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AcEl—AliGN,

cONNEcT, ExPEriENcE

AND lEArN WiTh Our

NEW STrATEGic PlAN

The public’s need for transparency and entrustability in assessment for osteopathically educated physicians. • Accelerate the pace of person-centered technology
ensuring safe, quality health care is driving increasing • Implement a growth strategy for innovative advancements, to deliver increasing opportunities
demand for assessment across the education, training assessments with robust technology-enhanced for users to interact through technology across
and practice continuum in osteopathic medicine, and platforms for summative and formative multiple touchpoints for a consistent and distinctive
in other health care professions. As a result, this assessments (e.g., enhanced COMLEX-USA, experience.
environment provides unprecedented opportunities COMAT, COMSAE, CATALYST and client • Sustain and broaden quality assurance initiatives to
and challenges for the NBOME. The NBOME is the examinations) to meet industry demand for agile, deliver a consistent, positive examinee experience.
leader in osteopathically distinctive assessment for the practice-relevant point of care assessments. • Provide resources to stakeholders to better
osteopathic profession. To enhance this leadership • Expand data services with state-of-the-art understand purposes, uses and content
position, as well as to expand the depth, breadth and assessment technology, infrastructure and data specifications of NBOME assessments.
pace of enhancements to assessment within the services.
osteopathic medical profession and in other health LEARN and accelerate research by fostering a
care professions, in 2016, the NBOME developed a CONNECT and engage by increasing our reach, learning culture among the NBOME staff, National
new strategic plan, ACEL for Align | Connect | influence and effectiveness in advancing the NBOME Faculty and Board and increase support for
Experience | Learn. Throughout 2017-2019, ACEL will mission to protect the public. assessment research.
accelerate our mission of protecting the public through • Increase and influence professional and public • Promote an enterprise culture of learning and
rigorous osteopathic medical testing while serving as awareness about osteopathically distinctive measurement to provide a data-driven, positive
our guide as we work toward becoming the global assessment and advocacy across education, experience that connects and engages with our
leader in providing assessment services and products regulatory and public sectors at state, national and users.
for osteopathic medicine and related health care international levels. • Provide a focus on advancing research,
professions. • Connect and evolve NBOME brand awareness and strengthening evidence by enhancing participation
promise to provide a positive user experience. in research studies.
ALIGN growth strategy for core assessments, • Engage in initiatives that foster and promote
services and new initiatives with data-driven, market- EXPERIENCE the brand and develop and promote continuous professional development for NBOME
based needs and lead the advancement of quality experiences, assessments and services. staff, National Faculty and the Board of Directors.