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Bracing for change: the escalating importance of USMLE Step 2

Karolina Woroniecka, MD, PhD
Education
June 23, 2021

It’s a well-known fact that medical school has grown increasingly competitive over the past decade. While this is true that getting into medical school has become somewhat harder, what is more concerning is that for many students, admission to, and paying for, medical school does not guarantee a career as a physician. A critical part of becoming a physician is graduate medical education, or residency. It is well-known that there …

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Bracing for change: the escalating importance of USMLE Step 2

Applying to medical school in the post-COVID-19 era: What has changed?

Karolina Woroniecka, MD, PhD
Education
April 22, 2021

The spike in medical school applications during the 2020-2021 cycle surprised most people involved with medical school admissions. COVID-19 erupted full force in the spring of 2020, right in the middle of the admission season for the medical school class of 2024 and the testing season for the medical school class of 2025. Taking a look at the timeline for typical medical school admissions can help …

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Applying to medical school in the post-COVID-19 era: What has changed?

Residency applications during COVID-19: a rain cloud with a silver lining for some

Karolina Woroniecka, MD, PhD
Physician
September 6, 2020

Like everything in life, applying for residency this year is going to be radically different. There won’t be any long cross-country plane flights, no driving across state lines, no crashing at friend’s places to save money on hotel nights. Residency interviews are going virtual. Medical students that need help with the residency applications virtually, can use this helpful tool to make better decisions.

For some students, this …

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Residency applications during COVID-19: a rain cloud with a silver lining for some

Coronavirus takes a toll on IMGs: anxieties over USMLE Step 1 becoming pass/fail

Karolina Woroniecka, MD, PhD
Education
July 27, 2020

The NBME has announced that the USMLE Step 1 exam is changing from graded on a curve to pass/fail no earlier than Jan 1, 2022. This announcement came before the coronavirus pandemic took hold and significantly disrupted pretty much everything, including medical education. Since then, given widespread Prometric center closures, study schedule disruptions, altered medical school curricula, and a whole host of other unexpected challenges, many …

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