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Research fellows tap technology to break down barriers and fuel learning

Posted: January 7, 2026

The NBME Strategic Educators Enhancement Fellowship supports early-career faculty with medical education and assessment research skill development.

November 2025 NBME Impact Report: Illuminating the moments that matter

Posted: November 18, 2025

Download the latest version of the NBME Impact Report.

NBME, USMLE and FSMB release an informative testing accommodations video

Posted: November 12, 2025

The USMLE is committed to ensuring that all test takers who demonstrate a need under the ADA for reasonable testing accommodations on the Step exams receive them in order to provide equitable access w...

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New Health Systems Science (HSS) Examination Now Available to All Medical Schools

Posted: August 29, 2019

Faculty can now use the Health Systems Science (HSS) Examination, a high-quality, standardized assessment developed in collaboration with the American Medical Association, as a new tool to support the...

NBME Activities at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 2019 Annual Conference August 24-28, 2019

Posted: August 16, 2019

Will you be attending the 2019 AMEE Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria? Join us at our booth (#N29) to see how you and your colleagues can benefit from exciting enhancements to our products and service...

New Comprehensive Subject Examination Score Reports Align with USMLE

Posted: August 15, 2019

The comprehensive subject examinations, including the Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) and Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination (CCSE), began using new score scales and score feedb...

New Ambulatory Care Subject Examination Is Available

Posted: August 15, 2019

A new subject examination for Ambulatory Care began administration on August 1 and is now available for medical school faculty. The Ambulatory Care subject examination replaces the former Adult Ambula...

Act Local, Think Global

Posted: August 9, 2019

Over a dozen thought-leaders in medical education gathered at the NBME’s offices this summer to explore how best to support a global culture of assessment. The Global Medical Education Assessment Hori...

Ensuring Accuracy

Posted: July 12, 2019

Score reports meet the needs of examinees and faculty when the correct inferences can be drawn. NBME receives feedback about scoring and uses that feedback as input to its continuous improvement effor...

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