Uncategorized - CSMSJ http://csmsj.edu.jm/category/uncategorized/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 03:43:23 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://csmsj.edu.jm/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-CSMSJ-LOGO-BOOKMARK-BARS-32x32.png Uncategorized - CSMSJ http://csmsj.edu.jm/category/uncategorized/ 32 32 ‘Momentous’ USMLE Change: New Pass/Fail Format Stuns Medicine http://csmsj.edu.jm/uncategorized/momentous-usmle-change-new-pass-fail-format-stuns-medicine/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 03:20:49 +0000 http://csmsj.edu.jm/?p=7351 News that the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program will change its Step 1 scoring from a 3-digit number to pass/fail starting January 1, 2022, has set off a …
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]]> News that the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program will change its Step 1 scoring from a 3-digit number to pass/fail starting January 1, 2022, has set off a flurry of shocked responses from students and physicians.

J. Bryan Carmody, MD, MPH, an assistant professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia, told Medscape Medical News he was “stunned” when he heard the news on Wednesday and said the switch presents “the single biggest opportunity for medical school education reform since the Flexner Report,” which in 1910 established standards for modern medical education.

Source: Medscape

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]]> Excellent past rate in preparation of Locum medical interns http://csmsj.edu.jm/uncategorized/excellent-past-rate-in-preparation-of-locum-medical-interns/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:10:45 +0000 http://csmsj.edu.jm/?p=790 Excellent past rate in preparation of Locum medical interns (medical doctors not trained by the University of the West Indies) for the Caribbean Association of Medical Council Examination (CAMC). In …
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]]> Excellent past rate in preparation of Locum medical interns (medical doctors not trained by the University of the West Indies) for the Caribbean Association of Medical Council Examination (CAMC). In April 2016, CSMSJ prepared nineteen candidates for the CAMC examination, and 18 of these candidates were successful. In November 2016, CSMSJ prepared fourteen candidates for this examination and twelve candidates were successful.

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