<p>MCAT</p>
<p>Step 1</p>
<p>Step 2</p>
<p>Am I missing anything else?</p>
<p>Step III, Board Certification, and, if I remember correctly, continuing medical education (CME).</p>
<p>Geez...6!!</p>
<p>CME is ongoing. You have to pass it ... every five years, perhaps?</p>
<p>I am not very confident about this one. I don't know the details of it very well at all.</p>
<p>And, of course, since many of us are going to be board certified in more than one thing -- for example, internal medicine AND cardiology, not just one or the other -- that's an extra one at the end there.</p>
<p>Don't forget that Step 2 has two parts - Clinical Knowledge and Clinical Skills...</p>
<p>As far as USMLE goes, I've heard this thrown out recently:</p>
<p>You study 5 weeks for step 1, 5 days for step 2 (CK) and 5 hours for Step 3...</p>
<p>Studying for Step 1 is not fun.</p>
<p>Generally the MCAT and Step 1 are not thought of as pass/fail exams; they're exams on which you want to get every point you can. The rest are pass/fail.</p>
<p>"You study 5 weeks for step 1, 5 days for step 2 (CK) and 5 hours for Step 3..."</p>
<p>lol, I thought that was funny.</p>
<p>Dang, I thought the standardized testing would end. Do you need to pass a test to get certified by your state or the nation?</p>
<p>Ehh...there are some people who think of Step 1 as pass/fail. It's certainly the most basal goal. Sure you want to get a high score, but the most important thing is that you pass it and keep moving forward.</p>
<p>Most specialty boards have a standardized written component and an oral component.</p>
<p>Most specialty boards require recertification every ten years.</p>
<p>The usual advice for step 3 preparation is to keep your BA below 0.10 (being sleep deprived and post-call is fine).</p>
<p>What's a BA?</p>
<p>Is it Blood Alcohol or am I completely wrong?</p>
<p>....also you take in service exams when you go into residency (most are every year to see how you have progressed). Such as ABSITE (surgery), OKAP (ophthalmology), CREOG (OB/GYN), etc.</p>