Background: Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) was recently introduced into the United States
Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE™) to ensure that successful candidates for licensure …

Purpose To provide descriptive information about history-taking (HX) and physical examination
(PE) performance for US medical students as documented by standardized patients (SPs…

The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) was
discontinued in January 2021, marking a significant milestone in assessment of clinical skills. …

… of the USMLE step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination. Med Teach. 2008, 30:325-7. …
communication scores from the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills examination and communication …

Background This research examined relationships between and among scores from the
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), …

Purpose This study extends available evidence about the relationship between scores on the
Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) component of the United States Medical Licensing Examination …

… USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) consists of a multiple-station, standardized patient-based
examination developed and administered through the collaborative efforts of the National …

Background and Objectives: New standards announced in 2017 could increase the failure
rate for Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS). The purpose of this study was to identify student …

Purpose To add to the small body of validity research addressing whether scores from
performance assessments of clinical skills are related to performance in supervised patient …

… A passing outcome on the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS), a performance-based
assessment using standardized patients, is required for physician licensure in the United States.1 …