COMLEX-1 and USMLE-1 Are Not Interchangeable Examinations

Relationship between COMLEX and USMLE scores among osteopathic medical students who take both examinations.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between osteopathic (COMLEX) and allopathic (USMLE) exam scores in not well described. We sought to describe the relationship between COMLEX and USMLE scores for osteopathic medical students who reported scores for both exams during application to internal medicine residency. METHODS Cross sectional study of 588 matched USMLE/COMLEX Step 1 scores and 24...

New COMLEX-USA-to-USMLE conversion formula needed.

Why are normalization methods not interchangeable?

SARTools is a R package associated with two R script templates which allow one to perform differential analysis with either DESeq2 [1] or edgeR [2], the normalization method employed being the one associated with the package used. The purpose of this additional file is to show that normalization methods are not interchangeable between statistical models without adequate transformation. Despite ...

How to predict USMLE scores from COMLEX-USA scores: a guide for directors of ACGME-accredited residency programs.

CONTEXT Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs) frequently apply to residency training programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. However, students who have taken the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) rather than the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) may encounter a selection bias when applyi...

Biologic therapies for moderate to severe psoriasis are not interchangeable.

Health care managers and hospital pharmacists are increasingly compelling prescribers to use medication substitutes. This policy becomes particularly evident when the agents are biologics with shared indications based on their assumed clinical equivalence and efficiency (cost-effectiveness), and in these cases the involvement of clinicians in decision making is often minimal or nonexistent. Lac...