A plea to reassess the role of United States medical licensing examination step 1 scores in residency selection

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-15

  Prober, Charles G ^a   Kolars, Joseph C ^b   First, Lewis R ^c,d   Melnick, Donald E ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONALISM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952881424     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000855     Document Type: Review

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