October 2007
The Archives
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10.24.07Scores give USC medical students reason to smileStudents from the Keck School of Medicine have reason to celebrate after their scores on the United States Medical Licensing Examination surpassed the national mean scores for the fifth year in a row. Second-year Keck students scored an average of 233 points on the test, compared to a national average of 218, Keck officials estimated from data USMLE gave them. Eighty-five percent of second-year Keck students scored above the national mean, said Keck Dean Brian Henderson. Carol Ciliberto, a representative of the National Board of Medical Examiners, which oversees USMLE, refused to confirm the Keck test scores or release the scores of any ...
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10.24.07Dubai Healthcare City to offer (USMLE) Step 3 Exams for the first time outside the United StatesDubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a member of Tatweer, has announced its regulatory body the Center for Health Care Planning and Quality (CPQ) has been granted permission to conduct Step 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) in Dubai. This is the first time the examination will have been conducted outside the United States. USMLE's Composite Governing Board, The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) have all given their approval for the move. The USMLE is a premier examination that is recognized internationally as the gold standard for medical licensing. The provision to ...
