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The USMLE reversed its decision to shorten the USMLE Step 2 CK exam by 80 questions
last week due to feedback from Program Directors, Residents, and Medical Students with
concerns of score fidelity.

Below are all USMLE Test Sites as of June 16, 2020:
1. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Testing Begins May 27, 2020, and
allows students from:

• The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (host school)
• Boston University School of Medicine
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Tufts University School of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School

2. University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine, Testing Begins May 27,
2020, and allows students from:

• University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine (host school)
• University of Florida College of Medicine
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
• Florida State University College of Medicine
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton Campus
• Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

3. Indiana University School of Medicine, Testing Begins, June 1, 2020, and allows students
from:

• Indiana University School of Medicine (host school)
• University of Louisville School of Medicine
• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
• Ohio State College of Medicine
• University of Kentucky College of Medicine

4. UCSF School of Medicine, Testing Begins June 8, 2020, and allows students from:

• University of California - San Francisco School of Medicine (host school)
• University of California - Davis School of Medicine
• University of California - Riverside School of Medicine
• University of California - Irvine School of Medicine
• Stanford University School of Medicine

5. Dell Medical School of the University of Texas at Austin allows students from:

• Dell Medical School of the University of Texas - Austin (host school)
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
• Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science
• Center
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
• University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine

6. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

• University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix (Host School)
• University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
• University of New Mexico School of Medicine
• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
• A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine – Mesa
• Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
• Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University

7. ECFMG Announces International Prometric Test Centers are Open.

• Per ECFMG's Announcement, "Testing centers in the following areas are planned to
• open as follows:
  • Next week: Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Lebanon, and Pakistan
  • Mid to late June: Rest of Europe, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates
  • There are some countries with governmental mandates preventing testing, including
  • Qatar.

For considerations to unintended repercussions of this roll-out on the 2020-2021 Residency
Recruitment Season, see our previous News Alert.