Explore The Space

Aimee Gardner has a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is Assistant Dean of Evaluation & Research at Baylor College of Medicine. She joins us for a provocative discussion of how residency programs select medical students. This is a fraught issue for our profession and the concepts around recruiting are generalizable across any organization. Key Learnings 1.  How we connected during the controversy surrounding standardized tests for medical students. 2.  The major criteria that make a candidate attractive to a residency program 3. Defining Step 1 of the USMLE and the stakes and stress associated with it 4. How the exam moved from a standard pass-fail to a variety of purposes it is neither intended nor designed for. 5. The rational steps that should be taken when assessing whether a candidate is right for any type of organization 6. The implications that the mis-application of USMLE has on fairness and diversity as well as why other industries stay away from standardized tests 7. The risks and stresse