The Impact of a Pass/Fail Step 1 — A Residency Program Director’s View
Lisa L. Willett
Abstract
Interview with Dr. Debra Weinstein on the announcement that scores for Step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination will be reported as pass or fail. (11:38)Download The change to pass/fail scores on the USMLE Step 1 exam means, among other things, that residency programs will lose the ability to compare students’ performance across schools, leaving Step 2 CK scores as the only objective measure for comparative data.
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