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Why Do Osteopathic Medical Students Take The Usmle Step 1?, Constantino G. Lambroussis, John Weston, Richard R. Terry, Jennifer Spencer
Why Do Osteopathic Medical Students Take The Usmle Step 1?, Constantino G. Lambroussis, John Weston, Richard R. Terry, Jennifer Spencer
Advances in Clinical Medical Research and Healthcare Delivery
In 2022, 4722 osteopathic medical students chose to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 (USMLE Step 1) in addition to the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination Level 1 (COMLEX Level 1). Both of these examinations are currently pass/fail assessments to demonstrate clinical knowledge competency. Osteopathic medical students are only required to take the COMLEX series of examinations for graduation from an osteopathic medical school while allopathic medical students are only required to take the USMLE Step series of examinations instead. Correlation between these examinations exists, and information from multiple entities has been for the COMLEX and the …