Zkouška USMLE
The USMLE is a three-step examination for medical licensure in the United States. It assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills, that are important in health and disease and that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care. USMLE is a professional exam that needs medical faculty graduates to enter US postgraduate clinical medicine programs.
If you are interested, at first enroll in a course USMLE in Information system MU. The course enrollment enables students of the General Medicine program to work with literature and electronic information resources to compile the prestigious USMLE exam.
The Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University reports our students' and graduates' results of USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK to the US Department of Education in order to administer Federal Student Aid.
DESCRIPTION OF USMLE
STEP 1
- assesses the examinee’s understanding of and ability to apply important concepts of the basic sciences to the practice of medicine, with special emphasis on principles and mechanisms underlying health, disease, and modes of therapy
- approximately 280 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), divided into seven 60-minute blocks
- one-day exam, approximately eight hours
STEP 2 CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE
- assesses the examinee’s ability to apply medical knowledge, skills and understanding of clinical science essential for the provision of patient care under supervision, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention
- approximately 318 MCQs, divided into eight 60-minute blocks
- one-day exam, approximately nine hours
STEP 3
- assesses the examinee’s ability to apply medical knowledge and understanding of biomedical and clinical science essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine, with emphasis on patient management in ambulatory settings
- Day 1: FOUNDATIONS OF INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (FIP) assesses the examinee’s knowledge of basic medical and scientific principles essential for effective health care
Approximately 232 MCQs, divided into six 60-minute blocks
One-day test session, approximately seven hours - Day 2: ADVANCED CLINICAL MEDICINE (ACM) assesses the examinee’s ability to apply comprehensive knowledge of health and disease in the context of patient management and the evolving manifestation of disease over time
Approximately 180 MCQs, divided into six 45-minute blocks and 13 computer-based case simulations (CCS); each simulation is allotted a maximum of 10 or 20 minutes of real time
One-day test session, approximately nine hours - you can apply for this step only after you graduate from an MD programme and obtain is ECFMG Certification.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEST
Students and graduates from our medical faculty must apply through Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
The Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University reports our students' results of USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 to the US Department of Education in order to administer Federal Student Aid.
Information on administration is available on:
- ECFMG website
- 2024 ECFMG BOOKLET
- 2025 ECFMG BOOKLET
- USMLE website
- 2024 USMLE BULLETIN
- 2025 USMLE BULLETIN
PATHWAYS
International medical graduates (IMGs) can use Pathways to meet certain requirements for ECFMG Certification and to participate in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Main Residency Match® (The Match®). The Pathways evaluate IMGs’ clinical and communication skills—skills that are critically important to participate in U.S. graduate medical education (GME) and to provide supervised patient care. In order to become ECFMG certified, applicants must satisfy all other requirements for ECFMG Certification in addition to meeting Pathways requirements.
At the moment our graduates are eligible for PATHWAY 4.
FOLLOW ECFGM
PASS THE USMLE AND GET THE SCHOLARSHIP
Please note the scholarship can only be paid during your study, not after graduation !