Associations Between Cardiology Fellowship Applicants’ Characteristics and Subsequent Clinical Performance

USMLE step 1 pass/fail: the impact on international medical graduates

“…First, the selection and success of fellows are known to be correlated with USMLE step 1 score. [ 8 ] Second, the downstream effect of selecting fewer IMG residents will result in fewer IMG fellow candidates. Over the past several decades, IMGs continued to contribute to the US physician workforce, starting with 10% in the 1960s, and increasing to nearly 20% in the 1990s.…”