June 14, 2019
Preliminary recommendations on USMLE score reporting from the convening organizations of the Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS) are now available online. From now until July 26, 2019 individuals and organizations interested in this United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) topic can review the recommendations, hear podcasts about InCUS, sign up for a webinar, and submit comments about the recommendations.
June 13, 2019
In April 2019, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) signed an agreement with representatives from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) that was nearly a year in the making. Specifically, the HPCSA asked FSMB and NBME to help them deliver a high-quality written exam that can be used as a standardized assessment for those international graduates who wish to practice medicine in South Africa.
June 4, 2019
Over 250 medical educators attended the 2nd annual Invitational Conference for Educators on May 14-16 in Indianapolis, Indiana, hosted by the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®).
May 14, 2019
Medical school faculty are critical to the education of future physicians. In addition to teaching, faculty must assess their students’ knowledge to know if students are meeting objectives set for courses and clerkships and if changes are needed to the educational program.
May 9, 2019
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) is proud to announce a unique research opportunity for medical school faculty who wish to develop their skills in medical education assessment research.
April 8, 2019
Two National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) psychometricians have received recognition for their work in data visualization. Richard Feinberg, PhD, and Dan Jurich, PhD, recently won the Educational Measurement Issues and Practices (EM:IP) cover graphic/data visualization competition for the fourth consecutive year with their entry Visualizing Hierarchical Score Inferences.
April 5, 2019
The 2018 NBME Annual Report: Engagement and Action and 2018 Directory: NBME & USMLE Committees & Volunteers are now available for viewing. Click here to see the report’s interactive format that quickly transports readers to deeper content or directly to online assessment information.
April 5, 2019
The NBME is pleased to announce newly elected and re-elected officers and at-large members of its Executive Board. The election occurred at the annual meeting of the NBME membership on March 29, 2019, in Philadelphia.
March 13, 2019
On March 4, 2019, NBME’s Director of Test Development Services (TDS) conducted a workshop for 20 participants at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). For the past 10 years ACOG has reached out to NBME for a spring workshop to train subject matter experts writing items for ACOG’s PROLOG (self-directed learning) and CREOG (residency in-training) assessments.
March 1, 2019
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) is pleased to announce that Ken Ridgley joined the organization as Vice President, Test Development in mid-February 2019.
February 26, 2019
Three new practice exam forms (Forms 20, 21, and 22) of the Comprehensive Basic Science Self-Assessment (CBSSA) will be available on MyNBME on March 25, 2019. Two additional new forms (Forms 23 and 24) will be released in late spring 2019. The performance feedback provided will remain the same. These updates are part of NBME’s annual operations to provide new content.
February 22, 2019
Health profession educators can now learn about assessment creation and delivery through additional NBME Educator Guides now available at NBME.org.
