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USMLE Step 3 Score Report: Interpreting Your Test Results, Study notes of Clinical Medicine

An interpretation of the results from the usmle step 3 exam, including an explanation of the scoring system, relative strengths and weaknesses, and performance by physician task and system. The report also includes a visual representation of the content weighting for each physician task and system.

What you will learn

  • How can I identify my strengths and weaknesses based on my USMLE Step 3 results?
  • What percentage of the USMLE Step 3 exam is dedicated to each physician task and system?
  • What is the scoring system for the USMLE Step 3 exam?

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Step 3 Score Report

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USMLE ID: 0-ϬϬϬ-ϬϬϬ-Ϭ TEST DATE: MŽŶƚh ϭ, 2018

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Test Result

Your Performance

Test Score

Your Performance Compared to Other Examinees

Step 3 for the first time.Reported scores range from 1-300 with a mean of 226 and a standard deviation of 15.

The chart below represents the distribution of scores for recent examinees from US and Canadian medical schools taking

Your Score

Minimum Passing Score

two-thirds of the time.The SEE on this exam is 8 points.

learning or forgetting, your score would fall within one standard error of the estimate (SEE) of your current score

If you tested repeatedly under the same conditions on a different set of items covering the same content, without

Your score +/- SEE: ϭϵϳʹϮϭϯ

Step 3 Score Report

ON OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE EXAMINEE'S USMLE REGISTRATION ENTITY.

FOR EXAMINEE USE ONLY. THIRD-PARTY USERS OF USMLE SCORES SHOULD RELY SOLELY

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Your Relative Strengths and Weaknesses

The boxes below indicate areas of relatively lower or higher performance in each content area within the Step 3 examination. A box in the "Higher" column indicates that your performance in that area was higher than your overall Step 3 performance shown on page 1. A box in the "Same" column indicates that your performance in that area was similar to or the same as your overall Step 3 performance. A box in the "Lower" column indicates that your performance in that area was lower than your overall Step 3 performance. The percentage range of items from each content area on the Step 3 examination is indicated below.

This information can be used to identify areas of strength and weakness to guide future study. Because the exam is highly integrative, USMLE recommends reviewing all content areas ŝĨ retaking the test.

Performance by Physician Task Relative to Your Overall Step 3 Performance

(% Items Per Test) Lower Same Higher PC: Diagnosis (^) (30 - 40%) 0 PC: Health MaintΘDisease Prevent/Pharmacotherapy (^) (14 - 22%) 0 PC: Clinical Interventions/Mixed Mgmt (^) (12 - 20%) 1 MK: Applying Foundational Science Concepts (^) (10 - 15%) 0 Systems-based Practice/Patient Safety & PBLI (^) (10 - 15%) -

Abbreviations: MK, Medical Knowledge; PC, Patient Care; PBLI, Practice-based Learning and Improvement.

Performance on Computer-based Case Simulations Relative to Your Overall Step 3 Performance

(# Cases Per Test) Lower Same Higher Advanced Clinical Medicine: Computer-based Case Simulations (^) (13) 0

Step 3 Score Report

Supplemental Information: Understanding the Content Areas

form on the USMLE website (https://www.usmle.org/contact/) if you have additional questions.

Step 3, can be found in the information materials on the USMLE website (https://www.usmle.org). Please use the contact

guiding remediation. Descriptions of the topics covered in these content areas, as well as other topics covered on USMLE

The information below is a visual representation of the content weighting on this examination that may be informative in

Physician Task (% Items Per Test) PC: Diagnosis (^) (30 - 40%) PC: Health Maint Θ Disease Prevent/Pharmacotherapy (^) (14 - 22%) PC: Clinical Interventions/Mixed Mgmt (^) (12 - 20%) MK: Applying Foundational Science Concepts (^) (10 - 15%) Systems-based Practice/Patient Safety & PBLI (^) (10 - 15%) Abbreviations: MK, Medical Knowledge; PC, Patient Care; PBLI, Practice-based Learning and Improvement.

System (% Items Per Test) Renal/Urinary & Male/Female Sys & Pregnancy (^) (12 - 16%) Bhv Health & Soc Sci: Comm Skills/Ethics/Pt Safety (^) (11 - 15%) Immune/Blood & Lymph/Endocrine/Multisystem (^) (11 - 15%) Biostatistics & Epidemiology/Population Health (^) (10 - 14%) Musculoskeletal Sys/Skin & Subcutaneous Tissue (^) (10 - 14%) Cardiovascular System (^) (8 - 12%) Nervous System & Special Senses (^) (7 - 11%) Respiratory System (^) (7 - 11%) Gastrointestinal System (^) (5 - 9%)