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I've seen a couple of postings indicating that certain medical schools are NOT requiring students to PASS the CSE. It appears my medical school has gone this route as we received an email today from our Dean, he writes:
What a huge waste of time and money. I have a feeling that many medical schools are going to do the same with respect to the graduation requirement.
BTW, my school put the fear of God into us last year and told us that "under no circumstances will you be allowed to graduate should you not pass the exam."
The new policy is as follows:
We require that all students must sit for the NMBE, Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination prior to graduation, but you do not have to post a passing score in order to graduate.
The reason for this change is notification that we received from the NMBE that approximately half of US medical students are scheduled to take the CSE before July 2005. It may be that the reporting of scores will require more than 8 weeks and, therefore, may not be available for students before graduation in May, 2005.
We continue to support the CSE as a means to demonstrate competency and accountability in the medical education and licensing process. We continue to discuss policy for graduation May, 2006.
We require that all students must sit for the NMBE, Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination prior to graduation, but you do not have to post a passing score in order to graduate.
The reason for this change is notification that we received from the NMBE that approximately half of US medical students are scheduled to take the CSE before July 2005. It may be that the reporting of scores will require more than 8 weeks and, therefore, may not be available for students before graduation in May, 2005.
We continue to support the CSE as a means to demonstrate competency and accountability in the medical education and licensing process. We continue to discuss policy for graduation May, 2006.
What a huge waste of time and money. I have a feeling that many medical schools are going to do the same with respect to the graduation requirement.
BTW, my school put the fear of God into us last year and told us that "under no circumstances will you be allowed to graduate should you not pass the exam."