Kaplan Medical Launches Online United States Medical Licensing Exam -USMLE- Step 2 Review Course; First-Ever Online Review Helps Busy Med Students Prepare for Licensing Exam.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000

Medical students shouldering hectic schedules that leave little time for USMLE Step 2 preparation can now review for the crucial exam online, anytime, between clinical rotations or while "on call". Kaplan Medical, the medical preparation unit of Kaplan, Inc., today launched the first ever USMLE Step 2 review course, reaching fourth year medical students across the country with targeted video lectures from Kaplan Medical's world famous faculty. The USMLE Step 2 Highlights course is available on Kaplan Medical's Web site, www.kaplanmedical.com.

"We saw the need for more flexible modes of study," said Rochelle Rothstein, M.D., Vice President of Kaplan Medical. "And we filled the gap. Realizing that fourth year med students are incredibly busy, we created a concise, flexible, intensive online course, giving students the extra edge on the most-likely-to-be-tested Step 2 material."

Kaplan Medical's Step 2 Highlights is an innovative online lecture series, offering more than 25 hours of targeted review from clinical faculty who have been teaching Kaplan Medical's comprehensive review programs. The Highlights course emphasizes the must-know, critical concepts for the test, with exam-focused highlights on Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ob-gyn, Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Medical students can easily finish the Step 2 Highlights course in two weeks, allowing them to concentrate on preparing for the test with minimal interruption to their busy schedules.

"My lectures are a part of Kaplan's high-yield content review, which provides the key material needed for busy students to earn their top scores," said Dr. Asher Kornbluth, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School. "Kaplan's deep involvement in the medical school arena gives this course the user-friendly, highly focused approach that students need."

USMLE Step 2 Highlights can also be used as a convenient "final review" for students taking Kaplan Medical's live lecture courses, which provide more in-depth, comprehensive USMLE preparation. Kaplan Medical's center-based program students can view the video lectures developed for the online course at Kaplan centers across the country.

Kaplan Medical is the largest provider of preparation services for the USMLE and the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) in the world, also providing board review and Continuing Medical Education (CME) for practicing physicians, and test preparation for pre-medical Dental and Nursing students. Kaplan Medical's beta Web site, kaplanmedical.com will fully launch this summer, aiming to become the leading online destination for test preparation and educational services for health sciences students and professionals.

Kaplan Medical (www.kaplanmedical.com) is a unit of Kaplan's Test Preparations and Admissions unit (www.kaptest.com), which offers preparation for 30 standardized tests, including entrance exams for secondary school, college, and graduate school as well as English language and professional licensing exams. Kaplan (www.kaplan.com) is a premier provider of educational and career services to individuals, schools and businesses. Kaplan is a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO).