Clinical Educators Faculty Development Module (On-Demand)-Clinical Competencies

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The speaker, an osteopathic physician and NBOME executive leader, discussed how the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners assesses clinical competence across the medical education continuum. He explained NBOME’s mission to protect the public by testing osteopathic competencies and outlined its exam programs, including COMLEX USA for licensure, COMAT for rotation-based formative assessment, COMSAE for COMLEX-style practice, COMVEX for physicians reentering practice, and OCC-related assessments. He emphasized that osteopathic education should integrate OPP/OMT throughout training, not just as isolated questions.<br /><br />A major theme was competency-based medical education (CBME), which focuses on what learners can actually do, using frequent formative feedback, observable performance, and patient-centered outcomes. He referenced Miller’s Pyramid and described core competencies such as professionalism, communication, systems-based practice, and osteopathic patient care.<br /><br />He also reviewed current NBOME innovations, including a proposed distributed clinical skills assessment called C3DO, designed to replace the suspended Level 2 PE, and recent improvements to COMLEX exams: fewer questions on Levels 1 and 2 with the same testing time, and a one-day Level 3 exam to reduce burden on residents.<br /><br />Finally, he invited faculty to participate as national faculty through item writing, advisory committees, standard setting, and research, noting these opportunities can support scholarly activity for GME.

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Clinical Competencies Recording

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NBOME

COMLEX USA

osteopathic medical education

competency-based medical education

OPP/OMT

clinical skills assessment

Miller's Pyramid