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This weekend’s Conclave brought together all of our National Faculty chairs and chair-elects to collaborate on planning for NBOME assessments.
The COMLEX-USA Level 3 Advisory Committee met on Saturday to discuss updates and ongoing initiatives to ensure it continues to reflect the knowledge and competencies essential for osteopathic physicians in practice.
How do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 celebrate small wins? This #WellnessWednesday, discover new ways to do just that with advice from other DO students. #WeeklyWellnessChallenge #CandidateWellness
The NBOME hosted a Core Competency Capstone for DOs (C3DO) Osteopathic Clinical Reasoning Workshop in Philadelphia on October 17. Attendees helped write post encounter questions and review ones from previous phases to prepare for Phase 4 in 2026.
COMLEX for general surgery applications – the BEST predictor for DO performance on board cert exams! The DO interviewed Kristen Conrad-Schnetz, DO, surgery PD & past president of the ACOS, on NBOME-led research which investigated these relationships. t.co/ToFIAcbcTU
DOs hope that new research will lead to universal use of COMLEX for DOs
The research found positive correlations between performance on COMLEX and surgery board exams.
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Four new COMs are joining the Core Competency Capstone for DOs (C3DO) pilots in 2026. Learn more about the incoming schools and those who have already integrated C3DO into their clinical education and assessment programs: https://www.nbome.org/news/four-coms-to-join-c3do-pilots-in-2026/
🎥In this video series, patients share why clinical skills are important in their care.
Learn about how C3DO assesses these patient-centered skills to a national standard: https://www.nbome.org/assessments/clinical-skills/c3do/
How do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 celebrate small wins? This #WellnessWednesday, discover new ways to do just that with advice from other DO students. #WeeklyWellnessChallenge #CandidateWellness
🚨 Maintenance on the NBOME Portal has been completed and all services are once again available. We appreciate your patience during this time as we work to give you a more improved experience with the NBOME Portal. 🚨
Thanks to everyone who attended our session and visited our booth at #NRMPConference! The session covered how C3DO can help prepare students for excellence in residency with C3DO participants Dr. Clark (Marian University), Dr. Medina (UNT Health Fort Worth), and Dr. Ryo (NYIT) joining us.
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍🧠 — a reminder that caring for our mental well-being is just as important as our physical health. Let’s continue to reduce stigma, support one another, and make mental health a priority. https://www.nbome.org/resources-for/osteopathic-students-residents/wellness/
Due to scheduled maintenance, the NBOME Portal will be unavailable from 5 PM CT Thursday, October 9, through Monday, October 13. As a result, all activities on Portal—including purchasing, scheduling, and launching exams—will be unavailable until Tuesday, October 14.
How do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 celebrate small wins? This #WellnessWednesday, discover new ways to do just that with advice from other DO students. #WeeklyWellnessChallenge #CandidateWellness
We’re at the #ACOI2025 Annual Convention, connecting w osteopathic internists from across the country! Happy to see ACOI's Joanne Kaiser-Smith, DO, Robert Hasty, DO, and Watson Ducatel, DO, MPH, with NBOME’s John R Gimpel, DO, MEd @OCOM @acoi_org @AOA @john_gimpel @RowanVirtuaSOM
#COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores from 08/28/2025 to 09/26/2025 have been released. Celebrate your positive results with us, using #IPassedCOMLEX! You can log in here: https://www.nbome.org/
The NBOME hosted a Level 2-CE Item Writing Workshop and Advisory Committee meeting in Chicago, October 2–4. With 24 National Faculty members participating, nearly 500 items were written or revised—supporting the continued quality of COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE.
Find out where we're going next in the coming months on the COM trail!
October is #BreastCancerAwareness Month. 🎀 We stand with patients, survivors, and their loved ones, and encourage early detection and preventive care. Together, we can raise awareness and support those impacted.
How do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 celebrate small wins? This #WellnessWednesday, discover new ways to do just that with advice from other DO students. #WeeklyWellnessChallenge #CandidateWellness
It’s the day to celebrate our favorite m̶o̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ daily companion. ☕ Happy #NationalCoffeeDay
At #OMED25, a study linking MCAT & UGPA to COMLEX-USA performance received the JOM 2025 Quality Improvement in Education Research Award. Proud to have coauthored this important work with AAMC & AACOM.
https://www.nbome.org/news/nbome-research-recognized-by-aoa-during-omed-2025/