The Relationship between Senior Year Examinations at a Medical School and the Korean Medical Licensing Examination

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.

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Exploration of examinees’ traits that affect the score of Korean Medical Licensing Examination

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions ◽

10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Mi Kyoung Yim

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Test Scores ◽

Female Students ◽

Regression Coefficients ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination ◽

Written Test ◽

First Time ◽

The City ◽

Test Result

Purpose: It aims to identify the effect of five variables to score of the Korean Medical Licensing Examinations (KMLE) for three consecutive years from 2011 to 2013. Methods: The number of examinees for each examination was 3,364 in 2011 3,177 in 2012, and 3,287 in 2013. Five characteristics of examinees were set as variables: gender, age, graduation status, written test result (pass or fail), and city of medical school. A regression model was established, with the score of a written test as a dependent variable and with examinees’ traits as variables. Results: The regression coefficients in all variables, except the city of medical school, were statistically significant. The variable’s effect in three examinations appeared in the following order: result of written test, graduation status, age, gender, and city of medical school. Conclusion: written test scores of the KMLE revealed that female students, younger examinees, and first-time examinees had higher performances.

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Analysis of First Clinical Skills Examination in the Korean Medical Licensing Examination: Focus on Examinees' Experience in a Medical School

Korean Journal of Medical Education ◽

10.3946/kjme.2011.23.3.203 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 203-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Kyung Ae Jun ◽

Sang Yop Shin

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination

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The Relationship Between Licensing Examination Performance and the Outcomes of Care by International Medical School Graduates

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/acm.0000000000000310 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 89 (8) ◽

pp. 1157-1162 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

John J. Norcini ◽

John R. Boulet ◽

Amy Opalek ◽

W. Dale Dauphinee

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

International Medical ◽

Examination Performance ◽

Outcomes Of Care ◽

Licensing Examination ◽

The Relationship

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Re: The Relationship Between US Medical Licensing Examination Step Scores and ABR Core Examination Outcome and Performance: A Multi-Institutional Study

Journal of the American College of Radiology ◽

10.1016/j.jacr.2020.10.018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 8-9

Author(s):

Maitray D. Patel ◽

Darel E. Heitkamp ◽

Sheryl G. Jordan

Keyword(s):

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship

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The Correlation of Grade Point Average of Medical School and the Score of Korean Medical Licensing Examination

Korean Journal of Medical Education ◽

10.3946/kjme.2004.16.1.25 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 25-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sung-Soo Ahn ◽

Yang-Kwon Seo ◽

Song-Ee Baek ◽

So-Young Bae ◽

Jeong-Hun Seol ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Grade Point Average ◽

Grade Point ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination

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Is a medical humanities test needed in the National Medical Licensing Examination of Korea? Opinions of medical students and physician writers (secondary publication)

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions ◽

10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.16 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kun Hwang

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Medical Humanities ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Likert Scale ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Medical School Curriculum ◽

National Medical ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination

The purpose of this study was to examine the opinions of medical students and physician writers regarding the medical humanities as a subject and its inclusion in the medical school curriculum. Furthermore, we addressed whether an assessment test should be added to the National Medical Licensing Examination of Korea (KMLE). A total of 192 medical students at Inha University and 39 physician writers registered with the Korean Association of Physician Essayists and the Korean Association of Physician Poets participated in this study. They were asked to answer a series of questionnaires. Most medical students (59%) and all physician writers (100%) answered that the medical humanities should be included in the medical school curriculum to train good physicians. They thought that the KMLE did not currently include an assessment of the medical humanities (medical students 69%, physician writers 69%). Most physician writers (87%; Likert scale, 4.38 ± 0.78) felt that an assessment of the medical humanities should be included in the KMLE. Half of the medical students (51%; Likert scale, 2.51 ± 1.17) were against including it in the KMLE, which they would have to pass after several years of study. For the preferred field of assessment, medical ethics was the most commonly endorsed subject (medical students 59%, physician writers 39%). The most frequently preferred evaluation method was via an interview (medical students 45%, physician writers 33%). In terms of the assessment of the medical humanities and the addition of this subject to the KMLE, an interview-based evaluation should be developed.

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