The USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Era: What Program Directors Look for Now

program director reviewing applicant profiles.

The shift in the medical training environment was a tectonic change. The USMLE Step 1 was changed to a Pass/Fail scoring direction. The three-digit Step 1 score has been used as the main filter. The objective measure of what program directors (PDs) use to sort through the thousands of residency applications every year. That quantitative […]