Changes to USMLE,post 2016.
http://medical-student-resources.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-future-of-usmle.html
http://medical-student-resources.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-future-of-usmle.html
That website doesn't make me feel confident, so I did some research:
http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/Changes_to_USMLE_2014-2015_handout_FINAL.pdf
Basically, if you register for Step 3 after July 31, then you can take it on two non-consecutive days (it is already two days), but it will still be scored as one exam. And if you take the exam after November 1,2014, you're going to have to wait until April to get your score. It does not sound like they're going to make you pay for two separate exams, though the price of Step 3 may very well go up.
That really incentivizes me to take it really, really early in intern year. Which is probably for the best anyway, since I'm not going to be treating adults anymore.
The blog states changes after the year 2016.
Additional step = additional revenue.
They've already implemented the Step 3A/3B part. It just means your two exam days aren't necessarily consecutive. For example, I'm registered for a Sat-Wed exam in February. Didn't cost me any more than taking it back to back.
They're considering making it two separate scores later on, but that's in the future. Not yet.
They've already implemented the Step 3A/3B part. It just means your two exam days aren't necessarily consecutive. For example, I'm registered for a Sat-Wed exam in February. Didn't cost me any more than taking it back to back.
They're considering making it two separate scores later on, but that's in the future. Not yet.
So C/O 2018 isn't getting an additional Step exam? Just a separation of Step 3?
That website doesn't make me feel confident, so I did some research:
http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/Changes_to_USMLE_2014-2015_handout_FINAL.pdf
Basically, if you register for Step 3 after July 31, then you can take it on two non-consecutive days (it is already two days), but it will still be scored as one exam. And if you take the exam after November 1,2014, you're going to have to wait until April to get your score. It does not sound like they're going to make you pay for two separate exams, though the price of Step 3 may very well go up.
That really incentivizes me to take it really, really early in intern year. Which is probably for the best anyway, since I'm not going to be treating adults anymore.
Could you explain what that means? Genuinely curious.
Registering under a current licensing authority
so if I am matriculating this year 2014, I am required to take STEP 3A but not the new STEP 1 and 2. Correct?
For the people who were questioning its legitimacy. The info was taken from a well-recognized medical journal.
lmfao.Proposed name change; for greater accuracy, in the future the "step" moniker will be replaced by the term "hoop." Concurrently you will no longer be "sitting" for them instead you will "jump through" them. Step 2 CS will be differentiated from CK by being known as the "flaming hoop."
EBM - what a joke
Delivering "Bad News" - the irony
Step 3 being made into 2 exams - money grab
Yep, all these changes will make doctors better in the future.
Dude, I agree that the USMLE is a complete joke. But EBM? A joke? What you know bout that?
. Was questioning whether "proposed" changes that won't come up for discussion until at least 2016 will ever turn in to "actual" changes.
USMLE just released a new content description for Step 1 that reduces the percentage of questions on "normal processes" (to 10-15%) and increases the amount on "abnormal processes." http://bit.ly/1nSfK5K
It's not an additional step. It's Step 3 on non consecutive days vs. consecutive days. Hardly an "additional" step.Additional step = additional revenue.
It's not an additional step. It's Step 3 on non consecutive days vs. consecutive days. Hardly an "additional" step.
That's bc testing on abnormal processes is a 2 for 1 bc it inherently tests you on whether you understand normal processes.
That being said, "In 2014 and 2015, examinees will see an increased focus on quality improvement principles and safety science," whatever that means. Good luck finding a Rapid Review/BRS/High Yield on that ****.
The price already goes up year to year. And you would be wrong as you can see the changes here: http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/Changes_to_USMLE_2014-2015_handout_FINAL.pdfNah, I'd put my money on the odds that "Step 3A + Step 3B" will end up being more expensive than the currently offered "Step 3".
They wouldn't do this unless there was more revenue to be pocketed by someone. That's how it works more often than not.
Yeah, my reaction to that was:I saw that awhile back. Pissed me off to no end.
The price already goes up year to year. And you would be wrong as you can see the changes here: Wrong. See here: http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/Changes_to_USMLE_2014-2015_handout_FINAL.pdf
It's pretty much a difference in what additional questions test.
You pay one fee for USMLE Step 3, and instead of scheduling it in a block of 2 consecutive days, you can schedule it on 2 non-consecutive days. I hardly think it's going to blast up hugely in price bc of this. It's still a single score, with a single p/f outcome. It's still 1 Step.That's all well and good. It looks like you missed the original play on words (i.e. steps to complete the "steps"), but no worries.
My original post from...uh, 6 months ago still stands valid...
additional steps [or "Step"s] = additional revenue
You pay one fee for USMLE Step 3, and instead of scheduling it in a block of 2 consecutive days, you can schedule it on 2 non-consecutive days. I hardly think it's going to blast up hugely in price bc of this. It's still a single score, with a single p/f outcome. It's still 1 Step.
Right, so it's still:I saw that awhile back. Pissed me off to no end.
Yes, I looked at the original article here: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1787417Doesn't matter what you think. Doesn't matter what I think.
They will do as they please.
Bookmark this thread and let me know how it turned out in 2016 as proposed by the original article.
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The Step 3 changes mentioned are being implemented THIS YEAR
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Except it isn't an extra Step that is being implemented. You were, and still are, wrong whether it was 6 months ago or not.My point from 6 months ago that you obviously missed is that if extra steps (or Steps) are implemented, money is to be made. By someone. Somewhere.
Whether that aligns with your tangent of changes this year, new questions, or whatever, doesn't matter to my point...From a half a year ago...
Except it isn't an extra Step that is being implemented. You were, and still are, wrong whether it was 6 months ago or not.