Evaluating a grading change at UCSD school of medicine: Pass/fail grading is associated with decreased performance on preclinical exams but unchanged performance on USMLE step 1 scores

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McDuff, Susan G R ^a   McDuff, Deforest ^b   Farace, Jennifer A ^a   Kelly, Carolyn J ^a   Savoia, Maria C ^a   Mandel, Jess ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Quant Economics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational measurement; Honors pass fail grading; Medical education; Pass fail grading

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903360547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-127     Document Type: Article

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