Ecfmg 2015 Annual Report

CliniCAl skills eVAluAtion 

CollAborAtion 

Te Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC) is a partnership 

of ECFMG and the National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) 

To learn more about CSEC, visit 

formed to develop and administer clinical skills assessments of health 

www.csecassessments.org. 

care professionals. Because they evaluate critical skills not measured 

by multiple choice questions or computer-based testing, clinical skills 

assessments are essential to safe and efective patient care. CSEC strives to protect the public by ensuring that 

health care professionals meet standards of competence in communication and interpersonal skills, patient 

examination, spoken English profciency, and clinical reasoning. 

CSEC is an outstanding resource for members of the world’s academic health professions community. 

CSEC provides full-service development of standardized patient (SP)-based clinical skills examinations that test 

all aspects of the clinical encounter. It also provides customized consultation and faculty development services to 

clients worldwide that have an interest in developing and administering their own clinical skills assessments. In 

2015, CSEC provided four customized consultations and conducted six case-development workshops. 

CSEC operates six U.S. test centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, 

where there are two centers. Te CSEC centers comprise the largest network of dedicated clinical skills 

assessment centers in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. Tese specialized facilities are 

designed, built, and operated for the express purpose of administering SP-based exams. Te CSEC centers are 

available for customized administration of clients’ clinical skills examination programs. 

Since 2004, CSEC has administered the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) component of the United States 

Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®). Each year, CSEC administers examinations to approximately 

35,000 examinees. Exhibit 15 shows the number of Step 2 CS administrations by CSEC for the 10-year period 

2006 to 2015. 

CSEC by the Numbers 

•   Total test administrations, 2004–2015: more than 388,000 

•   Total SP Encounters, 2004–2015: approximately 4,700,000 

•   Highest number of test administrations in a calendar year: 36,030 (2015) 

•   Highest number of test administrations, U.S. and Canadian medical students/graduates, in a 

calendar year: 21,435 (2015) 

•   Highest number of test administrations, international medical students/graduates, in a 

calendar year: 17,513 (2008) 

Source: ECFMG database. Data current as of March 11, 2016. 

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Exhibit 15: USMLE Step 2 CS Administrations, 2006–2015 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2014 

2015 

U.S. and Canadian Medical Students/Graduates 

International Medical Students/Graduates 

Source: ECFMG database. Data current as of March 11, 2016. 

40,000 

35,000 

30,000 

25,000 

20,000 

15,000 

10,000 

5,000 

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CSEC Operations Oversight Group 

The operation of CSEC is guided by its Operations Oversight Group. 

NBME Representatives 

John J. Hinke, Jr., C.P.A. 

Chief Financial Officer 

NBME 

Ruth B. Hoppe, M.D., M.A.C.P. 

Professor Emeritus 

Michigan State University College of Human 

Medicine 

N. Stacy Lankford, M.D. 

Director of Medical Education 

Elkhart General Hospital—Beacon Health System 

Yasyn Lee, M.D. 

Medical Associates Clinic 

Donald E. Melnick, M.D. 

President 

NBME 

Karen M. Sanders, M.D. 

Professor of Medicine 

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of 

Medicine 

Joseph A. Zenel, Jr., M.D., F.A.A.P. 

Professor of Pediatrics 

Director, Pediatric Residency 

University of South Dakota, Sanford School of 

Medicine 

Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic 

ECFMG Representatives 

Karen H. Antman, M.D. 

Provost, Boston University Medical Campus 

Dean, School of Medicine 

Boston University 

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O. 

Chairman and Partner 

Martin, Blanck & Associates 

Pamela Blizzard, M.B.A. 

Managing Director 

Research Triangle High School 

Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, M.D. 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

ECFMG 

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A. 

Partner 

Baker Tilly 

Dennis M. Donohue, C.P.A. 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 

ECFMG 

Ram R. Krishna, M.D. 

Orthopedic Surgeon 

Steven E. Minnick, M.D., M.B.A. 

Director of Medical Education 

St. John Hospital and Medical Center 

CSEC Representative 

Kim Edward LeBlanc, M.D., Ph.D. 

Executive Director 

CSEC 

Federation of State Medical Boards 

Representatives (non-voting) 

Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O., M.S., M.A.C.P., 

F.A.C.O.I. 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

FSMB 

David A. Johnson, M.A. 

Senior Vice President, Assessment Services 

FSMB 

Todd Phillips, M.B.A. 

Chief Financial Officer 

FSMB 

CSEC Executive Review Committee 

Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, M.D. 

Donald E. Melnick, M.D. 

Steven E. Minnick, M.D., M.B.A. 

Joseph A. Zenel, Jr., M.D., F.A.A.P. 

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