Thread by @UMSC_UICOM

Happening now: In the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic #FutureDoctors can’t take #USMLE exams for licensure because of failures at @NBMENow, @TheUSMLE, @TheFSMB, and @PrometricGlobal, putting current and future patients at risk. 1/12

Did you know: after years of school, $100k’s of debt, months of 12hr/day dedicated study, students are reporting @PrometricGlobal, @NBMENow, @TheUSMLE are cancelling exams for medical students with < 24 hours notice. 2/12

After @PrometricGlobal cancelled exams, they also turned off phone lines, locking out students with disabilities or other ADA protected accommodations from the only mechanism to reschedule the most important exam of their lives. 3/12

. @TheUSMLE and @NBMENow told a student she could GIVE UP her accommodations as the only way for her to online reschedule an exam she PAID $645 after it was canceled on her last minute. 4/12

Thousands more #medstudents have encountered canceled appointments, unclear communication, broken websites, and general chaos. #USMLEAccessNow 5/12

The recent failures of @TheUSMLE, and sponsors @NBMENow and @TheFSMB, are causing harm to student doctors in new ways. It is our position that the sponsors of the #USMLE retain moral responsibility to fix it as they admitted in 2019. 6/12

These failures impacts students’ #mentalhealth in the time of #Covid19, and disproportionately affects minority students, low income students, and students with disabilities. 7/12

Guess what? @NBMENow and @TheFSMB want 2-3 months to address this avoidable hardship when there are simple solutions available now to ease the unnecessary burden they’ve placed on students. 8/12 #USMLEAccessNow

We call on the community to stand together and advocate for our #FutureDoctors during #Covid19 when medicine and daily life are intertwined. Read our recs and tell @NBMEnow, @TheFSMB, and @TheUSMLE further inaction is not an option. 9/12

Furthermore, @UMSC_UICoM calls on @NBMEnow, @TheFSMB, and @TheUSMLE to move quickly to restore access to #USMLE #Step1 and #Step2CK exams on US medical school campuses. 10/12

Read our open letter to learn more about our rec’s: go.uic.edu/UMSCol and our resolution: go.uic.edu/UMSCres. #USMLEAccessNow 11/12

If you think this situation is unfair, let them know or share your story by retweeting @NBMEnow, @TheFSMB, @TheUSMLE, and @PrometricGlobal with the #USMLEAccessNow. 12/12