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The
United States Medical Licensing Examination™
(USMLE™)
The USMLE, cosponsored and co-owned
by the NBME and the Federation of State Medical Boards
(FSMB), is a three-step examination for medical
licensure in the United States. Results of the USMLE are
reported to medical licensing authorities in the United
States for their use in granting the initial license to
practice medicine.
Services
for Health Professional Organizations
The
NBME provides testing, educational, consultative, and
research services to a number of medical specialty
boards, societies, and health sciences organizations.
Services include development, administration, and
analysis of more than 30 examinations for certification,
recertification, in-training, self-assessment, or
evaluation of special competence.
Research
and Development
The NBME continually supports
intramural research in the fields of clinical skills
assessment, advanced methods of testing, and ongoing
studies of the validity and reliability of NBME
examination programs. In addition, the Edward J.
Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund of the NBME
assists with extramural research relevant to the mission
of the NBME.
NBME
Certification & Transcripts
Based on the
full implementation of the USMLE Program in 1994, the
National Board of Medical Examiners approved
discontinuation of the NBME Certification Program for
individuals with no prior passing Part scores and who
passed their first USMLE Step after December 31, 1994.
National Board Certification, however, will continue as
a credential for licensure for those certified as
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Services
for Medical Schools
Through a liaison program with
medical schools, the NBME fosters communication between
the NBME and medical schools, academic societies, and
medical student organizations concerning preparation for
the USMLE. NBME staff conducts workshops in test item
development. The NBME provides information and
assistance to medical educators by producing
high-quality assessment tools known as subject
examinations. These are primarily designed for use as
final examinations after courses and clerkships. They
are achievement tests in a broad sense, requiring
medical students to solve scientific and clinical
problems. The NBME subject
examinations are made available to individual
medical school departments to provide a measurement of
knowledge in each of the traditional basic and clinical
science disciplines, and to provide a means for
comparing student performance with a nationwide
reference group of medical students. [More]
Services
for Practicing Physicians
The Post-Licensure
Assessment System (PLAS) is a joint activity of the NBME
and the FSMB and was developed to assist
medical licensing authorities in assessing physicians
who have already been licensed. The PLAS includes the
Special Purpose Examination (SPEX®) and the Assessment
Center Program (ACP).
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