As the medical licensing exam begins to convert to computer-based testing May 10, some students claim foul after 1,500 of their peers were allowed a trial run.
Some students fear a licensing exam trial run introduced an unfair advantage.
I would have liked to have had the same opportunity. T he road to computer-based testing is proving rocky as the National Board of Medical Examiners mothballs paper and pencils and rolls out an online version of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. The ill-informed kicker was that students would need to hire a lawyer to have incorrect grades removed from their permanent records. Other concerns involved having an adequate number of testing centers near medical schools for student convenience and for the registration process to be as easy as possible. As the May 10 roll-out of the computerized test nears, student leaders said they believe the NBME has resolved the registration and testing center concerns.