scholarly journals Presidential address: Adoption of clinical skills examination for dental licensing, execution of computer-based testing for the medical licensing examination, and the 30th anniversary of the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yoon-Seong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Health Personnel ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
30Th Anniversary ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Computer Based Testing ◽  
Licensing Examination

scholarly journals Evaluation of a course to prepare international students for the United States Medical Licensing Examination step 2 clinical skills exam

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel B. Levine ◽  
Andrew P. Levy ◽  
Robert Lubin ◽  
Sarah Halevi ◽  
Rebeca Rios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
Usmle Step

Purpose: United States (US) and Canadian citizens attending medical school abroad often desire to return to the US for residency, and therefore must pass US licensing exams. We describe a 2-day United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step 2 clinical skills (CS) preparation course for students in the Technion American Medical School program (Haifa, Israel) between 2012 and 2016.Methods: Students completed pre- and post-course questionnaires. The paired t-test was used to measure students’ perceptions of knowledge, preparation, confidence, and competence in CS pre- and post-course. To test for differences by gender or country of birth, analysis of variance was used. We compared USMLE step 2 CS pass rates between the 5 years prior to the course and the 5 years during which the course was offered.Results: Ninety students took the course between 2012 and 2016. Course evaluations began in 2013. Seventy-three students agreed to participate in the evaluation, and 64 completed the pre- and post-course surveys. Of the 64 students, 58% were US-born and 53% were male. Students reported statistically significant improvements in confidence and competence in all areas. No differences were found by gender or country of origin. The average pass rate for the 5 years prior to the course was 82%, and the average pass rate for the 5 years of the course was 89%.Conclusion: A CS course delivered at an international medical school may help to close the gap between the pass rates of US and international medical graduates on a high-stakes licensing exam. More experience is needed to determine if this model is replicable.

scholarly journals Clinical skills examination as part of the Taiwan National Medical Licensing Examination

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keh-Min Liu ◽  
Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai ◽  
Shih-Li Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Skills ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Licensing Examination

scholarly journals Smart device-based testing for medical students in Korea: satisfaction, convenience, and advantages

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Young Lim ◽  
Mi Kyoung Yim ◽  
Sun Huh
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Smart Device ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
National University ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Computer Based Testing ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
Paper And Pencil

The aim of this study was to investigate respondents’ satisfaction with smart device-based testing (SBT), as well as its convenience and advantages, in order to improve its implementation. The survey was conducted among 108 junior medical students at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Korea, who took a practice licensing examination using SBT in September 2015. The survey contained 28 items scored using a 5-point Likert scale. The items were divided into the following three categories: satisfaction with SBT administration, convenience of SBT features, and advantages of SBT compared to paper-and-pencil testing or computer-based testing. The reliability of the survey was 0.95. Of the three categories, the convenience of the SBT features received the highest mean (M) score (M= 3.75, standard deviation [SD]= 0.69), while the category of satisfaction with SBT received the lowest (M= 3.13, SD= 1.07). No statistically significant differences across these categories with respect to sex, age, or experience were observed. These results indicate that SBT was practical and effective to take and to administer.

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