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Faculty Use and Comments
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Institution	Use as Course Final Exam	Use as Remediation Exam	Other	Do Not Use
Des Moines University Edward P. Finnerty		X		X
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Robert G. Carroll	X	X
Florida State University J. Michael Overton	X	X
Indiana University School of Medicine Steve Kempson	X
Indiana University School of Medicine at Lafayette Arthur D. Rosen	X
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine William Guggino				X
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Richard D. McCabe				X
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans Michael G. Levitzky	X
Morehouse School of Medicine Adel Elmoselhi				X
New York Medical College Norman Levine				X
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Charles H. Lang			X
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Thomas A. Pressley				X
Tulane University Medical School Norman Kreisman				X
University of South Carolina School of Medicine L. Britt Wilson	X
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Harvey Kaslow				X
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Norman W. Weisbrodt	X	X	X
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Howard C. Kutchai				X
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Medical College of Virginia) Linda Costanzo				X
Virginia Tech Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine Chris Reilly				X

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
The NBME exam is not used anywhere in the first-year medical school curriculum at the PSU College of Medicine. However, the comprehensive basic science shelf exam is given at the end of the 2nd year in preparation for USMLE Part 1.
Charles H. Lang

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Correction of the "calibration error" on the shelf exams we used last summer and this spring resulted
in 52 grade changes, most from this spring. It also reduced our 2004 summer remediation enrollment from 29 to 6; and, I'm happy to report that those 6 were successful in their remediation. Although the 23
students who had started the remediation program prior to our receiving the correct NBME scores were delighted when we first told them, I know a few who now are not happy with the fact that they had needlessly changed their summer plans to start the remediation program. So, I don't know if any of them are going to seek compensation. I do know that the six students who needlessly repeated the first year due to incorrect NBME scores are seeking compensation. So far, the Board has admitted their error and seem to want to settle with the students out of court, but we'll see.
One interesting thing is coming up which I do not understand. Although the board folks have not given us the data, they have implied that we were the only school to have students fail and/or repeat a year
when the wrong scores were used. I find this hard to believe because an 8 point swing on a final exam should have quite an impact. According to the board, 43 schools were affected, but I think I
received information from only about a dozen.
Norman W. Weisbrodt

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