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USMLE Step 2
(compiled by Dr. Graham McMahon )
The second part, USMLE step 2 , is the examination that American medical students take before being allowed to graduate from medical school. It consists of a similar one day computer based examination, and covers all of the clinical sciences including medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, forensics, emergency care, ENT, ophthalmology, tropical health, ethics. It is usually taken in the final year of medical school, or beyond. 75% of international medical graduates/students pass this on first sitting, while 95% of american medical students do.
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