Medical students exceed average
SCRANTON - For the second consecutive year, students at the Commonwealth Medical College exceeded the national pass rate for Step I of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
Ninety-eight percent of TCMC third-year students, compared with 96 percent of all U.S. and Canadian first-time test takers, passed the exam as reported January through Oct. 3.
The first step of the exam assesses whether medical students can apply concepts of the basic sciences to the practice of medicine and can demonstrate a foundation for the safe and competent practice of medicine.