Useful Websites

United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is the toughest exam of a medical students life. It takes months and months of meticulous preparation to clear your steps.

Here’s a list of 10 most useful websites for the whole process. Some of these are created and edited by former test takers. Others are official websites for registration and residency match. You will find all the information you need from step 1 to step 3 and match.
Usmletomd contains extensive and updated lists for electives, observerships, externships., prematches and most catchy of all the IMG friendly residency programs list.  Apart from that you will get valuable tips and tricks in the crack the USMLE section.


Usmle-Forums is the a large online USMLE community with more then 9000 members and 25,000 posts. From USMLE news to USMLE books, this site even has a USMLE mobile section. You will find alot of interesting threads in forums highlighting all the difficult areas in your steps preparation.


Prep 4 Usmle is the largest online USMLE community with more then 600,000 posts and 60,000 members. Forums are organized subject wise with separate sections containing discussions on anatomy, physio, biochem, patho, microbio and so on.
On-Line Extramural Electives Compendiumpermits searches for elective opportunities, using the “Search Schools By” drop-down menu. You can sort the search results by individual institution, by State/Canadian province, and by US Geographic Region.


Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates or ECFMG assesses whether international medical graduates are ready to enter residency or fellowship programs in the United States. ECFMG also offers a variety of other programs and services to physicians educated abroad and other members of the international medical community.


Electronic Residency Application Service or ERAS is a service that transmits applications, letters of recommendation (LoRs), Medical Student Performance Evaluations (MSPEs), medical school transcripts, USMLE transcripts and other supporting credentials from applicants and their designated dean’s office to program directors.


National Residency Match Program Each year, the NRMPconducts a Main Residency Match that is designed to optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and program directors. In the third week of March, the results of the Match are announced. You can register for the Match and submit your rank order lists.


Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database or FREIDAis a service by the American Medical Association. You can search residency and fellowship training programs and sort them out by speciality, state, institute and optional criteria. Additional information is also available about affiliated training institutions