Info Please- Does your school have an official program for students who fail STEP 1?

[HannahWin32]

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Hello all,

I am interested in hearing how your institutions handle/treat students who fail STEP 1. I would love to help my program start a more official program to help students better handle the complications that a STEP failure can bring--emotionally and practically. I would also be interested in knowing if, at your school, the students who fail are able to contact other people who have failed for support and advice-- whether that is within the same class or upperclassmen.

I would love to hear from anyone, feel free to DM me if you would rather talk in that way.

Thanks,
Hannah

 

[Osteoth]

Not 100% on this but I know they have some programs for tutoring + psychological services from our undergraduate institution

 

[Redpancreas]

Hello all,

I am interested in hearing how your institutions handle/treat students who fail STEP 1. I would love to help my program start a more official program to help students better handle the complications that a STEP failure can bring--emotionally and practically. I would also be interested in knowing if, at your school, the students who fail are able to contact other people who have failed for support and advice-- whether that is within the same class or upperclassmen.

I would love to hear from anyone, feel free to DM me if you would rather talk in that way.

Thanks,
Hannah

Not that I know of outside of a closer relationship with your counselor and repeating the year before a retake.

 

[mistafab]

So far as I know (and with the stats we are shown) people at my school don’t take step 1 if they are going to fail. The school has enough resources and support networks + pretest gauges to catch anyone in danger of failing and making sure they have everything (and as much time) they need in order to pass.

I.e. 1 ounce of prevention is worth 10 pounds of treatment.

 

[Reveler]

No "program" per se, but when someone at my school fails, there is a mechanism that kicks in. They are contacted by the offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, counseling as well as our clinical education department. All of these folks work together on a customized plan to help the student pass the second time and ensure that their clinical education doesn't suffer too much of a set-back. Hope this helps.