The United States Medical Licensing Examination is a multi-part professional exam medical doctors are required to complete before being authorized to practice medicine in the United States of America. It consists of three steps; all three must be passed before a physician is eligible to apply for a license to practice medicine. A parallel exam, the "Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination" (COMLEX-USA), is required for osteopathic physicians in the United States of America.

The USMLE steps are:

Step 1

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Step 1 of the USMLE assesses your ability to combine your academic knowledge with clinical practice. It covers the following subjects: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Behavioral medicine, Statistics, Microbiology (including Parasitology), Ethics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Histology, Immunology, Molecular biology, Epidemiology. US medical students usually take Step 1 at the end of the second year of medical school. It is an eight-hour computer-based exam consisting of 350 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) divided into seven blocks each consisting of 50 questions. Each block must be finished with an hour. The remaining hour is break time. An optional tutorial about how to use the computer program of the exam is offered at the beginning of the exam and takes 15 minutes. This time is deducted from the hour of alloted break time.

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@mariana_cantu Yes.. the little one is my step daughter Taylor. She'll be 3 in April. She is pretty cute! She's sick today, though :(
StephenieJoyce (Stephenie) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:22:42 -0000
@mariana_cantu Yes.. the little one is my step daughter Taylor. She'll be 3 in April. She is pretty cute! She's sick today, though :(
Just when I think I'm making progress, a tchr in my online class writes abt the power of "blobbing" for students. 1 step fwd, 3 steps bk?
sscragg (sandy scragg) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:16:22 -0000
Just when I think I'm making progress, a tchr in my online class writes abt the power of "blobbing" for students. 1 step fwd, 3 steps bk?
Evey training session missed is a missed step on the ladder. Harden up ladies and gentlemen, I've given you 3 months. Are we here to train?
StepintolifeYvl (Tess van Pamelen) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:12:54 -0000
Evey training session missed is a missed step on the ladder. Harden up ladies and gentlemen, I've given you 3 months. Are we here to train?
Mostly everything was 3-step last week. RT @DrDelanzo: @caplannfl IRomo is so well protected & if he's not they change to 3 step drops.
caplannfl (Adam Caplan) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:11:44 -0000
Mostly everything was 3-step last week. RT @DrDelanzo: @caplannfl IRomo is so well protected & if he's not they change to 3 step drops.
@caplannfl It's so hard because Romo is so well protected & if he's not they change to 3 step drops. Guess we have to score fast
drdelanzo (Dr. Ronald DeLanzo) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:10:07 -0000
@caplannfl It's so hard because Romo is so well protected & if he's not they change to 3 step drops. Guess we have to score fast
@bleigh gurl I know the feeling am awake.. just waiting to step out the door in hm 3 mins.. off to school too.. :(
sea101 (sea) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:08:37 -0000
@bleigh gurl I know the feeling am awake.. just waiting to step out the door in hm 3 mins.. off to school too.. :(

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