US Medical Licensing Exam Performance and American Board of Surgery Qualifying and Certifying Examinations

Program directors use US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) scores as criteria for ranking applicants. First-time pass rates of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Qualifying (QE) and Certifying (CE) Examinations have become important measures of residency program quality. USMLE Step 1 will become pass/fail in 2022.American Board of Surgery QE and CE success rates were assessed considering multiple characteristics of highly ranked (top 20)...