Page 1 of 1: Alert: USMLE to include audio/video based questions in 2007

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If you plan to take USMLE Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK),
or Step 3, you should be familiar with the following.

As announced on the USMLE website at

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there are plans to
incorporate multiple-choice items with associated audio and/or video
content into the Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3 exams. These items will
be introduced no earlier than Summer 2007. An announcement will be
posted to the USMLE website approximately two months before any items
with associated media clips appear on an actual USMLE examination.

Like the other items that make up these exams, the new items will be in
multiple-choice format. Currently, some multiple-choice items are
associated with exhibits that examinees review before selecting an
answer. The new items will be associated with exhibits that have audio
and/or video findings, which examinees will play before selecting an
answer.

Although not yet part of the actual exams, a small number of
multiple-choice items with associated media clips are available now as
part of the 2007 USMLE Practice and Orientation Materials. You can
access these materials on the USMLE website. These are the same
orientation materials available on the 2007 USMLE compact disc (CD),
which ECFMG mails to applicants when they are registered for
examination. For each exam, the 2007 sample test materials include a
small block of items that have associated audio and/or video findings,
and the tutorial includes instructions for playing the media clips.

Updated information will be posted to the USMLE website as it becomes
available. If you plan to take Step 1, Step 2 CK, or Step 3, you should
monitor the USMLE website.

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