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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"USMLE"”.
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Identifying Predictors of Performance on USMLE® Step 1
BACKGROUND: USMLE® Step 1 is considered by residency program directors to be one of the most important factors in selecting medical students for interviews, so it is important for both students and medical schools to maximize scores. However, despite its importance, very little has been studied to …
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Assessing Grit and Conscientiousness to Predict Medical Student Success on the National USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam
… the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) national examination. The assessment used to measure conscientiousness was Costa and McCrae’s (1992) NEO-FFI-3 and the assessment used to measure grit was Duckworth and Quinn’s (2009) Grit S scale. This study …
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Personality Factors Associated with Success or Failure on the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 (USMLE Step 1)
… the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE Step 1) can create psychological, academic and financial crises for the students, educational institutions and, ultimately, the public by negatively influencing the cost of health care.</p><p>Medical students from the University of Kansas …
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Practice Characteristics of Graduates of East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine: Factors Related to Career Choices in Primary Care
… residency training program. The majority passed USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 on the first attempt. The USMLE Step 2-CK average was 212.50. The average cumulative GPA was 3.44. Graduates were nearly evenly divided between primary care and nonprimary care practice, with the majority practicing in …
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The relationship between simulation assessments and standardized written examinations for emergency medicine residents
… three levels of board qualifying examinations (USMLE and COMLEX-USA) and specialty specific annual in-training examinations, are used to identify each resident’s knowledge deficiencies. Research shows that faculty evaluations are unable to predict how residents will perform on emergency medicine …
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The System Rules Us: Understanding the Perceptions of Foreign International Medical Graduates in the United States Regarding the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates' Certification Process
Despite efforts to alleviate the current physician shortage, there remains a gap that is not being filled by US medical school graduates especially in under-served and rural areas. One of the solutions to this problem is to use Foreign International Medical Graduates (FIMGs) to fill residency …