The Role of Exams for Doctors, and Why They Have Changed - Dr. Peter Katsufrakis, President and CEO of NBME

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What does it mean to be a good physician, and how do you measure it? Medical educators face such questions, but few with more focus than Dr. Peter Katsufrakis who heads the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), the organization that helps health professionals enhance and demonstrate their knowledge across the care continuum -- both in school and while practicing. As he tells host Dr. Rishi Desai, Katsufrakis sees the NBME’s mission as using assessment as a tool to drive excellence and ultimately protect the health of the public. Because these tests have huge implications for students, schools and the medical system as a whole, adjustments to them draw intense interest, as was recently the case. Tune in to hear the reaction of students to major changes in the exams, what drove the modifications, and Katsufrakis’ take on the many lessons learned from COVID.

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