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Publishing medical schools’ USMLE Step 1 scores: increase preclinical education accountability and national standards

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dc.creator Eltorai AE
dc.date 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:25:18Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:25:18Z
dc.identifier 1179-7258
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/b3ae0977ace24817a016aa23c14fac22
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21385
dc.description Adam EM Eltorai Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA Medical education innovation is a field of active investigation.1,2 Whether it is problem-based learning, lectures, discussion groups, systems-based blocks, integrated courses, video-captured, pass-fail, or iPad-requiring, every medical school approaches preclinical education differently. Which combination of these methods is most effective?To answer this, I propose that medical schools ought to be required to publish their average United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scores annually. In doing so, the most effective education methods will emerge.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Dove Press
dc.relation http://www.dovepress.com/publishing-medical-schoolsrsquo-usmle-step-1-scores-increase-preclinic-a14047
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1179-7258
dc.source Advances in Medical Education and Practice, Vol 2013, Iss default, Pp 135-136 (2013)
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Publishing medical schools’ USMLE Step 1 scores: increase preclinical education accountability and national standards
dc.type article


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