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ArticleBMC medical education2026

From parallel to aligned: a United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE

Robert M Badeau, Thea Mallini, Jennifer Laury, Vincent VanBuren, Danielle Dickey

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Article in BMC medical education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Robert M BadeauOffice of Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA. rmbadeau@tamu.edu.
Thea MalliniOffice of Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
Jennifer LauryOffice of Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
Vincent VanBurenDepartment of Medical Education, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
Danielle DickeyOffice of Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University, Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMedical students often experience a "parallel curriculum," which is perceived as a real misalignment between what is taught in the formal institutional curriculum and, for licensing, the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE

methodsTo align USMLE

resultsUsing a top‑down, left‑to‑right parse of the USMLE

conclusionsThese linked USMLE

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CurriculumEducational MeasurementEducation, MedicalEducation, Medical, UndergraduateLicensure, MedicalHumansUnited StatesAssessment taggingCurriculum mappingExam blueprintingLearning objectivesOntology codebookUndergraduate medical educationUnited States Medical Licensing Examination

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PMID42449355
PMCPMC13651350

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