scholarly journals Impact of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam on Medical School Clinical Skills Assessment

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. S13-S16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Hauer ◽  
Arianne Teherani ◽  
Kathleen M. Kerr ◽  
Patricia S. O???Sullivan ◽  
David M. Irby
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Clinical Skills Assessment ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Licensing Examination

scholarly journals Evaluation of a course to prepare international students for the United States Medical Licensing Examination step 2 clinical skills exam

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel B. Levine ◽  
Andrew P. Levy ◽  
Robert Lubin ◽  
Sarah Halevi ◽  
Rebeca Rios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
Usmle Step

Purpose: United States (US) and Canadian citizens attending medical school abroad often desire to return to the US for residency, and therefore must pass US licensing exams. We describe a 2-day United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step 2 clinical skills (CS) preparation course for students in the Technion American Medical School program (Haifa, Israel) between 2012 and 2016.Methods: Students completed pre- and post-course questionnaires. The paired t-test was used to measure students’ perceptions of knowledge, preparation, confidence, and competence in CS pre- and post-course. To test for differences by gender or country of birth, analysis of variance was used. We compared USMLE step 2 CS pass rates between the 5 years prior to the course and the 5 years during which the course was offered.Results: Ninety students took the course between 2012 and 2016. Course evaluations began in 2013. Seventy-three students agreed to participate in the evaluation, and 64 completed the pre- and post-course surveys. Of the 64 students, 58% were US-born and 53% were male. Students reported statistically significant improvements in confidence and competence in all areas. No differences were found by gender or country of origin. The average pass rate for the 5 years prior to the course was 82%, and the average pass rate for the 5 years of the course was 89%.Conclusion: A CS course delivered at an international medical school may help to close the gap between the pass rates of US and international medical graduates on a high-stakes licensing exam. More experience is needed to determine if this model is replicable.

scholarly journals The Introduction of Clinical Skills Assessment into the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE): A Description of USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS)

2005 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Richard E. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Clinical Skills Assessment ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
Usmle Step

ABSTRACT In June 2004, Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) was introduced into the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). The purpose of USMLE Step 2 CS is to ensure successful candidates for licensure in the United States possess the clinical skills that are essential for safe and effective patient care. Ensuring high quality in such a large-scale, performance-based test requires meticulous attention to detail at multiple levels in preparing for implementation. These levels include: case and test development, standardized patient training, quality assurance, scoring and standard setting. The authors describe the efforts undertaken to ensure the examination provides for a fair assessment of individual examinee performance with regard to those fundamental patient-centered skills.

scholarly journals Sequence Effects in the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) Examination

2007 ◽  
Vol 82 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. S101-S104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitanya Ramineni ◽  
Polina Harik ◽  
Melissa J. Margolis ◽  
Brian E. Clauser ◽  
David B. Swanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Sequence Effects ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
Usmle Step

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Admission to Anesthesiology Residency in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gildàsio S. de Oliveira ◽  
Tulsi Akikwala ◽  
Mark C. Kendall ◽  
Paul C. Fitzgerald ◽  
John T. Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical School ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conditional Inference ◽  
Medical Licensing ◽  
Successful Match ◽  
Licensing Examination ◽  
And Gender

Background Admission to an anesthesiology residency in the United States is competitive, and the odds associated with a successful match based on the applicants' characteristics have not been determined. The objective of this study was to examine factors associated with admission to anesthesiology residency in the United States. Methods The study was a retrospective cohort evaluation of the 2010 to 2011 residency applicants. Applicants' characteristics and objective factors used to select trainees were extracted. The primary outcome was a successful match to an anesthesiology residency. Data were analyzed using conditional inference tree analysis and propensity score matching. Results Data available from 1,976 applications were examined corresponding to 58% of the national sample. The odds (99% CI) for successful match were 3.6 (3.1-4.2) for U.S. medical school graduates, 2.6 (2.3 to 3.0) for applicants with United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 scores more than 210, and 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) for female applicants. The odds (99% CI) for a successful match for international and U.S. graduate applicants younger than 29 yr was 3.3 (2.0-5.4) and (1.9 to 4.2), respectively, even after propensity matching for medical school, exam scores, and gender. The average applicant had no peer-reviewed scholarly productivity. Conclusion Although anesthesiology residency acceptance was primarily associated with U.S. medical school attendance and United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 scores, our study suggest an influence of age and gender bias in the selection process. Peer-reviewed scholarly production among applicants and prior graduate education did not appear to influence candidate selection.

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