Again, I'm not qualified to get at the nuance so I defer to you if you're in the industry. > No. If you subspecialize Sure. I agree that you need a singular b

Again, I'm not qualified to get at the nuance so I defer to you if you're in the industry. > No. If you subspecialize Sure. I agree that you need a singular board for a terminal specialty and potentially interstitial boards along the way. > Yes, probably when talking to non doctors to keep it simple. But everyone inside usually just says specifically Step 1, Step 2 etc or USMLE. Again, I'm not in the field, but see a lot of references on the web using "boards" language. From a quick google search "USMLE called steps or boards", I get a test prep site [0]. I'm assuming this is a matter of "precise v. common" usage. > The United States Medical Licensure Exam (USMLE) Step 1, commonly called “the Boards,” is a standardized test [0] https://www.boardvitals.com/blog/9-things-to-know-before-taking-usmle-step-1-exam/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20Medical%20Licensure,to%20the%20practice%20of%20medicine https://www.boardvitals.com/blog/9-things-to-know-before-tak....