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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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2021

COMLEX-USA

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Examining Concurrent Validity Between Comlex-Usa Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation And Comlex-Usa Level 2-Performance Evaluation., Brandon Craig, Xiaolin Wang, Jeanne Sandella, Tsung-Hsun Tsai, David Kuo, Charles Finch May 2021

Examining Concurrent Validity Between Comlex-Usa Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation And Comlex-Usa Level 2-Performance Evaluation., Brandon Craig, Xiaolin Wang, Jeanne Sandella, Tsung-Hsun Tsai, David Kuo, Charles Finch

PCOM Scholarly Papers

CONTEXT: The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States of America (COMLEX-USA) is a three level examination used as a pathway to licensure for students in osteopathic medical education programs. COMLEX-USA Level 2 includes a written assessment of Fundamental Clinical Sciences for Osteopathic Medical Practice (Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation [L2-CE]) delivered in a computer based format and separate performance evaluation (Level 2-Performance Evaluation [L2-PE]) administered through live encounters with standardized patients. L2-PE was designed to augment L2-CE. It is expected that the two examinations measure related yet distinct constructs.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the concurrent validity of L2-CE with L2-PE. …