Diagnostic & interventional radiology residency program directors' perspectives on the USMLE step 1 exam shift to pass/fail scoring

Perceptions and Expectations Regarding the Step 1 Score Change Among Surgical and Non-Surgical Program Directors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Thirty-four studies 4,7-14,16-22,24-29,32-36,39,41-44,46,49 included in the systematic review examined perceptions among PDs regarding the importance of Step 2 due to the score change, of which 12 studies 7,9,11,12,19-21,24,28,29,32,41 qualified for the meta-analysis (Table 2) (see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 11, which provides further details on data presentation and study exclusion rationale). The meta-analysis showed that 88.4% (95% CI, 86.5%-90.3%; I 2 = 44.1%) of all PDs agreed that Step 2 will increase in importance, with low heterogeneity and low publication bias (see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 3; see Figure, Supplemental Digital Content 4) among studies.…”

“…Twenty-nine studies 4,7,9-15,17,19-30,32-35,41,44,49 included in the systematic review examined perceptions among PDs regarding the importance of medical school attended due to the score change, of which 12 studies 7,9,10,12,19-21,24,28,29,32,35 qualified for the meta-analysis (Table 2) (see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 14, which provides further details on data presentation and study exclusion rationale). The meta-analysis showed that 59.3% (95% CI, 53.6%-65.6%; I 2 = 74.6%) of all PDs agreed that medical school attended would become more important moving forward, with high heterogeneity and low publication bias (see Table,Supplemental Digital Content 3; see Figure, Supplemental Digital Content 4) among studies.…”

“…After the initial search, 351 duplicates were removed and 44 were excluded after title and abstract review, 4,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Full-text review was performed on 98 articles, [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] of which 45 studies were included [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] (see Figure, Supplemental Digital Content 5, which illustrates a flow-chart of our literature search, as well as our full search strategies).…”

“…Thirty-four studies 4,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][24][25][26][27][28][29][32][33][34][35][36]39,[41][42][43][44]46,49 included in the systematic review examined perceptions among PDs regarding the importance of Step 2 due to the score change, of which 12 studies 7,9,11,12,[19][20][21]24,28,29,32,41 qualified for the meta-analysis ( 3). Twenty-three studies 7,9-13,15-17,19-24,28,29,32,33,41,42,44,46 included in the systematic review examined perceptions among PDs regarding whether Step 2 will become required due to the score change, of which 12 studies 7,…”

Evaluating the impact of pass/fail United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 scoring on pathology residency selection

“…In contrast, studies looking at other specialties, such as diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology, found that Step 2CK would become an important part of a student's application. 10 …”