Table 3. Survey questions regarding student interpretations of research importance.

PC: pre-clerkship; CL: clerkship

*Responses 4 and 5 in 5-point Likert scale were grouped as 'agreement' for reporting purposes

**Mann-Whitney test between responses of 5-point Likert scale

***Fourth-year medical students excluded from question as they took a scored step 1 exam

Survey questions	Agreement* from students of PC status (58)	Agreement* from students of CL status (33)	P-value for trend**
Importance to have research related experience in specialty of interest, n (%)	52 (90%)	24 (73%)	0.077
Did you increase your research commitments in anticipation of step 1 switching to pass/fail?***, n (%)	24 (41%)	9/19 (47%)	0.4
Do you feel it is beneficial to have a required research project as a component of your medical school curriculum?, n (%)	40 (69%)	23 (69%)	0.797
Do you feel residency programs will view research experiences more important as step 1 is moved to Pass/Fail?, n (%)	46 (79%)	24 (72%)	0.436
Do you feel it is important to have inter-professional collaborative research? (i.e., working with students from other colleges (nursing, pharmacy, etc.), n (%)	41 (70%)	21 (63%)	0.819