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Evaluating the impact of pass/fail United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 scoring on pathology residency selection

Beginning 26 January 2022, the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 changed from a numerical score to Pass/Fail. Historically, residency programs have used Step 1 scores as a valuable metric in assessing the competitiveness of applicants. We assessed how residency program criteria will...

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Autores principales: Fujihashi, Ayaka, Yang, Lydia C., Haynes, William, Patel, Om U., Burge, Kaitlin, Yadav, Ishant, Van Wagoner, Nicholas, McCleskey, Brandi
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100083
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author Fujihashi, Ayaka
Yang, Lydia C.
Haynes, William
Patel, Om U.
Burge, Kaitlin
Yadav, Ishant
Van Wagoner, Nicholas
McCleskey, Brandi
author_facet Fujihashi, Ayaka
Yang, Lydia C.
Haynes, William
Patel, Om U.
Burge, Kaitlin
Yadav, Ishant
Van Wagoner, Nicholas
McCleskey, Brandi
author_sort Fujihashi, Ayaka
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description Beginning 26 January 2022, the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 changed from a numerical score to Pass/Fail. Historically, residency programs have used Step 1 scores as a valuable metric in assessing the competitiveness of applicants. We assessed how residency program criteria will change when evaluating applicants after Step 1 becomes Pass/Fail. A survey was distributed to the program directors of all 144 pathology residency programs accredited by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Survey questions evaluated the importance of using Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) scores when assessing applicants. Participants were asked to rank a list of applicant criteria used before and after Step 1 becomes Pass/Fail. Data were analyzed using chi-squared and paired t-tests with significance at P < 0.05. A total of 34 residency program directors (23.6%) responded to the survey. 76.5% (P< 0.001) of responders believed Step 1 scores were able to predict a resident's ability to pass their board exams, while 41.2% believed Step 2 CK could predict a resident's ability to pass board exams and perform clinically in pathology (P = 0.282). 61.8% of responders agreed that an applicant's medical school ranking would become more important (P = 0.001). There were no significant differences in the relative importance of 16 selection criteria after the change of Step 1 to Pass/Fail. It does not appear that Step 2 CK will become more important. Although results are constrained by a 23.6% response rate, it can be a start to guiding future students through residency applications.
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spelling pubmed-101648262023-05-09 Evaluating the impact of pass/fail United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 scoring on pathology residency selection Fujihashi, Ayaka Yang, Lydia C. Haynes, William Patel, Om U. Burge, Kaitlin Yadav, Ishant Van Wagoner, Nicholas McCleskey, Brandi Acad Pathol Brief Report Beginning 26 January 2022, the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 changed from a numerical score to Pass/Fail. Historically, residency programs have used Step 1 scores as a valuable metric in assessing the competitiveness of applicants. We assessed how residency program criteria will change when evaluating applicants after Step 1 becomes Pass/Fail. A survey was distributed to the program directors of all 144 pathology residency programs accredited by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Survey questions evaluated the importance of using Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) scores when assessing applicants. Participants were asked to rank a list of applicant criteria used before and after Step 1 becomes Pass/Fail. Data were analyzed using chi-squared and paired t-tests with significance at P < 0.05. A total of 34 residency program directors (23.6%) responded to the survey. 76.5% (P< 0.001) of responders believed Step 1 scores were able to predict a resident's ability to pass their board exams, while 41.2% believed Step 2 CK could predict a resident's ability to pass board exams and perform clinically in pathology (P = 0.282). 61.8% of responders agreed that an applicant's medical school ranking would become more important (P = 0.001). There were no significant differences in the relative importance of 16 selection criteria after the change of Step 1 to Pass/Fail. It does not appear that Step 2 CK will become more important. Although results are constrained by a 23.6% response rate, it can be a start to guiding future students through residency applications. Elsevier 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10164826/ /pubmed/37168282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100083 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Evaluating the impact of pass/fail United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 scoring on pathology residency selection
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100083
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