One test to rule them all: A qualitative study of formal, informal, and hidden curricula as drivers of USMLE “exam mania”

• Joseph R. Geraghty ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jgerag2@uic.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6828-4893

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• Sarah M. Russel,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Hilary Renaldy,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

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• Trevonne M. Thompson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Laura E. Hirshfield

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-2994

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