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Sophie C. Currier, an MD-PhD student at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the organization that sets rules for the exam squared off yesterday in front of Judge Gary S. Katzmann of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Katzmann said he would announce his decision today in light of Currier’s looming test date early next month...
Currier, who is currently nursing a 4-month-old baby, is seeking an additional 60 minutes a day of break time on top of the 45 minutes given test takers during the eight-hour exam...
...cannot graduate HMS or begin her scheduled residency until she passes the licensing exam...
Currier said yesterday that the accommodations beings offered by the National Board of Medical Examiners—which include a private room, multiple breast pumps, and the option to bring food or drink into the exam room—would create humiliating and even unhygienic testing conditions...
Joseph F. Savage Jr., a lawyer, representing the examining board, said during oral arguments yesterday that granting extra break time for lactation would “compromise” the integrity of the exam, which is required by HMS for graduation and by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine to begin a residency program...