News

NBME has always looked for ways to be involved with the local community. In 2008, a staff member suggested the company participate in the Philadelphia READS' "Power Partners" program, which matches socially conscious organizations with children from Philadelphia classrooms for one-on-one literacy coaching sessions that run from October through May of each school year.

The International Consortium for Health & Wellness Coaching (ICHWC), a nonprofit controlled affiliate of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), recently received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a coaching program designed to help prevent diabetes.

NBME hosted an invitational conference on Collaborative Approaches in Continuing Certification in December for key collaborators.

The Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC) is pleased to announce the publication of its landmark article – The Intersection of Professionalism and Interprofessional Care: Development and Initial Testing of the Interprofessional Professionalism Assessment (IPA).

The Re-Examining Exams: NBME Effort on Wellness (RENEW) Task Force held a successful meeting at the end of October. The task force made progress in fulfilling its charge.

The Group on Educational Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges announced a new Award for Emerging Educators. It is named in honor of NBME's M. Brownell (Brownie) Anderson, M.Ed., for her outstanding commitment to the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA).

When you have a continuous improvement mindset, a question that occurs often is, "How could this be better?" That's exactly the question Nicole Fortuna, Senior Test Development Analyst, asked herself regarding preparation materials for the Computer-based Case Simulation (CCS) portion of the USMLE Step 3 examination.

In late October, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced a new "Reimagining Residency" initiative and its committee members who will work to transform residency training and better address the workforce needs of the current and future health care system.

The NBME is pleased to announce that Kimberly Swygert, PhD, Director of Research and Development in Professional Services, has been elected to the 2019-2020 Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Board of Directors.

Following a nationwide search, the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) is pleased to announce Andrew F. Farella will become Sr. Vice Present of Information Technology in November 2018.

If you are preparing for the NBME Clinical Science Subject Examinations or the IFOM Clinical Science Examination, learning from your mistakes and reviewing those questions you guessed at during practice tests can be just as important as reviewing content. Together, these strategies offer you a great opportunity to fully understand the broad array of concepts required for your test.

Congratulations to Kimberly Swygert, PhD, Director of Research and Development, for being selected as a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The Admissions Committee and the Board of Trustees recently announced their decisions, and Dr. Swygert will be inducted via the College Night ceremony at the Mütter Museum on Friday, November 16.