Medical students are under immense pressure not only to pass, but to excel at the exam, as it is the biggest deciding factor for selecting applicants to interview for residency positions. However, all ...

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 ...

Preparing for the USMLE Step 1 exam is a pivotal moment in a medical student’s journey. Selecting the right preparation course can significantly influence your performance. Based on firsthand ...

“Are you OK?” a medical school classmate asked when I snuck back into the lecture hall. I had just learned that I bombed arguably the most important test of my life. I was not OK. I was employing ...

LaShyra T. Nolen is in her first year at Harvard Medical School. The atmosphere was electric last Wednesday as medical students across the nation celebrated the news that the United States Medical ...

The Step 1 three-digit score has long been one of the main statistics residency programs used to rank applicants, giving this single exam the power of determining the rest of a student's medical ...