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 ...

For the first time this spring, second-year medical school students left their initial board exams worried about just one factor: passing. The infamous 7-hour Step 1 exam is now pass/fail. Scores once ...

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 ...

Step 1 going pass/fail has been the center of attention for over a year, and the first class of students to experience this change are the current third-year students (at schools that still follow the ...