In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President of Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, explore InCUS: possible changes to USMLE score reporting.On March 11-12, 2019, representatives of medical regulation and medical education came together for a discussion about numeric score reporting on the USMLE program. InCUS was designed to consider the exam’s primary purpose of medical licensure in the context of recent concerns raised by some in the community ..read more

In this episode of USMLE® Connection, Dave Johnson, the Senior Vice President at Federation of State Medical Boards, and Chris Feddock, Executive Director for the Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration, discuss the discontinuation of the Step 2 CS exam, the reasons behind the decision, and next steps.  ..read more

As part of the discovery phase of developing and implementing a modified Step 2 CS assessment, hear the USMLE® program’s two-pronged strategy over the short and long term, feedback received this summer from stakeholders, and preliminary information about the format of the modified Step 2 CS exam ..read more

To learn more about the recent decision to suspend test administration of the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam for 12-18 months, listen to a podcast featuring Dave Johnson, Chief Assessment Officer for the Federation of State Medical Boards, Dr. Michael Barone, Vice President for Licensure Programs at NBME, and Dr. Christopher Feddock, Executive Director of CSEC. They provide insight into the decision making process, alternative delivery options that were explored, and next steps for the USMLE program to consider ..read more

In this episode of USMLE® Connection, Dave Johnson, the Senior Vice President at Federation of State Medical Boards, and Michael Barone, the Vice President for Licensure at NBME, will announce and discuss three recent decisions concerning changes to USMLE ..read more

In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President of Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, discuss InCUS updates, USMLE improvements, and vision ..read more

In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President of Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, explore InCUS: possible changes to USMLE score reporting.On March 11-12, 2019, representatives of medical regulation and medical education came together for a discussion about numeric score reporting on the USMLE program. InCUS was designed to consider the exam’s primary purpose of medical licensure in the context of recent concerns raised by some in the community ..read more

In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President, Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, discuss the InCUS experience and upcoming timeline.On March 11-12, 2019, representatives of medical regulation and medical education came together for a discussion about numeric score reporting on the USMLE program. InCUS was designed to consider the exam’s primary purpose of medical licensure in the context of recent concerns raised by some in the community of medic ..read more

In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President, Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, discuss InCUS learnings and next steps. On March 11-12, 2019, representatives of medical regulation and medical education came together for a discussion about numeric score reporting on the USMLE program. InCUS was designed to consider the exam’s primary purpose of medical licensure in the context of recent concerns raised by some in the community of medical educatio ..read more

In this episode of USMLE Connection, produced by NBME Communications, Mike Barone, MD, MPH, Vice President, Licensure for NBME, and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President for Assessment Services at Federation of State Medical Boards, discuss the collaborative approach to creating the United States Medical Licensing Exam® (USMLE ..read more