Clinical skills evaluation of the United States Medical Licensing Examinatio
10.11307/mededjapan.43.21
- VernacularTitle:米国医師国家試験USMLE における臨床能力評価
- Author:
Toshiya Suzuki
;
Nobuo Nara
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
clinical skills assessment;
National Board of Medical Examiners;
United States Medical Licensing Examination;
Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration;
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- From:Medical Education
2012;43(1):21-26
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
・We visited the National Board of Medical Examiners and the Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration Center to discuss with the examiners the present state of the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), to which clinical skills evaluation has been introduced.
・Evidence that the introduction of clinical skills evaluation to the USMLE has affected the reform of medical schools curricula in the United States supports the necessity of introducing clinical skills evaluation to the Medical Board Examination of Japan.