From: Increased average number of medical publications per interviewee from 2009 to 2018: a study of 100 interviewees to an academic gastroenterology fellowship program
Parameter
Correlation Coefficient of Parameter with Number of Publications p-value
USMLE Step 1 Score
.19 .06
USMLE Step 2 CK Score
.082 .42
Average of USMLE Steps 1 & 2 Scores
.048 .64
Mean recommendation score (see Methods)
−.257 .01