Assessments of physician learners during the transition from undergraduate to graduate
medical education generate information that may inform their learning and improvement …

Abstract The United States Medical Licensing Examination has long been valued by state
medical boards as an evidence-based, objective assessment of an individual's progressive …

McNamara was responsible for the Vietnam War, and it was going poorly. A renowned
intellect with experience in both academics and industry, McNamara had a reputation for …

The practice of medicine is a shared social contract between the medical profession and the
public. Assessments for licensure should reflect competencies that patients expect of their …

The upcoming transition of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 to
pass/fail score reporting has wide-ranging implications for the medical education …

Medical education has been under a constant state of revision for the past several years.
The overarching theme of the curriculum revisions for medical schools across the USA has …

The residency application process requires that applicants, their schools, and residency
programs exchange and evaluate information to accomplish successful matching of …

Purpose United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores are frequently used
by residency program directors when evaluating applicants. The objectives of this report are …

Background Although there is some consensus about the competencies needed to enter
residency, the actual skills of graduating medical students may not meet expectations. In …

Problem Competency-based education, including assessment of specialty-specific
milestones, has become the dominant medical education paradigm; however, how to …