About the AAMC PREview® Exam

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Professionalism matters to medical schools. They seek applicants who have developed an understanding of professionalism and who are ready to advance their competencies. The AAMC PREview® professional readiness exam is designed to look beyond academic metrics to assess and evaluate the professional competencies that schools have found important for success: resilience and adaptability, service orientation, ethical responsibility to self and others, empathy and compassion, cultural awareness, cultural humility, and teamwork and collaboration, among others.

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When combined with other elements of the admissions process, the PREview exam provides a more complete picture of applicants.   

The AAMC collaborates with subject matter experts in the ongoing development of the exam. These experts work closely with medical students and understand the expectations and responsibilities of medical students, our future physicians. They include a diverse group of admissions officers, faculty, student affairs representatives, and others. 

What is measured on the PREview exam?

PREview is a standardized exam that presents a series of hypothetical scenarios and asks examinees to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of behavioral responses to each scenario. Examinees’ responses provide insight into their knowledge of effective and ineffective behaviors across 9 professional competencies for entering medical students

AAMC Professional Comptencies Wheel
  • Interpersonal Skills. 

  • Cultural Awareness. 

  • Cultural Humility. 

  • Empathy and Compassion. 

  • Teamwork and Collaboration. 

  • Ethical Responsibility to Self and Others. 

  • Resilience and Adaptability. 

  • Reliability and Dependability. 

  • Commitment to Learning and Growth.

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The AAMC is committed to providing all individuals with an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency on the AAMC PREview® exam. This includes ensuring access to persons with disabilities in accordance with relevant law.

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