RESEARCH LIBRARY

Academic Medicine: Volume 97 - Issue 8 - Pages 1219-1225

Since 2012, the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) has maintained a policy of ≤ 6 attempts on any examination component. The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the appropriateness of existing USMLE retake policy.

Academic Medicine: Volume 97 - Issue 4 - Pages 476-477

Response to to emphasize that although findings support a relationship between multiple USMLE attempts and increased likelihood of receiving disciplinary actions, the findings in isolation are not sufficient for proposing new policy on how many attempts should be allowed.

Academic Medicine: Volume 96 - Issue 9 - Pages 1324-1331

This study examines associations between USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) scores and ACGME emergency medicine (EM) milestone ratings.

Academic Medicine: Volume 96 - Issue 9 - Pages 1319-1323

This study examined the relationship between USMLE attempts and the likelihood of receiving disciplinary actions from state medical boards.

Academic Medicine: September 2020 - Volume 95 - Issue 9 - p 1388-1395

This article aims to assess the correlations between United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) performance, American College of Physicians Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) performance, American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Certification Exam (IM-CE) performance, and other medical knowledge and demographic variables.

Academic Medicine: Volume 95 - Issue 1 - p 111-121

This paper investigates the effect of a change in the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 timing on Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) scores, the effect of lag time on Step 2 CK performance, and the relationship of incoming Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score to Step 2 CK performance pre and post change.

The authors examined the extent to which USMLE scores relate to the odds of receiving a disciplinary action from a U.S. state medical board.