GAW
“An exam with a 90+% pass rate is a formality, any way you put it.”
So this applies to the internal medicine and family medicine boards as well? Those are also formalities? Because initial pass rates for first time testers are consistently about 90%.
I don’t know the pass rates for other disciplines, I only looked at the first two that showed up in a quick search. I don’t have reason to believe the results are much different.
After all of the years and years of schooling, practical work, and self-selection (only those who are really interested take the exams (I don’t think they are needed to be a “doctor”))? Sure, that falls into the “Smichah” example.