Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Self-Assessment Examination (COMSAE): COMSAE is a self-assessment examination for osteopathic students and residents to gauge the base of their knowledge and ability as they prepare to take a COMLEX-USA cognitive examination. Each COMSAE examination consists of 176 questions that are in a format and structure like COMLEX- USA cognitive examinations. Scoring and reporting are also similar. Students will be required to take at least one school-organized COMSAE during the Spring semester of the OMS-II year (For Level 1) or prior to the start of their fourth year (For Level 2). A benchmark score (as determined annually by the Dean) must be achieved to obtain student eligibility to take the COMLEX Level 1 during the summer following the OMS-II year. Students must take and pass COMLEX Level 1 within 1 year following the completion of didactics. A benchmark score (as determined annually by the Dean) must be achieved as part of the requirements for students to obtain eligibility to sit for COMLEX Level 2. In addition, students must successfully complete all core rotations and the requisite COMATs. Students must take and pass COMLEX Level 2 within 1 year following the completion of OMS III year.
Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX): The COMLEX-USA series, administered by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME), is an examination sequence with three levels. While all examination Levels have the same two-dimensional content structure, the depth and emphasis of each Level parallels the educational experiences of the candidate. This progressive nature of the COMLEX-USA examinations ensures the consistency and continuity of the measurement objectives of the osteopathic medical licensing examinations (www.nbome.org).
All LMU-DCOM medical students are required to take and pass COMLEX Level 1, Level 2-CE, and the LMU-DCOM Clinical Skills Workshop prior to graduation. Currently, the NBOME has formally discontinued the COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE. Starting with the graduating class of 2029, the NBOME will make new options available for assessment and verification of osteopathic clinical skills competencies as part of the eligibility requirements for COMLEX-USA Level 3 Examination dates will be provided to the students. Students are responsible for the fees associated with the COMLEX exams. LMU-DCOM does not pay for the COMLEX exams. A student who fails any COMLEX level exam (either 1 or 2- CE) will be required to present before the Student Progress Committee after each failed attempt.
Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test (COMAT): The NBOME's COMAT Series include eight core clinical disciplines: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Osteopathic Principles and Practice, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery. Each subject examination is designed for standardized assessment in core osteopathic medical disciplines. COMAT examinations assess an osteopathic student's achievement level on those subjects, with an emphasis on clinical application. COMAT provides DCOM with readily available, nationally standardized examination modules to assess their students, including for the purposes of evaluating education across varied clinical rotation sites.
Students are allowed a maximum of two COMAT attempts per discipline. Students must re-take failed COMATs in the first open block available (as determined by the Assistant/Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine and/or Affairs after the failed attempt. Students will not be able to progress to OMS IV year without successfully passing all required COMATs.