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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Score reporting for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 will change from
a 3-digit number to pass/fail as soon as January 1, 2022. The shift is meant to prevent …

INTRODUCTION The announcement of Step 1 shifting to a Pass/Fail metric has prompted
resident selection committees (RSCs) to pursue objective methods of evaluating prospective …

For years, the USMLE Step 1 has acted as an unofficial “concours” for medical students
applying to residency positions in the United States. The three-digit numeric score has been …

Abstract Purpose of Review In light of the announcement that the United States Medical
Licensing Examination Step 1 exam will transition to pass/fail reporting, we reviewed recent …

OBJECTIVE The residency recruitment process has become increasingly challenging for
both applicants and program directors, in part, due to the inflation in the number of …