Get ready for your United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE®) Step 2 exam with prep resources from the AMA. Find case studies, practice questions, USMLE Step 2 CK application pointers, tips and advice.
USMLE Step 2 CK performance can have big implications for Match. Find out why the change happened and what medical students should do now.
On hold since May 2020, the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam—a portion of the United States Medical Licensure Examination ® (USMLE)—was canceled permanently. The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the organizations that oversee the USMLE program, announced the exam's cancellation in late January.
Prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 exam by reviewing questions most often missed by test-prep takers. Check out these examples taken from the Kaplan Qbank, and read expert explanations of the answers.
How much should medical students study? What’s on the test? Experts offer insight on the best ways to get ready for the Step 2 exam.
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Featured topic and speakers In today’s COVID-19 Update, a discussion on next steps after the elimination of the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam—a portion of the United States Medical Licensure Examination ® , or USMLE. Experts say that even though the clinical skills exam has gone away, the USMLE will still be assessing core skills that are necessary for physicians to practice.
In March 2025, Heersink School of Medicine held its annual Match Day ceremony, recognizing 183 medical students discovering where they would complete their medical residency training. These students ...
Residency serves as a crucial phase in a physician's training, following the completion of medical school. It is a supervised clinical training period and an intensive, full-time job—requiring 60-80 hours per week—which provides physicians, also referred to as residents or trainees, with hands-on experience and increasing autonomy in delivering health care under the guidance of experienced ...
Choosing a Residency Program Selecting a medical residency is an important decision that can significantly shape your medical career. For more than 25 years, medical students have looked to FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database® to get vital information about residency and fellowship programs.
Residency program interviews offer you the chance to distinguish yourself and detail your unique skills and experiences in ways that an application packet alone cannot. Find out more. How to rank order your residency programs The Match rank-order list, due a few weeks ahead of the Match Day in March, is a critical step on the road to residency.
The Main Residency Match is a uniform system run by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to fill the majority of resident matching programs with incoming residents. Medical students pursuing specialties submit their rank-order lists by early March of their fourth year and receive news of their matching later that month.
After physician residency applicants submit and certify their rank order list, there isn’t much else left to do but wait on Match Day. In a few weeks—as was the case in 2024—the overwhelming majority of senior applicants from U.S. allopathic and osteopathic medical schools will find a training ...
Thank you for your interest in the Cahaba - UAB Integrated Family Medicine Residency Program, which is designed as a mechanism to provide medical students with enhanced training in family medicine.
Many hospitals and health systems are opening new physician residency programs to expand training opportunities for medical students and bolster the pipeline of future physicians. Below are 41 ...