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ERIC Number: EJ530208
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0163-2787
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USMLE Step 1 Examination: Legal Vulnerability.
Templeton, Bryce
Evaluation and the Health Professions, v19 n2 p131-47 Jun 1996
In 1994 the Federation of State Medical Boards and the National Board of Medical Examiners instituted a three-step U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). Step one of the USMLE may be vulnerable to legal challenge on the basis of minority group bias and lack of construct validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Court Litigation, Equal Education, Legal Problems, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Medical Students, Minority Groups, Physicians, Test Bias, Test Construction, Test Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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