Relationships among Subcomponents of the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination, The Step 1, and the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Examinations

The Step 2 Clinical Skills exam.

To the Editor: We agree with the Perspective article by Lehman and Guercio (March 7 issue)1 that national clinical exams are expensive. We also agree with First et al.2 that such exams positively shape the educational and assessment programs of medical schools, promote standardization of accreditation criteria, and provide an essential service to the public by filtering out candidates in need o...

USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores correlate with family medicine clinical and examination scores.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We sought to validate the family medicine shelf examination by determining whether correlations exist between the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) family medicine final examination (FMF) scores and the USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 scores. We also evaluated for correlations between the family medicine clinical evaluation scores (CES), final clerkship grades, and all o...

The association of USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK scores with residency match specialty and location

BACKGROUND For future physicians, residency programs offer necessary extended training in specific medical specialties. Medical schools benefit from an understanding of factors that lead their students to match into certain residency specialties. One such factor, often used during the residency application process, is scores on the USA Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). OBJECTIVES To determine t...

Step 1 Step 2 F – Fully

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...