of 2CS adds more value to the examination sequence overall compared to what it's becoming.
I thought the exact same thing
cheers everyone
Except most of the real old school physicians never had to take this exam, but somehow decided a physician couldn't practice safely without it.
For who? IMGs/FMGs? It's useless for US med students
I think he is an IMG actually.
He’s an IMG who I believe offers teaching service for one of the step exams. Exams being pass/fail or being outright eliminated isn’t in their best interest. It’s a Gimpel like situation here
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Ha you are the guy who wrote the silly stuff in that old clerkships guide. This is perfectly on-brand. Incredible really.
Edit: I can't get over how hilarious this is. It's great insight to know this exam is made for someone such as yourself. The problem is that you really need to leave the rest of us functioning adults in America out of it.
Let’s keep it professional in here.
