COMLEX Level 3 is the final hurdle in the COMLEX exam series, and is often the most underestimated by aspiring doctors. Don’t let your guard down just yet.
How COMLEX Level 3 Is Administered
Level 3 is typically taken during the first year of residency. It is a two-day computer-based exam, consisting of four computer-based test sessions of 3 1/2 hours each, taken over two days (two sessions per day). The two days of testing are administered within a 14-day window. The exam contains 420 questions in the multiple-choice question (MCQ) format and 26 clinical decision-making (CDM) cases that include two to four questions each. MCQs have a single-best answer format, and CDM questions are either extended multiple-choice or short answer.
What COMLEX Level 3 Covers
Level 3 assesses competency required of generalist physicians to deliver safe and effective osteopathic medical care and promote health in unsupervised clinical settings. Level 3 tests emergency medicine, family medicine, preventive medicine and health promotion, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, osteopathic principles and practice, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery.
Why Level 3 Matters
Level 3 is the final examination in the COMLEX series that an aspiring doctor must pass to earn a license to practice osteopathic medicine in the United States without supervision.
The minimum passing score for Level 3 is 350, and the national average is approximately 550, with a standard deviation of about 125. Level 3 is the COMLEX exam that is most often underestimated by aspiring doctors. Students who have excelled on Level 1 and Level 2-CE may have challenges with Level 3, given their busy residency schedule and distance from the clinical concepts tested on Level 3.
Why Choose Medlearnity for Level 3 Tutoring
When you choose to work with the Medlearnity team, we’ll assign you to an individual tutor for customized sessions. Your tutor will help you identify and improve on critical areas of study to help you excel in the final hurdle in the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) exam series. All tutoring sessions are recorded and emailed to you to encourage maximum retention of materials.
Medlearnity offers the highest quality medical consulting and tutoring in the industry, which starts with our incredibly compassionate, experienced and accomplished tutors. We’ll connect you to COMLEX Level 3 tutors from leading medical schools throughout the United States. For over 8 years, we’ve helped hundreds of aspiring doctors accomplish their COMLEX Level 3 goals.
After experiencing first-hand the value of our COMLEX Level 3 tutoring services, many of our students return for further study and consultation from Medlearnity tutors.
What to Expect From Our COMLEX Tutors
At Medlearnity, Students Come First. We understand preparing for the COMLEX Level 3 can be intimidating and deeply personal (to say the least). Therefore, we approach every student’s situation with our utmost attention to detail to see how we can best assist you. Whether you are having challenges meeting your performance goals, have already failed COMLEX Level 3, or simply want to make sure you are on a path to success, our team is available to share our perspective. We hope you feel the ‘Students First’ mentality at Medlearnity from the quality of your sessions and expertise of our team. In your sessions you will:
- Work with a COMLEX tutor who is an expert educator who has scored exceptionally well on the USMLE/COMLEX examinations (90+ percentile, ~250+ USMLE, ~650+ COMLEX).
- Meet on an easy-to-access online platform that allows us to write on the screen like a whiteboard. All session recordings are emailed to you after the session in HD quality, so you can review them on 1.5x or 2x speed at your convenience. This helps to maximize your learning and retention for each tutoring session.
- Stay in constant communication and scheduling via email and phone in-between sessions. We will make sure your daily schedule is extremely efficient so that you can get the highest score possible on test day.
- Sharpen your test-taking advice and drills. During your COMLEX Level 3 tutoring sessions, you will do intense drills with your tutor to make sure you have no weaknesses on test day. You and your tutor will work through high-yield content, a COMLEX Level 3 study plan, test-taking advice, and study strategies that are tailored to your particular situation.
- Follow an optimal study strategy. We utilize unique methods like spaced repetition and active recall to help you understand foundational material and memorize information. Study time is precious, and we want to make sure you are being optimal, and studying correctly and effectively.
We know that the high caliber of our tutoring services is truly unmatched, and we want you to experience it yourself without any obligation.
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Preparing across the COMLEX series? Read The Right Approach To The COMLEX-USA Exam – Tips & Tricks. Earlier in the exam series? Explore our COMLEX Level 1 and COMLEX Level 2-CE tutoring, or see our full COMLEX tutoring overview.