Trends in the Japanese National Medical Licensing Examination: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Japanese National Medical Licensing Examination (NMLE) is mandatory for all medical graduates seeking to become licensed physicians in Japan. Given the cultural emphasis on summative assessment, the NMLE has had a significant impact on Japanese medical education. Although the NMLE Content Guidelines have been revised approximately every five years over the last 2 decades, objective literature analyzing how the examination itself has evolved is absent.

Objective

To provide a holistic view of the trends of the actual examination over time, this study used a combined rule-based and data-driven approach. We primarily focused on classifying the items according to the perspectives outlined in the NMLE Content Guidelines, complementing this approach with a natural la

SUBMITTER: Morimoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12775762 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature