Due to numerous factors, humans today may have lost certain metabolic efficiencies that safeguarded early existence. Depending upon a hunter-gatherer’s foraging success, daily survival for homo sapiens was most often shaped by the biodiversity of available food sources, foraging behaviors that provided an abundance of daily exercise, and distinct periods of intermittent fasting. This was …
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COMLEX Level 1 Adopts Pass Fail Scoring
NBOME announces COMLEX Level 1 adopts pass fail scoring starting May 10th. “There is something sacred about the relationship between physician and patient. The basis of the relationship lies in the implicit trust placed in the physician by the patient. That trust stems from the belief that the physician is competent to practice medicine, and …
WOLFPACC Ranked Among Best COMLEX Prep Courses of 2021
St. Augustine, FL-based WOLFPACC is among the nation’s best COMLEX-USA preparatory courses, as ranked by Intelligent.com, an online magazine focused on helping students prepare for college by analyzing and ranking institutions and programs. The publication is a highly trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning and recently published its list of the …
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COMLEX Creator Releases 2020 Annual Report, Focuses on Student Wellness
The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Inc. (NBOME), creator and sole administrator of the COMLEX-USA series of examinations required for licensure for osteopathic physicians in the United States and multiple international jurisdictions, recently released its annual report. Among the highlights in the newest report, titled “Agility”, is a focus on student wellness. The report …
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USMLE Score Reporting Delayed
If you’ve taken or are preparing to take your USMLE Step 2, there’s already one big question already looming in your mind: “When will I get my score?” This year, students may have to wait a little longer to find out how they fared on the exam – the second in the three-part exam required …
USMLE Step 1 Makes Switch to Pass/Fail Scoring
Following nearly two years of collecting and considering input from hundreds of medical education, regulatory and clinical stakeholders, administrators of the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination) are making a significant change to the first in the series of tests required for securing a medical license. As soon as January 2022, USMLE Step 1 score …
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Four Factors in Return to Clinical Training
The COVID-19 pandemic put the brakes on direct patient interaction for medical students throughout the bulk of the last school year. As some schools begin allowing students to return to clinical rotations – a critically important move for third-year medical students – multiple factors remain at play. These include: Clinical volume: Many patients who would otherwise …
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The Step 2 CS Exam is Coming Back with Changes – But When?
The arrival and subsequent spread of the COVID-19 outbreak throughout the US has forced multiple changes in medical school application, testing and admissions. Among those changes was a suspension of the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills exam (Step 2 CS), first in March, then extended for another 18 months, an important and understandable effort to …
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Tanzanian Medical Student Forms Organization to Assist Fellow Internationals
Applying to medical school is tough enough. But when you’re an international student, you’ve got double the hurdles to cross. Azan Virji discovered that as a Tanzanian applicant – even one with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in public health from Yale. Turns out fewer than 50 American institutions consider applicants from outside the U.S. …
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Med School Applicants Up 17 Percent – Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Play a Role?
The number of medical school applicants vying for a spot for the 2021 year is up 17 percent from this time last year, which saw an increase of just 1.1 percent, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Osteopathic medical schools are seeing a similar boost. Applications are up 18 percent compared to …
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