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Results of the Second Clinical Skills Assessment Examination of the ECFMG.
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Conn, Hadley L.; Cody, Ronald P. – Academic Medicine, 1989
The Clinical Skills Assessment Examination was constructed to test the clinical skills of foreign medical graduates. A pilot test of 635 foreign graduates, including 35 United States citizens, and 123 graduates of U.S. medical schools found 28 percent of foreign graduates deficient in clinical skills, consistent with previous research. (MSE)
Descriptors: Certification, Foreign Medical Graduates, Higher Education, Job Skills
Phase-In of the NBME Comprehensive Part I Examination.
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Swanson, David B.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Major changes in the content and format, standard-setting procedures, and score reporting policies in the National Board of Medical Examiners' comprehensive Part I examination are described. The phase-in of the United States Medical Licensing Examination and implications for score use are also discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Medical Education, Professional Education
Influence of Candidates' Test Selection on Pass Rates on Examinations for Certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
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Sutnick, Alton I.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
A study investigated test-taking patterns and pass rates on the National Board of Medical Examiners test (NBME) and Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS), including trends in pass rates, proportion of candidates taking each test, and proportions of repeaters for each test. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Medical Graduates, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Sequential Testing with a Performance-Based Examination Using Standardized Patients.
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Colliver, Jerry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the feasibility of sequential testing of medical students using standardized patients. Sequential testing passes students who score well on the first segment of the test thus eliminating additional student-standardized patient encounters. Subjects were six classes of Southern Illinois University students (n=404). Results strongly…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients
The USMLE, the NBME Subject Examinations, and Assessment of Individual Academic Achievement.
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Hoffman, Kaaren I. – Academic Medicine, 1993
The appropriateness of using Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) to make individual academic decisions and the appropriateness of determining course grades with scores from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) subject tests are examined. Underlying philosophical and psychometric assumptions are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Philosophy, Grading, Higher Education
Use of the USMLE to Select Residents.
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Berner, Eta S.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
It is proposed that, despite the fact that no large body of data from the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is available, predictive validity of National Board of Medical Examiners test scores supports use of USMLE scores for screening potential new medical residents. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
Use of NBME and USMLE Examinations to Evaluate Medical Education Programs.
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Williams, Reed G. – Academic Medicine, 1993
Criteria are presented for determining whether licensure and/or achievement test results should be used for making various types of comparisons and judgments about medical education programs. The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and National Board of Medical Examiners tests (NBME) are then considered as data sources. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Background Essential to the Proper Use of Results of Step 1 and Step 2 of the USMLE.
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O'Donnell, M. J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
General information about Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) are offered to support proper use of the results for three general, nonlicensure applications: (1) evaluation of academic achievement; (2) program evaluation; and (3) selection for residencies. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Graduate Medical Education
Use of an Objective Clinical Examination to Determine Clinical Competence.
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Dupras, Denise M.; Li, James T. C. – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study investigated performance of 51 second-year internal medicine residents on an objective structured clinical examination and analyzed the test's role in evaluating clinical competence. The examination included nine physical diagnoses and several test-interpretation stations. Performance was analyzed statistically and correlated with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competence, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Medical Education