2020-21 First-Year Residents
The table below displays statistics on COMLEX Level 1, COMLEX Level 2 Cognitive Evaluation (CE), USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2 Content Knowledge (CK) scores, research experiences, publications, work experiences, and volunteer experiences for all active first-year residents in 2020-21, by specialty. For example, the average STEP 1 score for 2020-21 first-year residents entering Anesthesiology was 232.7, and the average Step 2 CK score was 243.3. Data are for graduates of MD-granting and DO-granting U.S. and Canadian schools and of international medical schools. International medical school graduates include both U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens who graduated from any medical school outside the United States and Canada. Specialties are excluded if more than 90% of the entering residents in that specialty have prior training. For individuals who took the COMLEX Level 1, COMLEX Level 2-CE, USMLE Step 1, or USMLE Step 2 CK more than once, the most recent score was used in the analysis. Please contact residentreport@aamc.org with any comments or questions.
Selected Finding: The distribution of test scores of entering residents varies widely across specialties. However, there is also substantial variation of scores of entering residents within each specialty.