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Graduate Medical Education Institutional Policy

USMLE COMPLETION FOR RESIDENTS, AY 06-07

APPLICABILITY: All Residents and Clinical Fellows (physician trainees).

• Documentation of successful completion of USMLE Step III is required for graduation from all Partners residency and fellowship programs.

• Program Directors/Chiefs, in consultation with the Director or Associate Director of GME, may grant individual exceptions to this policy for one year at a time.

The following provisions apply to Residents and Clinical Fellows offered their position on or after July 1, 2005.

• Documentation of successful completion of USMLE Step II must be submitted for initial appointment as a resident or clinical fellow (or for reappointment, if not previously provided).

• Documentation of successful completion of USMLE Step III is required for appointment (or reappointment) at the PGY 3 level or higher.