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COMLEX vs. USMLE

What do you need to be successful on boards?

COMLEX

LEVEL 1
 

LEVEL 2 

LEVEL 3 



Requires
  • More Understanding and Insight/Comprehension of How and Why
  • Clinical Case Expertise/Application of Basic Science to Clinical Medicine
  • Info Mastery to keenly choose the one best answer among >1 right answers


Scoring
  • Weighted and balanced differently between topics
  • Different things earn you different points



Emphasis
  • Science of Clinical Medicine
  • A lot of OMM
  • Diagnostic Technologies/ Diagnosis
  • Some OMM
  • Treatment and Management
  • Patient Care
  • Least OMM


Format


“Vague” questions with only a small amount of data to work with

USMLE

Step 1 

Step 2

Step 3


Requires
  • More Memorization
  • Vast knowledge base of factoids


Scoring
  • Scoring is not weighted or balanced – all questions are worth the same
  • Only one right answer per question




Emphasis


  • More Basic Science
  • More Calculations

  • Research Scenarios
  • Clinical Cases
  • Treatment and Management
  • Health Management
  • More Practice Management
  • Hospital Administration
  • Resource Management


Format


Detailed scenarios with a lot of data provided

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