{"id":2469,"date":"2026-02-27T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:40:03","slug":"lead-updates-week-of-03-02-26-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/bulletin\/2026\/02\/27\/lead-updates-week-of-03-02-26-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAD Updates &#8211; Week of 03.02.26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Class of 2028<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n      <h1>LEAD Updates &#8211; Week of 03.02.26<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <div class=\"meta\">\n        \n                  <span class=\"date\">February 27, 2026<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    \n        \n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Shelf Voucher Reminder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LEAD provided you with one (1) Clinical Science Mastery Series\u00a0voucher\u00a0(<strong>aka practice\u00a0Shelf\u00a0exam\u00a0voucher<\/strong>) on 2\/6 in an email titled &#8220;Shelf Exam Voucher from LEAD.&#8221; 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