For the first time this spring, second-year medical school students left their initial board exams worried about just one factor: passing. The infamous 7-hour Step 1 exam is now pass/fail. Scores once ...

Step 1 is the first part of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), traditionally taken after the preclinical medical school years as a standardized way to assess students' grasp of ...

Scores for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) will be reported as pass/fail, not as numeric scores, the two organizations that sponsor the test announced Wednesday. The ...

Medical students around the country cheered and jeered this week’s announcement that the results of a much-feared compulsory exam known as Step 1 would cease to be reported with a three-digit score ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The recent change in score reporting to pass/fail for the USMLE Step 1 exam is creating understandable concern ...

USMLE exams, Step 1 and Step 2 are well known and necessary components of your medical education and the Office of Student Affairs seeks to ensure that all BCM students are equipped with the necessary ...