Characteristics of Clinical Clerkships: NBME Survey Results
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) is pleased to announce that detailed results of the Characteristics of Clinical Clerkships Survey are now available. In 2012, the NBME emailed Executive Chief Proctors at over 200 medical schools and satellite campuses asking them to forward an invitation to complete an on-line questionnaire to the clerkship directors in:
- Clinical Neurology
- Family Medicine
- Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Surgery
The purpose of the survey was to gather descriptive information about clerkship characteristics and use of computer case simulations. Data gathered for each clerkship included type and length of clerkship rotations, curriculum type for the 2012-2013 academic year, purpose of the exam, and for the 2011-2012 academic year, procedures used to determine minimum passing scores, minimum passing score and the score required to achieve Honors. We hope you will find these results informative.