What Do Medical Students Think About a Pass/Fail USMLE Step 1? A Survey of 18 Allopathic Schools
Medical students seem to prefer a pass/fail Step 1 regardless of gender, desired specialty and research productivity. However, pass/fail preference differed by graduating class year and age, with younger class years and students preferring pass/fail. While prior literature largely surveyed preference among medical educators, student sentiment on Step 1 scoring supports recent changes to the USMLE Step score format.
Authors
- S Thiru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0357-8330)
- Edward S. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-6801)
- Sarah Lucas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5577-763X)
- Scott J. Halperin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-7716)
- Christopher Kuenze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9184-4636)
- Scott M. Feeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1994-9577)
- Rachel E. Cherelstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6695-1057)
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205251337125
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00