KU Medical Students Score Success on Medical Licensing Exam
KANSAS CITY, Kan.— Students the University of Kansas School of Medicine have surpassed the national average on Step One of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) for the third consecutive year, Executive Dean Barbara Atkinson announced this week. The Step One exam is administered to students at the completion of their first year of medical school.
The Class of 2008, the school’s centennial class, scored a 98 percent pass rate, compared to the national average of 93 percent. In addition, the KU medical students’ average score of 219 surpassed the national average of 217.
“During the past three years, we’ve seen our medical students’ preparedness to apply basic science to clinical scenarios improve,” says Atkinson. “That’s a credit to the dedication of both our faculty and our students. I’m very pleased and proud.”
The USMLE is sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States, Inc., and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) .The USMLE assesses a physician’s ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills, that are important in health and disease and that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care.
View the KU School of Medicine USMLE Step 1 Performance Summary (PDF)
View the KU School of Medicine USMLE Step 1 Performance Histogram (PDF)
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