Subaqua Sternal Rubs

This is not something you want to see the day before your standardized, computer graded final exams start:

Peter Scoles, MD, the National Board of Medical Examiners' senior vice president for assessment programs, said they discovered a software problem during a quality control check of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills exam results. This is the first year that graduating medical school students are required to take the test, which organized medicine initially met with resistance but has since accepted.

Dr. Scoles said that he was personally calling those who the problem affected. The error is "something that the organization deeply regrets, but it [uncovering the error] shows the kind of process that we're committed to, to keep checking and rechecking," he said.

Of the 38 students affected, 14 were from U.S. medical schools and 24 were from international programs. Dr. Scoles said the students took the news well.

The computer error occurred when student scores for note taking were assigned to the wrong individuals.

Source: Amednews.com

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