July 31, 2024Wednesday NBOMEosteopathic medicine Mile marker 90 years strong—Celebrating the NBOME’s role in professional self-regulation for our patients When NBOME was founded in the 1930s, osteopathic medicine was a smaller subset of the medical community, considerably less than the 11% of all currently licensed physicians that DOs comprise in the U.S. today.
March 1, 2023Wednesday advocacyDO & student voicesNBOME Bridging the gaps Breaking DOwn barriers through advocacy Some pathology residency programs were requiring minimum COMLEX-USA scores with percentiles dramatically higher than those for USMLE. That has changed, thanks to intervention and advocacy.
Oct. 1, 2022Saturday COMLEXNBOME Opinion Eliminating numeric scores for COMLEX-USA Level 1 COMLEX Level 1 is now a pass-fail exam. What does this mean for candidates moving forward?
March 29, 2022Tuesday NBOMEosteopathic medicine Defining osteopathic medicine Defining the distinctive practice of osteopathic medicine: Building on the 2019 summit Without defining ourselves, we run the risk of being defined by others, and the status of distinction we enjoy will devolve to extinction.
April 4, 2017Tuesday COMLEXJAOAmedical schoolNBOMEosteopathic medical educationresearchstudents Osteopathic licensing Changes coming to COMLEX-USA exams NBOME is using evidence-based research to redesign the COMLEX-USA.