Growth mindset in competency-based medical education

D Richardson, B Kinnear, KE Hauer, TL Turner… - Medical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The ongoing adoption of competency-based medical education (CBME) across health
professions training draws focus to learner-centred educational design and the importance …

[HTML][HTML] Application fever: reviewing the causes, costs, and cures for residency application inflation

JB Carmody, IS Rosman, JC Carlson - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past decade, the number of residency applications submitted per applicant has
nearly doubled. This epidemic of “Application Fever” is expensive for applicants …

Current views on the new United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 pass/fail format: a review of the literature

LN Raborn, JE Janis - journal of surgical research, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Residency programs have historically used numerical Step 1 scores to screen
applicants, making it a career-defining, high-stakes examination. Step 1 scores will be …

Implications of pass/fail step 1 scoring: plastic surgery program director and applicant perspective

LO Lin, AT Makhoul, PN Hackenberger… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: As early as 2022, United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 results
will be reported as pass or fail, rather than as 3-digit numeric scores. This survey examines …

Student well-being during dedicated preparation for USMLE Step 1 and COMLEX Level 1 exams

S Tackett, M Jeyaraju, J Moore, A Hudder… - BMC medical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Nearly all US medical students engage in a 4–8 week period of intense
preparation for their first-level licensure exams, termed a “dedicated preparation …

Blue skies with clouds: envisioning the future ideal state and identifying ongoing tensions in the UME–GME transition

KE Hauer, PM Williams, JS Byerley, JL Swails… - Academic …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The transition from medical school to residency in the United States consumes large
amounts of time for students and educators in undergraduate and graduate medical …

[HTML][HTML] The next era of assessment: building a trustworthy assessment system

HA Caretta-Weyer, A Smirnova… - … on medical education, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Assessment in medical education has evolved through a sequence of eras each centering
on distinct views and values. These eras include measurement (eg, knowledge exams …

Medical student attitudes toward USMLE step 1 and health systems science–a multi-institutional survey

JB Carmody, LM Green, PG Kiger… - … and Learning in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Phenomenon: Because of its importance in residency selection, the United States Medical
Licensing Examination Step 1 occupies a critical position in medical education, stimulating …

The importance of USMLE step 2 on the screening and selection of applicants for general surgery residency positions

S Khalil, J Jose, M Welter, J Timmons, L Miller, A Elian… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Background As announced by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and National
Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), the United States Medical Licensing Examination …

Rationales for a lottery among the qualified to select medical trainees: decades of Dutch experience

O Ten Cate - Journal of graduate medical education, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Graduate medical education's obsession with choosing the ''best''applicants, among many
candidates for a finite number of positions, has produced a frustrating and timeconsuming …