Tipping the Scales: Quantifying the Impact of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring on Application Interpretation in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Match
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- 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625
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- 2025-09
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625,
title = {Tipping the Scales: Quantifying the Impact of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring on Application Interpretation in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Match},
author = {Cole Bird and Kerilyn N. Godbe and Niaman Nazir and Sterling Braun and Rebecca Farmer and Richard Korentager},
year = {2025},
journal = {Journal of Surgical Education},
doi = {10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Tipping the Scales: Quantifying the Impact of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring on Application Interpretation in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Match AU - Cole Bird AU - Kerilyn N. Godbe AU - Niaman Nazir AU - Sterling Braun AU - Rebecca Farmer AU - Richard Korentager PY - 2025 JO - Journal of Surgical Education DO - 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625 ER -
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Bird, C., Godbe, K. N., Nazir, N., Braun, S., Farmer, R., & Korentager, R. (2025). Tipping the Scales: Quantifying the Impact of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring on Application Interpretation in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Match. Journal of Surgical Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103625
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