NBME is committed to delivering innovative solutions that provide opportunities for learners to practice and improve their skills and behaviors over time. Learn more about our recent efforts in our research summary, “Supporting Medical Learners in the Development of Key Clinical Competencies.”

We’re evolving in collaboration with the medical education community to better meet the needs of today’s learners and to develop new approaches to assessing complex domains including:

1. Patient-centered communications: our extensive body of research has led to development of a prototype that could help learners practice and improve communication skills

2. Clinical reasoning: two promising initiatives explore how learners arrive at their conclusion

3. Teamwork: early exploratory research focused on assessment of teamwork in graduate medical education

For more reading about other research topics visit the NBME Research Library. You can also learn more about our efforts in communications in this short video featuring Ann King, Sr. Manager, Measurement Scientist.