CASPer Exam: Transforming Medical School Admissions
Why CASPer Matters The CASPer exam (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics) has become an increasingly common requirement in medical ...
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Counting U.S. Medical Schools: MD and DO Programs in 2025
The Current Numbers Understanding how many medical schools exist in the U.S. informs both the educational capacity of the system ...
Evaluation of medical school parental leave policies in the United States
1. In a study of 87 medical schools in the United States, many medical schools have limited to no paid ...
Medical student attrition is associated with underresourced ethnic background and lower family income in the United States
1. Medical students in the United States who were from racial or ethnically underresourced backgrounds, or from families with lower ...
Marginalized identities, mistreatment, discrimination, and burnout among US medical students
1. Among a group of US medical students, those with multiple marginalized identities (based on three sociodemographic factors, namely sex, ...
ABIM research suggests that doctors who maintain board certification provide better patient care
1. Physicians who maintained Board Certification were associated with improved Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) score. 2. The ...
Increased attending supervision may not reduce medical errors and may decrease educational outcomes
1. In this randomized controlled trial, increasing direct attending physician supervision did not reduce the rate of medical errors. 2. ...
Correlations among evaluation systems of US internal medicine residents
1. Milestone-based rating correlates with resident annual evaluation summary ratings but with a greater difference across training years that may ...
Depression and suicidal ideation common among medical students
1. The prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among over 120 000 medical students across the world was 27%, with ...
Missed or misinterpreted neuroradiologic findings by trainees at an academic medical center
1. Residents had a higher percentage of missed or misinterpreted neuroradiologic findings than fellows at a single academic center, suggesting ...
