I'm glad to inform you about the start of a USMLE Step 1 preparatory course at the University
of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center in Hungary with the assistance of Kaplan (www.kaplan.
com), a well-known international educational company to build up cooperation that would provide high-
quality teaching for medical students.
USMLE
Entering residency in the United States of America requires the Educational Committee for Foreign Medical
Graduates (ECFMG) certification, which can be obtained after successfully taking the United States Medical
Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and 2. USMLE assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge,
concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills, that are important in health
and disease and that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care. Step 1 assesses whether the
examinee understands and able to apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine.
Step 1 ensures mastery of not only the sciences that provide a foundation for the safe and competent practice
of medicine in the present, but also the scientific principles required for maintenance of competence through
lifelong learning (www.usmle.org).
PREPARATORY COURSE
This course ensures that the applicants gain ample information in the subjects that are covered by exam,
providing opportunity to finish in the high percentiles.
Place:
University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center
H-4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei Krt. 98.
Date:
21st June, 2010 - 6th August, 2010. (7 weeks)
Tuition fee:
transferring before 31st December, 2009. 3 000 USD
transferring after 31st December, 2009. 3 399 USD
- 7 weeks of high-yield live lectures
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Behavioral Science
- Immunology
- Medical Genetics
- Microbiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Diagnostic test of 150 questions with performance analysis
- Subject based assessment tests with explanations
- Answers and explanations to all subject assessment exams
- Full-length online exam simulation
- Qbook with 850 practice questions and a test-taking strategy guide
- Complete set of lecture notes
Subject Hours Days
Anatomy 34 5
Behavioral Science 24 3
Biochemistry 35 5
Medical Genetics 7 1
Immunology + Microbiology 34 5
Pathology 44 6
Pharmacology 35 5
Physiology 42 5
Test Taking 3 1
Total 258 37
IMPORTANT: accommodation with two meals a day is provided in our brand new, three-star West Hostel
located on the campus for reasonable price (upon request).
For more information regarding the course, accommodation and visa issues, feel free to contact me!

