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

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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Impact of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam on Medical School Clinical Skills Assessment

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/01.acm.0000236531.32318.02 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 81 (Suppl) ◽

pp. S13-S16 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Karen E. Hauer ◽

Arianne Teherani ◽

Kathleen M. Kerr ◽

Patricia S. O???Sullivan ◽

David M. Irby

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Medical School ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

The United States ◽

Skills Assessment ◽

Clinical Skills Assessment ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination

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

Medical Teacher ◽

10.3109/0142159x.2012.737053 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 173-173 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keh-Min Liu ◽

Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai ◽

Shih-Li Tsai

Keyword(s):

Clinical Skills ◽

National Medical ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Licensing Examination

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Assessing the Underlying Structure of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Test of Clinical Skills Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/00001888-200610001-00006 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 81 (Suppl) ◽

pp. S17-S20 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Andr?? De Champlain ◽

Kimberly Swygert ◽

David B. Swanson ◽

John R. Boulet

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

The United States ◽

Underlying Structure ◽

Medical Licensing ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Licensing Examination

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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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