TrueLearn Adds Picmonic to USMLE Digital Learning Platform
Medical Schools Can Now Enable Students to Retain What They Learn 331% Longer with Audiovisual Mnemonics CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The United States Medical Licensing Exams® (USMLE®) are perhaps the most challenging tests on the planet, causing significant... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Med Schools Fear Board Exam Changes Could Impede Diversity and MD Preparedness
Survey hosted by TrueLearn reveals important USMLE challenges and trends MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) is undeniably one of toughest and most competitive tests on the planet. Developed to assess medical... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY Source Type: news

The patient, AI and the search for answers
Just as pharma was beginning to understand and work with the way patients gather healthcare information online, the paradigm is set to change utterly. Thanks so very much ChatGPT.Given the sudden mass global adoption of AI tools powered by large language models, rapid disruption looks certain. The tools, now increasingly on our smartphones, offer highly plausible and personable ways to find convenient answers to the billion health related questions humankind asks daily.AI-generated health advice is out-ranking physicians on both quality and empathy.The allure is clear. AI is proving more empathetic than GPs and it can prov...
Source: EyeForPharma - June 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news

Google AI Performs at 'Expert' Level on U.S. Medical Licensing Exam
(MedPage Today) -- Google's medically focused generative artificial intelligence (AI) model achieved 85% accuracy on a U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) practice test, the highest score ever recorded by an AI model, according to preliminary... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

The Cost of Overpreparing
(MedPage Today) -- "It's all in your head." When my friends, family, and mentors said these words to me in the days leading up to the pre-pass/fail U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 exam, they meant it literally: Everything you... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

The AI doctor will see you now: ChatGPT passes gold-standard US medical exam
The artificial intelligence program scored between 52.4 and 75 percent across the three-part US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). Each year's passing threshold is around 60 percent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam
(MedPage Today) -- Two artificial intelligence (AI) programs -- including ChatGPT -- have passed the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), according to two recent papers. The papers highlighted different approaches to using large language... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 19, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Physician Licensing Exams: Failure Or Success?
The USMLE, NBME, and FSMB have a real opportunity to promote medical student and physician well-being as well as racial equity by addressing scoring on physician licensing exams. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Omer Awan, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news

The Cell Structure of an International Medical Graduate's Journey The Cell Structure of an International Medical Graduate's Journey
How to create your own personal cell structure to get through the USMLE and life.Medscape Blogs (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - January 18, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Med Students Blog Source Type: news

An Innovative Washington Law Aims to Get Foreign-Trained Doctors Back in Hospitals
Growing up in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, where people sometimes die of preventable or treatable illnesses like diarrhea, typhoid and malaria, taught Abdifitah Mohamed a painful lesson: adequate health care is indispensable. In 1996, Mohamed’s mother died of septicemia after spending nine months hospitalized for a gunshot wound. Her death, Mohamed says, inspired him to go to medical school, and for about four years he worked to treat the sick and injured in Somalia, Sudan and Kenya. But Mohamed hasn’t been able to work as a doctor since 2015, when he left for the United States, where his wife emigrate...
Source: TIME: Health - October 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

USMLE Nightmare: Med Student's Responses Fail to Record USMLE Nightmare: Med Student's Responses Fail to Record
Three months after learning the clinical exams he took this summer were lost and after failing a rushed retest, a fourth-year medical student remains hopeful he ' ll get into a residency program.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - September 10, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news

A 2-Month-Old Receiving Anesthetic: Osmosis USMLE Study Question A 2-Month-Old Receiving Anesthetic: Osmosis USMLE Study Question
Our question this week asks about bloodwork in infants.Osmosis (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students Interactive Quiz Source Type: news

Don't Clinical Skills Matter? We Need a New Step 2 Exam Now! Don't Clinical Skills Matter? We Need a New Step 2 Exam Now!
Critics say the USMLE ' s recent decision to permanently retire the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS2) examination leaves a hole in assessing new physicians, one that devalues important skills.Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students Commentary Source Type: news

USMLE Stuns Again: Clinical Skills Test Permanently Ended USMLE Stuns Again: Clinical Skills Test Permanently Ended
In May, cosponsors of the Step 2 CS said they would take 12-18 months to revamp the test, after the pandemic put it on hold. Now, it ' s scrapped entirely. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - January 27, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Med Students News Alert Source Type: news

Residency Report Shows New Specialty Data, USMLE Score Changes Residency Report Shows New Specialty Data, USMLE Score Changes
The latest AAMC report on residents shows nearly half of medical graduates changed specialties. It also revealed which specialties had the highest USMLE scores and demographic underrepresentation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news