CBT Registration: Some New Policies and Procedures
An Overview of Registration & Scheduling: What You Need to Do
Examinees with Documented Disabilities
Computer-based USMLE:
An Introduction for
Students and Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools
Glossary
| The number listed on your scheduling permit that you will enter into the computer on the date of your test. | |
| Computer-based testing. | |
| Compact disc. | |
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CIN |
See Candidate Identification Number above. |
| The number Prometric will give you when you schedule your testing appointment. | |
| Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, your registration entity. | |
| The three-month period, indicated on your scheduling permit, during which you are eligible to take the exam. | |
| The fee that all applicants pay to take the exam. | |
| The additional cost of taking the exam in an international testing region. | |
| A USMLE parent organization and the entity that will mail your scheduling permit. | |
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NBME |
See National Board of Medical Examiners above. |
| The entity that determines your eligibility and processes your application and payment. | |
| The number listed on your scheduling permit that you must provide to Prometric when scheduling your testing appointment. | |
| The document sent to eligible applicants authorizing them to schedule their testing appointments. | |
| The entity that will administer the exam to you in one of its test centers, your test delivery entity. | |
| The entity that will administer the exam to you in one of its test centers. | |
| The geographical region in which you choose to take the exam. |
Copyright © 1999-2002 by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. All rights reserved.
Portions reprinted, with permission, from the USMLE 1999 Bulletin of Information on Computer-based Testing (CBT). Copyright © 1998 by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®).