Step 3 Question

[QuietSylph]

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For those of you who are already residents, I have two questions...

1) Does your program pay for Step 3, or do you pay for it yourself?

2) Do you have to use vacation/sick leave for the exam?

Thanks in advance!

 

[garfield]

Residents pay for it themselves, and if it's a workday it is counted as vacation time. I think the testing center in town is open on Saturdays, so could schedule it to miss just one working day. Or if you do residency in Texas or a few other states, you could take Step 3 before you even start residency.

 

[josara]

At UTMB, we have to pay for it, but we get eduactional leave which covers test days and 1 travel day.

 

[Doctor B.]

At IU, we can put the fee into our general book fund. The time for the test counts as meeting time and not vacation time.

 

[BeastNovot]

We have to pay for our Step III, but we can use a "personal day", which is not a vacation day but is for tests, dr appts, family emergencies, etc...