How things change... What Step1 used to be

Don't know how many people know this, but I was giving a tour to my school's alumni today. And, just 30 years ago, medical students just took Step1 to pass it. It wasn't something they studied for; there were no Kaplan classes; it was just a pass/fail thing that they were prepared for by the time they took it by their regular curriculum. How freaking crazy is that? In a matter of 30 years, Step1 has gone from an exam to test general preparedness for clinical training to, instead, a... How things change... What Step1 used to be
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