COMLEX and COCA

[meliora27]

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Does COCA accreditation require students to pass COMLEX?

There's always the discussion about moving to just one exam, but what if DO schools could just give give their students a choice and say in order to graduate you have to pass either the USMLE or the COMLEX?

Seeing as there is an OMM COMAT, perhaps that could suffice for students who elect to only take the USMLE to demonstrate OMT proficiency?

 

[costales]

Yep, it's in their accreditation standards: "6.7.1 All students must take and pass the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Inc. (NBOME) Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination COMLEX-USA Level 1 prior to graduation. All students must take COMLEX-USA Level 2 Cognitive Evaluation (CE) and Performance Evaluation (PE) components prior to graduation. All students who enter in the 2004-2005 academic year, and all students who graduate after December 1, 2007, must also pass NBOME Cognitive Evaluation (CE) and Performance Evaluation (PE) components of COMLEX-USA Level 2 prior to graduation."

 

[meliora27]

Yep, it's in their accreditation standards: "6.7.1 All students must take and pass the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Inc. (NBOME) Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination COMLEX-USA Level 1 prior to graduation. All students must take COMLEX-USA Level 2 Cognitive Evaluation (CE) and Performance Evaluation (PE) components prior to graduation. All students who enter in the 2004-2005 academic year, and all students who graduate after December 1, 2007, must also pass NBOME Cognitive Evaluation (CE) and Performance Evaluation (PE) components of COMLEX-USA Level 2 prior to graduation."

Thanks, @costales