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Status of PGY 1's taking Step 3
Completed and Passed Exam
Exam Scheduled
Awaiting Score
In Process
78
23
24
4
Completed and
Passed Exam
Awaiting Score
Exam
Scheduled
In Process
Current as of Mar. 7, 2014
Months PGY 1's took or will take Step 3 in 2013-14 FY
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
24
23
20
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GME Policy 1.3.
o A. Post-Graduate Year One (PGY-1) Residents
• 1. PGY-1 Exam Requirements
“All post-graduate year one (PGY-1) residents are required to pass Steps 1 and 2
(CK and CS) of the USMLE (or equivalent exams for DOs) prior to beginning
residency training, and must show evidence of that as part of the credentialing
All PGY-1 residents are required to take and pass
USMLE Step 3 (or equivalent exam for DOs), receive scores,
and provide evidence of a passing score to the Graduate
Medical Education Office by the last day of the PGY-1 year.”
process.
2013 Instructions
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First email with instructions was
sent 1st week of October
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Therefore needed to take exam
no later than March
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FSMB needed 8 weeks to
process and return exam scores,
but usually it only takes 3-4
weeks
2014 Instructions
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Will receive instruction during
orientation to apply for their
Step 3
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Initial email with instructions will
be sent out 1st week of July
Current Exam
Restructured Exam
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1 exam

2 exams

2 test days
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2 test days
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1 score
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2 scores
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Last day to register for the CURRENT Step 3 exam is July 18, 2014
o Can take this exam in August and September
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Registration for RESTRUCTRED Step 3 exam begins August 1st
o This exam will be administered starting in November

No exams are offered in October due to the transition

Those taking the exam on or after Nov. 1, 2014 FSMB does
not expect to release any scores until the first week of April
2015!

That is 4 MONTHS later
All residents will be
required to take Step 3 no
later than
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Window of 6 months to take Step 3 for the 2014-2015 FY
August 2014
September 2014
October 2014
November 2014
December 2014
January 2015
February 2015