Quebec medical schools slow to adopt pass/fail system

W Glauser - 2017 - Can Med Assoc
The Université de Sherbrooke's medical school is the latest in Canada to eliminate grades.
The school had a pass/fail clinical clerkship and will now use that evaluation system for the …

Pass/fail grading: not everything that counts can be counted

T Wilkinson - Medical education, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
860 ª Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2011; 45: 860–862 we want to
graduate doctors who won't continue to learn in the absence of an extrinsic driver? I suspect …

[HTML][HTML] Can a Pass/Fail Grading System Adequately Reflect Student Progress? Commentary 3

RC VanWoerkom, N Zorko… - AMA Journal of …, 2009 - journalofethics.ama-assn.org
As David, a second-year medical student, made his way into the lecture hall, he was
surprised to see how packed the room was. A group of 25 third-year students, or onefifth of …

[HTML][HTML] Can a Pass/Fail Grading System Adequately Reflect Student Progress? Commentary 1

BM Miller - AMA Journal of Ethics, 2009 - journalofethics.ama-assn.org
As David, a second-year medical student, made his way into the lecture hall, he was
surprised to see how packed the room was. A group of 25 third-year students, or onefifth of …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) response to: The unmatched by Dr. Amit Persad

K Purdy, S Silverberg - Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many Canadian medical students fear that after years of rigorous training and personal and
financial sacrifice they may be unable to secure a residency position-their only point of entry …

Differences in Medical Students' Academic Performance between a Pass/Fail and Tiered Grading System.

B Ange, EA Wood, A Thomas… - Southern medical …, 2018 - europepmc.org
Objectives Medical school implementation of a pass/fail grading system offers the
opportunity for a reduction in student stress and anxiety and the creation of a less …

[HTML][HTML] Pass/fail: a student perspective on the monumental change coming to USMLE Step 1

D Childers - Georgetown Medical Review, 2020 - gmr.scholasticahq.com
As the United States Medical Licensing Examination moves to a pass/fail Step 1 exam,
current medical students wonder what this will entail for their future and the future of medical …

Made-in-Canada accreditation coming for medical schools

B Sibbald - 2014 - Can Med Assoc
For the first time, Canada will set its own standards for medical school accreditation. The
landmark Memorandum of Understanding effectively gives Canadian medical schools the …

Changes ahead for Medical Council of Canada qualifying exams

C Cross - 2013 - Can Med Assoc
“Most complaints with [medical regulatory] colleges have to do with poor communication and
unprofessional behaviour,” says Dr. Claire Touchie, the council's chief medical education …

The Discouraging Inadequacy of Clerkship Grades to Evaluate Medical Students—Are We Ready for Solutions?

ART Joshi, J Choi, K Terhune - Journal of Graduate …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
In this issue of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Vokes et al analyze grade
distributions for core clerkships among student applicants to orthopedic surgery from 86 of …