If you haven't done so already, now is a great time to begin locking down valuable US Clinical Experience to help ensure you have the strongest residency application possible. Read More
Starting on or around May 15, 2010, a transition period will begin in which the number of items in current forms of the Step 1 examination will change from 336 items to 322 items. Read More
A USMLE motivational video by Dr Brian for medical students & doctors on the road to residency. Watch Video
Welcome to theUSMLEzone.com!

The goal was simple : Build an interactive online usmle/medical community with content, features, and services so complete & easy to navigate that our members would never have to leave The 'Zone between med school & residency.
To accomplish this, we asked ourselves one question : 'If we had to go through this entire process again, what information & tools would we want available to us to make things easier?'
The website you're on right now has evolved tremendously over the course of its development, as we realized how much information there was for you all to know and how unnecessarily difficult it has become to find it. It seems while the amount of knowledge required to practice medicine in the United States has grown exponentially over the past 10 years, the potential for the technology available to make this monumental task easier have not been fully realized...until now.
We believe that medical students & physicians should put their energy into learning the art of medicine. The USMLEzone.com team is committed to ensuring that we do our job right...so you can do yours to the best of your ability. This site belongs to YOU.
On behalf of The USMLE Zone.com team, we hope you enjoy the site & that you make yourself at Home. ~ Dr Brian