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

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations : Topical Summaries, Questions and Answers

The International Landscape of Medical Licensing Examinations: A Typology Derived From a Systematic Review

Background National licensing examinations (NLEs) are large-scale examinations usually taken by medical doctors close to the point of graduation from medical school. Where NLEs are used, success is usually required to obtain a license for full practice. Approaches to national licensing, and the evidence that supports their use, varies significantly across the globe. This paper aims to develop a...

Predictive validity of osteopathic medical licensing examinations for osteopathic medical knowledge measured by graduate written examinations.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive validity of osteopathic medical licensing examinations for osteopathic medical knowledge measured by graduate written medical examinations. Performances on the three osteopathic initial licensing examinations, the three osteopathic internal medicine in-service examinations, and the osteopathic internal medicine board certification examina...

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 Impact of Correction for Guessing Formula on MC and Yes/No Vocabulary Tests' Scores

A standard correction for random guessing (cfg) formula on multiple-choice and Yes/Noexaminations was examined retrospectively in the scores of the intermediate female EFL learners in an English language school. The correctionwas a weighting formula for points awarded for correct answers,incorrect answers, and unanswered questions so that the expectedvalue of the increase in test score due to g...