Does this mean STEP 1 is likely going to be pass/fail as soon as this year?

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Wait, wait, wait......MCAT was only A-D. Are you telling me that come time for Step exams I will have to deal with a fifth choice?!?! That is a deal breaker. Time to drop the premed track.

I've seen up to 12. At least they got rid of the K-type questions.

 

[Med Ed]

65% cited "Evidence of professionalism and ethics" as a factor. What's going on with the other 35%? 😵 You'd think that all residency programs would consider that to be important....

One of the problems with surveys like this is that they leave such nuance to interpretation. My take is that 65% of respondents specifically incorporate professionalism and ethics into their screening rubrics. That does not mean that lapses in professionalism and/or ethics are routinely ignored by the remaining 35%.

 

[Goro]

Wait, wait, wait......MCAT was only A-D. Are you telling me that come time for Step exams I will have to deal with a fifth choice?!?! That is a deal breaker. Time to drop the premed track.

COMLEX goes at least up to 8.
As mentioned, Step I even higher.

 

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Thanks for giving me the rundown! But aren’t SLOEs currently only used in EM for the most part? Are there other specialties looking to employ this type of letter, especially if step 1 grading does change?

Plastic surgery now requires something similar: http://acaplasticsurgeons.org/multi...ic-Surgery-Recommendation-Form_Integrated.pdf

From what I can tell, recommenders can usually attach a traditional written recommendation letter to this as well.

 

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One of the problems with surveys like this is that they leave such nuance to interpretation. My take is that 65% of respondents specifically incorporate professionalism and ethics into their screening rubrics. That does not mean that lapses in professionalism and/or ethics are routinely ignored by the remaining 35%.

Gotcha. I knew it was some kind of survey error but didn’t know what exactly.

I think the response rate would increase if it were instead worded as “Documented instances of unprofessionalism or unethical behavior”.