New Examinee Interface for NBME® Self-Assessments
Now available, examinees have an updated interface for the NBME Self-Assessment Clinical Science Mastery Series. The change was made to better align the look and feel of the Self-Assessments with the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step exams. In 2026, NBME will roll out the new interface on the remaining Clinical Science Mastery Series and the Comprehensive Self-Assessments.
For this first update, the Clinical Mastery Series includes the Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery Self-Assessments.
We implemented the following new features to enhance examinees' testing experience:
- Improved navigation for viewing items and answer explanations
- Searchable lab values
- Notes feature
- Text resize – up to 200%
- Image controls - invert color, contrast, zoom
- Dark theme
- Improved highlighting
To help examinees prepare for the updates, NBME offers a free Sample Assessment on the MyNBME® Examinee portal (select Purchase>Self-Assessments). This assessment includes a tutorial and 12 sample questions laid out in the new interface.
For any questions, please contact NBME at support@nbme.org.