Medical Licensure

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations

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A national analysis of medical licensure applications.

The 1990 enactment of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and subsequent case law have established that medical board screening of physician licensure applicants for histories of mental illness or substance use may constitute discrimination. This study examines how physician licensure questionnaires have evolved since the enactment of the ADA. Specifically, we requested medical licensure ...

Three controversies over item disclosure in medical licensure examinations

In response to views on public's right to know, there is growing attention to item disclosure - release of items, answer keys, and performance data to the public - in medical licensure examinations and their potential impact on the test's ability to measure competence and select qualified candidates. Recent debates on this issue have sparked legislative action internationally, including South K...

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Pernicious Myths and Inescapable Facts.

language, passed by legislatures and signed by governors. As a legal construct, the interstate compact is specifically provided for in the US Constitution4 and has long been recognized by the courts as an effective tool for states to collectively resolve common problems without the intrusion of the federal government. More than 200 compacts exist in the United States, with 22 of them being trul...

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations : Topical Summaries, Questions and Answers