National Board of Medical Examiners

National Board of Medical Examiners
Founded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
TypeNonprofit educational
Location
President & CEO
Peter J. Katsufrakis, MD, MBA
Websitenbme.org

The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), founded in 1915, is a United States non-profit which develops and manages assessments of student physicians. Known for its role in developing the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) in partnership with the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), USMLE examinations for medical students and residents are used by medical licensing authorities in the U.S. to help determine qualifications to grant and recognize medical licenses.[1] NBME also creates assessments and materials that are used by medical students, medical educators, practicing physicians, and for state testing of physicians already holding licenses.[2][3]

NBME's stated mission is to "protect the health of the public through state of the art assessment of health professionals" and emphasizes that "while NBME's mission is centered on assessment of physicians, this mission encompasses the spectrum of health professionals along the continuum of education, training and practice and includes research in evaluation as well as development of assessment instruments". NBME is headquartered on and adjacent to the University City Science Center research campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]

  1. ^ Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities (1921) United States Office of Education
  2. ^ "National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®)". Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ^ "About NBME | NBME". Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. ^ Kostelni, Natalie (2007-11-23). "Medical examiners to expand HQ". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-05-16.