General Surgery Residency Application Evaluation in a USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail World: A Retrospective Comparison

被引：7

作者：

Lauer, Claire ^{[1
]}

Buonpane, Christie ^{[1
]}

Lane, Samantha ^{[1
]}

Foreman, Zackary ^{[1
]}

Shabahang, Mohsen ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Geisinger Med Ctr, Dept Gen Surg, 100 N Acad Aye, Danville, PA 17822 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH | 2021年 / 265卷

关键词：

USMLE Step 1; Residency application; General surgery residency; Resident selection; PREDICTIVE-VALUE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.056

中图分类号：

R61 [外科手术学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Introduction The United States Medical Licensure Exam (USMLE) Step 1 has been used as both a licensing exam and a way for residency programs to evaluate applicants. It has had significant impact upon the match process over time. With the 2020 decision to make the exam pass/fail due to its unclear validity as an evaluation for future physician performance, programs will go through the match without the Step 1 score. We set out to better understand the effects of the exam score on our selection process, with the hypothesis that without the step 1 score, the ranking of our applicants would be significantly altered. Conclusions The USMLE Step 1 score significantly affected the evaluation of applicants, and the removal of it from the recruitment criteria tightened applicant rankings. The elim-ination of the USMLE Step 1 score in the assessment of applicants will allow for its replace-ment with variables that better reflect the core values of residency programs. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页数：6

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