PMID- 28134953
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171120
LR  - 20171128
IS  - 1945-1997 (Electronic)
IS  - 0098-6151 (Linking)
VI  - 117
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Feb 1
TI  - Comparison of Basic Science Knowledge Between DO and MD Students.
PG  - 114-123
LID - 10.7556/jaoa.2017.022 [doi]
AB  - CONTEXT: With the coming single accreditation system for graduate medical 
      education, medical educators may wonder whether knowledge in basic sciences is 
      equivalent for osteopathic and allopathic medical students. OBJECTIVE: To examine 
      whether medical students' basic science knowledge is the same among osteopathic 
      and allopathic medical students. METHODS: A dataset of the Touro University 
      College of Osteopathic Medicine-CA student records from the classes of 2013, 
      2014, and 2015 and the national cohort of National Board of Medical Examiners 
      Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (NBME-CBSE) parameters for MD students 
      were used. Models of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing 
      Examination-USA (COMLEX-USA) Level 1 scores were fit using linear and logistic 
      regression. The models included variables used in both osteopathic and allopathic 
      medical professions to predict COMLEX-USA outcomes, such as Medical College 
      Admission Test biology scores, preclinical grade point average, number of 
      undergraduate science units, and scores on the NBME-CBSE. Regression statistics 
      were studied to compare the effectiveness of models that included or excluded 
      NBME-CBSE scores at predicting COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores. Variance inflation 
      factor was used to investigate multicollinearity. Receiver operating 
      characteristic curves were used to show the effectiveness of NBME-CBSE scores at 
      predicting COMLEX-USA Level 1 pass/fail outcomes. A t test at 99% level was used 
      to compare mean NBME-CBSE scores with the national cohort. RESULTS: A total of 
      390 student records were analyzed. Scores on the NBME-CBSE were found to be an 
      effective predictor of COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores (P<.001). The pass/fail outcome 
      on COMLEX-USA Level 1 was also well predicted by NBME-CBSE scores (P<.001). No 
      significant difference was found in performance on the NBME-CBSE between 
      osteopathic and allopathic medical students (P=.322). CONCLUSION: As an 
      examination constructed to assess the basic science knowledge of allopathic 
      medical students, the NBME-CBSE is effective at predicting performance on 
      COMLEX-USA Level 1. In addition, osteopathic medical students performed the same 
      as allopathic medical students on the NBME-CBSE. The results imply that the same 
      basic science knowledge is expected for DO and MD students.
FAU - Davis, Glenn E
AU  - Davis GE
FAU - Gayer, Gregory G
AU  - Gayer GG
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
EIN - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2017 May 1;117(5):290. PMID: 28459475
MH  - Accreditation
MH  - Clinical Competence
MH  - Clinical Medicine/*education
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Curriculum
MH  - Databases, Factual
MH  - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods
MH  - Educational Measurement
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Osteopathic Medicine/*education
MH  - Osteopathic Physicians/education
MH  - ROC Curve
MH  - Science/*education
MH  - Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2017/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00
CRDT- 2017/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2017/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 2599970 [pii]
AID - 10.7556/jaoa.2017.022 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2017 Feb 1;117(2):114-123. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2017.022.