Dear Career Launch and Foundations 2 Students,
We are happy to announce that UCSF will become a temporary regional testing center for USMLE Step exams. In response to your concerns about the tremendous challenges scheduling these exams, we have worked with the USMLE and Prometric to be able to offer Step 1 and Step 2 CK in the UCSF Library Technology Commons
When will the UCSF testing center be open?
It will tentatively open on June 1, 2020 and be open through July 10, 2020.
Who can take Step 1 or Step 2 CK at the UCSF Center?
UCSF students who need to take Step 1 or Step 2 CK and do not have a Prometric date scheduled are the priority. There will also be students from regional medical schools taking these exams at the UCSF testing center.
How many students can test at the UCSF testing center?
The center will have the capacity to test about 100 students/week from all of the participating schools, including about 20-25/week from UCSF.
What if I already have a date scheduled at a Prometric Center?
The UCSF testing center is in addition to, not in place of, Prometric. We ask you NOT TO CANCEL your current test date (cancelled tests will not be offered to other USMLE candidates, and therefore will not expand access to other medical students). That said, if you receive a cancellation notice from Prometric after this announcement has gone out, you will be able to work with the UCSF testing center scheduler to try to add yourself at UCSF. If you have other personal circumstances that might require a change in test date or site (e.g, you booked at a Prometric site that is very distant from San Francisco), you will also be able to ask to be rescheduled at UCSF. It is our goal to accommodate all UCSF students who want to test while the center is open through July 10, 2020.
What do I need to do now?
There is nothing you need to do yet. We will aim to notify you in the next week about scheduling procedures for the UCSF testing center and the contact person for you. In the meantime, do not cancel your current Prometric test dates.
We are hopeful that this will allow many of our students to take these Step exams and alleviate stress about exam scheduling. We will be hosting a student check-in on Thursday, May 28 at 5:00pm to discuss any questions you may have about the Prometric site opening.
