September 24, 2018
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.
September 3, 2018
NBME staff members are excitedly preparing for the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference later this month.
July 5, 2018
No matter how much you prepare, sometimes the correct answer may not be apparent to you. And later you may not remember the question or the answer you chose.
June 8, 2018
In support of innovation in medical education assessment, the Edward J. Stemmler, MD Medical Education Research Fund from the NBME has issued its 2018-2019 call for Letters of Intent.
June 7, 2018
NBME staff publications and presentations contribute to the body of scholarship on assessment, explore emerging test constructs, and demonstrate the continuous reliability and validity of our existing examinations.
May 25, 2018
Three National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) researchers have received recognition for their influential studies in psychometrics, the science of measurement. Drs. Brian Clauser, Richard Feinberg, and Carol Morrison have been honored with awards for career and research contributions.
May 23, 2018
Beginning with exam administrations on June 1, 2018, the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) will report scores for the Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Examination as equated percent correct scores instead of scaled scores. The new equated percent correct score reflects an examinee's mastery of the content domain and can be used to compare and track school and examinee performances over time and across test administrations.
May 15, 2018
The NBME invites nominations for the 2019 John P. Hubbard Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and sustained contribution to the assessment of professional competency and educational program development at any level along the continuum of medical education and delivery of healthcare.
May 11, 2018
After a recent meeting in Brazil to discuss its ongoing collaboration activities with NBME, Hospital Sírio-Libanês (HSL) hosted a symposium with attendees from the student body and faculty of a number of medical schools, government officials, and other healthcare luminaries. The symposium, presented in Portuguese with a simultaneous English translator, provided insight into the NBME/HSL collaboration, the Qualifications in Medicine (QM) exams, and progress toward fostering a culture of assessment in Brazil.
May 11, 2018
This June, hundreds of potential health and wellness coaches will take the Health and Wellness Coach Certifying Examination (HWCCE) to demonstrate their competency in helping people achieve their personal goals for health and wellbeing.
May 10, 2018
From March 12 through April 16, employees at the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) collected art supplies for "swag bags" donated to children undergoing treatment at a local children's hospital.
May 7, 2018
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) Latin America Grants Program awarded grants to three collaborations of Latin American medical schools for their proposals to enhance the quality of evaluation in health professions education in their respective regions. The Latin America Grants Committee selected the recipients in February after receiving more than a dozen proposals.
