Results of a National Survey of Program Directors' Perspectives on a Pass/Fail US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1

Om U Patel; William K Haynes; Kaitlin G Burge; Ishant S Yadav; Todd Peterson; Andres Camino; Nicholas J Van Wagoner

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.19212

Results of a National Survey of Program Directors' Perspectives on a Pass/Fail US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2219212. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.19212.

Authors

Om U Patel¹, William K Haynes¹, Kaitlin G Burge¹, Ishant S Yadav¹, Todd Peterson^{1

2}, Andres Camino¹, Nicholas J Van Wagoner^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.

Abstract

This survey study of medical residency program directors assesses differences in the relative importance of the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 in resident selection following its transition to pass/fail evaluation.

MeSH terms

Educational Measurement*
Humans
Licensure*