Comparison of preventive medicine knowledge and competency assessment in China and the US medical licensing examination and its enlightment

  • Zhang Dongqi ,
  • Han Chunmei
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  • 1Department of Item Development II, National Medical Examination Center, Beijing 100097, China;
    2Department of Item Development I, National Medical Examination Center, Beijing 100097, China

Received date: 2023-03-27

  Online published: 2023-10-07

Abstract

Medical licensing examination is the well-accepted form to authenticate medical licensure in most countries. As an important component in clinical medical licensing examination, preventive medicine part mainly focuses on the assessment of preventive services and mindset in clinical circumstances. By comparing and analyzing the assessment of preventive medicine knowledge and competency in China and US medical licensing examination based on the competency requirements of clinical physicians, this paper provides several suggestions on the future development of better examination design, including building up a better assessment requirements system, improving the assessment form and technique, and raising the items proportion of preventive medicine, so as to promote the preventive medical teaching reform in clinical medical education and provide the clinical professionals more suitable for China's health development needs.

Cite this article

Zhang Dongqi , Han Chunmei . Comparison of preventive medicine knowledge and competency assessment in China and the US medical licensing examination and its enlightment[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2023 , 43(10) : 793 -797 . DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20230327-00323

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