As a medical student finishing my preclinical education in April 2020, the medical community’s response to the COVID-19 broadened my understanding of the skills required to be a physician. The pandemic forced me to confront my discomfort with unpredictable circumstances, including those surrounding USMLE Step 1. Reflecting on my discomfort and the ...
Published in International Journal of Medical Education
Objectives This study examined the incidence and severity of impostorism in third-year medical students as they transitioned from the preclinical to clinical phases of training. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in third-year medical students (N=215). Respondents completed a voluntary, anonymous, 60-item survey that included the Clance...
Published in International Journal of Women's Dermatology
Published in Academic radiology
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) and the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) has convened a conference of "key stakeholders" on March 11-12, 2019 to consider reporting the results of the USMLE Step 1 as pass/fail. While the original purpose of the USMLE Step 1 was to provide an objective basis for medical licensing, th...
Published in American journal of surgery
Predictors of student performance on clerkship rotations are limited. In this study, we aim to identify predictors of success on the surgery clerkship. 62 third-year medical students completed an institution-specific clerkship survey. Students were grouped according to clerkship grade of honors (HG) versus high-pass or pass (PG). Statistical analys...
Published in Academic radiology
The purpose of our study is to determine what information in medical student residency applications predicts radiology residency success as defined by objective clinical performance data. We performed a retrospective cohort study of residents who entered our institution's residency program through the National Resident Matching Program as postgradu...
Published in Advances in medical education and practice
Finding early specific indicators of failure in the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) could be used to develop early interventions that could solve deficiencies and help at-risk students to ultimately attain a passing score. This study was aimed at determining if the National Board of Medi...
Published in Medical Science Educator
ObjectivesTo enable early identification and intervention for students at risk for academic failure and for failure on the USMLE Step 1 Examination, three predictive models (pre-matriculation, end of M1, and end of M2) were developed that include both behavioral attributes (Learning and Study Strategies Inventory: LASSI subscale scores) and perform...
Published in Medical Science Educator
The purpose of this study was to explore whether useful regression models could be developed to predict student performance on the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, using pre-matriculation data and student performance outcomes available as early in the curriculum as possible. Additionally, we sought to determine if we could establish...
Published in MedEdPORTAL : the Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Introduction There is growing interest in, and emphasis on, electronic teaching tools in medicine. Despite relevant testing on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), American medical schools offer limited training in skin disorders. Teaching visual topics like dermatology in classroom formats is challenging. We hypothesized that a...
