Step Up-Not On-The Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam: Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS) Oppose Ending Step 2 CS

David J Ecker¹, Felise B Milan, Todd Cassese+9

• ¹D.J. Ecker is assistant professor of medicine, assistant director of education, Hospital Medicine Group, and director, Integrated Clinicians Course, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, and chair, Advocacy and Advancement Subcommittee, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS); ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-0079. F.B. Milan is professor of medicine and director, Ruth L. Gottesman Clinical Skills Center and Introduction to Clinical Medicine Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, and president, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). T. Cassese is associate professor of medical science and director, Clinical Arts and Sciences Course, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut, and president-elect, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). J.M. Farnan is assistant dean, Curricular Innovation and Evaluation, associate professor of medicine, and director, Clinical Skills Education, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and secretary, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS); ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-9416. W.S. Madigosky is associate professor of family medicine and director, Foundations of Doctoring Curriculum, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, and chair, Nominations Subcommittee, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS); ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-4114. F.S. Massie Jr is professor of medicine, director, Introduction to Clinical Medicine Curriculum, and director, Clinical Skills Scholars Program, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, and past president (2014-2015), Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). P. Mendez is associate dean, Clinical Curriculum, associate professor of medicine, and director, Clinical Skills Program, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, and representative, Southern Group on Educational Affairs, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). S. Obadia is associate dean, Clinical Education and Services, associate professor of internal medicine, and codirector, Medical Skills Courses, A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Mesa, Arizona, and chair, Program Planning Subcommittee, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). R.K. Ovitsh is assistant dean, Clinical Competencies, and assistant professor of pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate School of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, and representative, Northeast Group on Educational Affairs, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). R. Silvestri is assistant professor of medicine and site director, Practice of Medicine Clinical Skills Course, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and chair, Research Subcommittee, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). T. Uchida is associate professor of medicine and medical education and director, Clinical Skills Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and treasurer, Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS). M. Daniel is assistant dean, Curriculum, and assistant professor of emergency medicine and learning and health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and past president (2015-2016), Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS); ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8961-7119.