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Services for Schools & Residency Programs
Services for

Schools & Residency Programs

Self-Assessment Services

The NBME offers web-based self-assessments for US and international medical students and graduates. Self-assessments are purchased by individuals for a fee of $45.00 (or $60.00 for the expanded feedback option) by visiting the NBME Self-Assessment Services (NSAS) Interactive Website and using a credit card or money order as payment.

Self-Assessment Services allow a student to:

  • Get familiar with questions like those that appear in USMLE
  • Target studies using diagnostic feedback highlighting areas of strength and weakness
  • Use the self-assessment score to estimate an approximate score on the USMLE score scale

NBME Voucher Information Program (VIP)

Medical schools may purchase payment vouchers for anyone who may be preparing to take USMLE or who wants to become familiar with USMLE structure and content. These prepaid vouchers may then be distributed and used for requesting an assessment.

  • The Comprehensive Basic Science Self-Assessment uses multiple-choice items based on information typically covered during basic medical education courses.
  • The Comprehensive Clinical Science Self-Assessment uses multiple-choice items based on information covered during the core clinical clerkships.
  • The Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment uses multiple-choice items based on information typically covered in clinical encounters.

Item content resembles that of USMLE Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) and the multiple-choice component of Step 3, respectively.

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