RESULTS OF STATE BOARD LICENSING EXAMINATIONS

Medical State Board Examinations—Topical Summaries and Answers—An Organized Review of Actual Questions Given in Medical Licensing Examinations Throughout the United States

Medical licensing examinations in the United States.

Dr. Melnick is President of the National Board of Medical Examiners; Dr. Dillon is Associate Vice President, USMLE, National Board of Medical Examiners; and Dr. Swanson is Associate Vice President, Test Development Services, National Board of Medical Examiners. Direct correspondence to Dr. Melnick at the National Board of Medical Examiners, 3750 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-590-95...

The need for national licensing examinations.

It is interesting to see how some developments in assessment in the USA and UK seem to have gone in opposite directions. The USA has a longstanding tradition of highquality national licensing examinations, whereas, in the UK, each medical school has traditionally been responsible for its own examination programmes. Although UK medical schools use external examiners, the country has no national ...

Board-to-board consistency in initial dental licensure examinations.

The consistency between student clinical performance in dental school and performance on initial licensure examinations is known to be weak. A review of the literature failed to identify any reports of the consistency between performance on initial licensure examinations and quality of technical work in practice. This research examines the consistency of performance among candidates who took tw...

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