Titre du document / Document title

Factors that correlate with the U.S. Medical Licensure Examination Step-2 scores in a diverse medical student population

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

OGUNYEMI Dotun ⁽¹⁾ ; TAYLOR-HARRIS De Shawn ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles R. Drew College of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Objective: To assess factors that correlate with performance on U.S. Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Step-2 examination. Our hypothesis was that demographic factors, faculty assessments and other standardized test scores will correlate with students' performance on USMLE Step 2. Study Design: A comparison of standardized examinations and demographic factors with USMLE Step-2 scores as the outcome varoble was accomplished using the educational records of 171 medical students. Results: Mean USMIE Step 2. USMLE Step 1, NBME-OB/GYN and MCAT scores, respectively, were 190.63, 1943.53, 67.47 and 24.03. Positive correlations of USMLE Step 2 were: USMLE Step-1 scores (r=0.681, p=0. 000); MCAT scores (r=0.524, p=0.000) NBME-OB/GYN scores (r=0.614, p=0.000); year of OB/GYN rotation (r=0.432, p=0.000); faculty grades (r=0.400, p=0.000); undergraduate GPA (r=0.287, p=0.000); and science GPA (r=0.255, p=0.002). Negative correlations of USMLE Step 2 were students increasing age (r=0.405, p=0.000), increasing number of MGAI attempts (r=-0.182, p=0.000) and increasing number of NBME-OB/GYN attempte (r=-0.310, p=0.000). There was no correiction with gender or race. Logistic regression analysis showed that a failing NBME-OB/GYN score (p-0.008), failing USMLE Step-1 score (p=0.01), failing faculty grade (p=0.029) and muttiple MCAT attempts (p=0.033) independently increased the risk of failing USMLE Step 2. Conclusions: Premedical test-taking abilities (MCAT scores), results of preclinical standardized tests (USMLE Step 1) and performance on clinical rotations (MBME-OB/GYN score and findings may assist educators in selecting medical students at risk of performing poorly on the USMLE Step-2 examinations.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of the National Medical Association   ISSN 0027-9684   CODEN JNMAAE 

Source / Source

2005, vol. 97, n^o9, pp. 1258-1262 [5 page(s) (article)] (8 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Slack, Thorofare, NJ, ETATS-UNIS  (1909) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Score ; University ; Education ; Population ; Human ; Teaching ; Resident(student) ; Examination ; Medicine ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Score ; Etudiant en médecine ; Université ; Education ; Population ; Homme ; Enseignement ; Interne(étudiant) ; Contrôle connaissance ; Médecine ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Universidad ; Educación ; Población ; Hombre ; Enseñanza ; Interno(estudiante) ; Control conocimientos ; Medicina ;

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

medical education ; standardized examinations ; clinical clerkships ; minortty medical school ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 14210, 35400013455119.0030