PMID- 22331802
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120614
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1945-1997 (Electronic)
IS  - 0098-6151 (Linking)
VI  - 112
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - Graduating osteopathic medical students' perceptions and recommendations on the 
      decision to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
PG  - 83-9
AB  - CONTEXT: Osteopathic medical students have a choice to take the United States 
      Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) in addition to the Comprehensive 
      Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA). However, taking the 
      USMLE requires additional commitments of time, effort, and expense, often for 
      uncertain return. No data are available about the attitudes of graduating 
      osteopathic medical students toward their options regarding the USMLE and how 
      they decide whether to take this examination. OBJECTIVE: To uncover attitudes 
      among graduating osteopathic medical students on taking the USMLE. METHOD: Using 
      an Internet-based questionnaire, the authors surveyed graduating osteopathic 
      medical students about their experiences with deciding whether to take the USMLE 
      and whether they would advise other students to take the examination. RESULTS: 
      Nineteen osteopathic medical colleges agreed to participate in the survey. Of the 
      2744 graduating students at those schools, 978 (35.7%) completed the survey. 
      Students in higher quintiles (ie, top 40%) of class rank were more likely to take 
      the USMLE than those in lower quintiles (ie, bottom 40%) (P<.001). The most 
      common reason cited by students for taking the USMLE was to "keep [their] options 
      open" for residencies (233 of 507 respondents [46%]). Of the 474 students who did 
      not take the USMLE, 171 respondents (36.1%) reported experiencing discrimination 
      for not taking the examination. Four hundred seventy of 981 respondents (47.9%) 
      reported finding residency programs that specifically require the USMLE, and 689 
      of 981 respondents (70.2%) recommended that future students take at least 1 step 
      of the USMLE. CONCLUSION: The majority of graduating osteopathic medical students 
      polled in the present study believed that osteopathic medical students should 
      take the USMLE.
FAU - Hasty, Robert T
AU  - Hasty RT
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Nova Southeastern University College of 
      Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018, USA. hasty@nova.edu
FAU - Snyder, Samuel
AU  - Snyder S
FAU - Suciu, Gabriel P
AU  - Suciu GP
FAU - Moskow, Jaclynn M
AU  - Moskow JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Osteopath Assoc
JT  - The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
JID - 7503065
SB  - IM
CIN - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Aug;112(8):480-1; author reply 481-2. PMID: 22904243
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Career Choice
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Decision Making
MH  - Education, Medical, Graduate
MH  - *Educational Measurement/standards
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Licensure, Medical/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Osteopathic Medicine/*education
MH  - Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2012/02/15 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/15 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 112/2/83 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Feb;112(2):83-9.