To the Editor: Holistic Approach to Resident Selection May Eliminate Potential Biases Associated With USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring System

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Dean of GME and Professor-Clinical of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
² Pain Medicine Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
³ Director of GME, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
⁴ GME Quality Manager, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
⁵ Associate Dean of GME, Designated Institutional Official, and Associate Professor-Clinical of Pediatric Medicine, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Michael Essandoh et al. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;14(1):123-124.

doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-21-01081.1.

¹ Assistant Dean of GME and Professor-Clinical of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
² Pain Medicine Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
³ Director of GME, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
⁴ GME Quality Manager, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
⁵ Associate Dean of GME, Designated Institutional Official, and Associate Professor-Clinical of Pediatric Medicine, Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

No abstract available

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