--- title: "Outcomes and Analysis: Step 1 Self-Assessment Week Results" description: The first annual AMBOSS USMLE® Step 1 Self-Assessment Week just ended! See the outcomes and analysis. image: https://blog.amboss.com/hubfs/SOCIAL_SelfAss_Blog_Results_BlogHeader.png --- [![ambossIcon](https://manus-media.amboss.com/2020/07/amboss-icon.svg "Amboss Icon")](https://www.amboss.com/us) [Register](https://www.amboss.com/us/account/register) [Log in](https://www.amboss.com/us/account/login) ## [AMBOSS Blog](https://blog.amboss.com/us) ### [medical school](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/medical-school) Categories - [USMLE](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/usmle) - [Clerkships](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/clerkships) - [Study Tips](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/study-tips) - [Student Life](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/student-life) - [Residency](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/residency) # Outcomes and Analysis: Step 1 Self-Assessment Week Results [Remy Schneider](https://blog.amboss.com/us/author/remy-schneider) - Apr 12, 2019 ![SOCIAL\_SelfAss\_Blog\_Results\_BlogHeader](https://blog.amboss.com/hubfs/SOCIAL_SelfAss_Blog_Results_BlogHeader.png) Share this Post: *Update:  On January 26, 2022, the USMLE®* *Step 1 exam became pass/fail. This means you are no longer dependent on the previous three-digit score. Read the official USMLE announcement* [*here*](https://www.usmle.org/usmle-step-1-transition-passfail-only-score-reporting)*.* --- The first annual AMBOSS USMLE® Step 1 Self-Assessment Week just ended! Over 9,500 students from the United States (and the world) participated and have already received their approximate 3-digit score report and personalized learning recommendations. Students from over 190 U.S. medical schools answered over one million questions. The Self-Assessment Week took place March 30-April 7, 2019. It consisted of a practice version of the USMLE Step 1 exam with 4 question blocks of 40 questions each (160 questions total) and was presented in the USMLE’s official timed format. It was the first self-assessment of its kind, using performance statistics from this year’s cohort of Step 1 takers. ![numbers@3x](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/numbers@3x.png?width=2769&name=numbers@3x.png) ### The Outcome Students received an approximate 3-digit predictive score on Tuesday, April 9th. The score range was 1-300, with a mean of 229 and a standard deviation of 20. Out of all participants, the highest score was 277 and the lowest was 155. Most students scored between 216-230 on the assessment.   **Range of Student Scores** **![score](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/score.jpg?width=569&name=score.jpg)**   This score range includes Step 1 students from medical schools across the United States, which includes both MD and DO schools. **Participating U.S. Medical Schools** ![SOCIAL\_SelfAss\_Blog\_Results\_Map](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SOCIAL_SelfAss_Blog_Results_Map.png?width=600&name=SOCIAL_SelfAss_Blog_Results_Map.png)   For students who took the self-assessment, the most challenging topics included Diabetes Mellitus and Hepatitis B, while some of the most challenging disciplines including Pathology and Biochemistry & Nutrition. **Topics Most Likely to be Answered Incorrectly** **![top\_difficult@3x](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/top_difficult@3x.jpg?width=592&name=top_difficult@3x.jpg)**     **Percentage of Correct Answers by Discipline** **![Group 12](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2012.jpg?width=861&name=Group%2012.jpg)**   The most challenging question for medical students tested pathologic findings seen in glucagonoma, and only 21% of medical students got it correct. The easiest question covered professional communication when delivering serious news, which over 93% of US students got correct.   **Toughest Question** **![Screenshot 2019-04-10 at 13.44.10](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202019-04-10%20at%2013.44.10.png?width=1414&name=Screenshot%202019-04-10%20at%2013.44.10.png)**   **Easiest Question** **![image (12)](https://blog.amboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%20(12).png?width=837&name=image%20(12).png)**   ### How to Analyze Your Performance and Score Higher with AMBOSS Self-assessment participants can review any questions from the practice exam to help them better understand the topics covered. Powerful features in AMBOSS and a high-yield Knowledge Library help students learn how to get questions right in the future. By using Guidance Mode, answer explanations, the Qbank and Knowledge Library side-by-side and other features, students can close knowledge gaps to help them score higher on the real Step 1 exam. In the video below, you can see the review process broken down into easy-to-follow steps.       ### How Scores Were Calculated As with any other self-assessment, AMBOSS’ can only provide an **estimate** of how students will perform on the actual USMLE® Step 1 exam. While accurately predicting the exact score of every participant is impossible, we hope that our score can provide a good approximation of your future USMLE® Step 1 score. The predicted score was only one part of our analysis, however. We are confident your listed relative strengths and weaknesses will be a beneficial guide as you continue with your studies. In addition to that, our questions are slightly more challenging than questions you may find in other self-assessments, and we have made adjustments to scores based on their difficulty. We did this when creating the self-assessment because we anticipated that users would have more opportunities to learn from these when reviewing their answers. --- ## **Interested in taking self-assessments for USMLE or NBME Shelf exams? Let us know!** We’ll email you with announcements as soon as our other self-assessments become available. ## Related posts you might like [USMLE](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/usmle) Apr 13, 2023 ### AMBOSS Step 2 CK Self-Assessment: How the Score is Calculated One of the most popular features of AMBOSS self-assessments is the 3-digit score. This score is ... [Read more](https://blog.amboss.com/us/amboss-step-2-ck-self-assessment-how-the-score-is-calculated) [step 1 self-assessment](https://blog.amboss.com/us/tag/step-1-self-assessment) Feb 22, 2023 ### AMBOSS Step 1 Self-Assessment: How to Read Your Report That’s it! The annual AMBOSS Step 1 Self-Assessment Week is finished for another year. A big ... 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