Al-Akchar Mohammad, Salih Mohsin, Fanari Zaher
Division of Cardiology, PGY4, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Department of Cardiology, Heartland Cardiology/Wesley Medical Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Avicenna J Med. 2021 Jan 5;11(1):40-41. doi: 10.4103/ajm.ajm_154_20. eCollection 2021 Jan-Mar.
On February 12th, 2020, and after a yearlong discussion, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) announced that the reporting of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) step one exam will transition to pass/fail reporting system and is expected to kick in as early as 2022. The decision was met with various responses, especially by the IMG community. In this paper, we discuss this change and its effect on IMG trainees and their selection process.
2020年2月12日,经过长达一年的讨论,美国国家医学考试委员会(NBME)宣布,美国医师执照考试(USMLE)第一步考试的成绩报告将过渡到通过/失败报告系统,预计最早于2022年生效。这一决定引发了各种反应,尤其是国际医学毕业生(IMG)群体。在本文中,我们将讨论这一变化及其对IMG学员及其选拔过程的影响。