TAKING THE COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL MEDICINE SELF-ASSESSMENT

With the Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment, you can evaluate your readiness, reinforce your knowledge, and maximize study time ahead of the USMLE® Step 3.

Overview

The Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment is a practice test designed for students planning to take the USMLE Step 3. It features multiple-choice questions on content typically covered in clinical encounters.

In addition to helping you gain a familiarity with NBME-style questions, the Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment enables you to:

  • Evaluate your readiness to take the USMLE Step 3
  • Target your studies using diagnostic feedback highlighting areas of strength and weakness
  • View answer explanations to reinforce your knowledge and maximize study time
  • Use your self-assessment score to estimate your approximate score on the USMLE score scale

There are multiple forms available for the Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment, each containing 176 multiple-choice questions. 

You can choose to take your self-assessment in either a standard-paced or self-paced format.

  • The standard-paced option mimics a live testing environment. It contains four sections of 33 questions with a 50 minute time limit and one section of 44 questions with a 66 minute time limit.
  • The self-paced option follows the same format, but you have 3 hours and 20 minutes to complete the 33 question sections and 4 hours and 24 minutes to complete the 44 question section.

Self-Assessments are delivered through the MyNBME Examinee Portal. You must log in to MyNBME to access a self-assessment and complete it within one year. You may sign off and resume/continue your self-assessment at any time during the one-year period.

The Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment is available for $60. Visit the How to Purchase section to learn more about purchasing a self-assessment. 

How to Purchase

Follow the steps below to purchase a Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment.

  1. Go to the MyNBMESM Examinee Portal. Please use the latest edition of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox for the best online experience.
  2. Enter your log-in information on the MyNBME sign-in screen.
  3. If this is the first time you’re logging in to MyNBME, click First Time User to set up an account in the system.
  4. On the Homepage, use the Product Search to find your self-assessment.
  5. Click on the name of the product and select a form.
  6. Choose your preferred pacing mode (Standard or Self-paced).
  7. Click Add to Cart, and then follow the on screen prompts.
  8. Click Checkout to complete the transaction.
  9. Click the My Exams link to access your purchased assessment.
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Score Report

The Comprehensive Clinical Medicine Self-Assessment score report includes the following:

  • The ability to review answer explanations for all items
  • Longitudinal feedback provided when multiple assessments are completed
Sample Score Report download

Resources

Watch the Unlocking Assessment Series to learn how other students approach NBME test questions.