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Home Research Research Library Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination Evaluating the Systematic Validity of a Medical Subspecialty Examination 2012 Author(s) Raddatz, Mikaela M, Royal, Kenneth D, and Pennington, Jessica Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Volume Midwestern Educational Research Association Source Midwestern Educational Research Association The purpose of this study is to determine if the construct of a medical subspecialty examination, as defined by the hierarchy of item difficulties, is stable across physicians who completed a fellowship and recertifiers as compared to non-fellows. Three comparisons of groups are made: 1) Practice pathway board candidates compared to members of all other boards taking the subspecialty examination, 2) Practice pathway board candidates who did not complete a fellowship compared to members of all other boards, and 3) Practice pathway board candidates who completed a fellowship compared to new candidates who had not completed a fellowship. All group comparisons showed significant positive correlations. As expected, the study did not find evidence of DIF between subgroups. However, non-fellowship examinees do score systematically lower than their fellowship taking counterparts. This suggests the value of a fellowship program. The study demonstrates the stability of the construct, therefore the reason behind the difference in passing rate lies elsewhere and should be examined. ABFM Research Read all 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2016 Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules Go to Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project
Author(s) Raddatz, Mikaela M, Royal, Kenneth D, and Pennington, Jessica Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Volume Midwestern Educational Research Association Source Midwestern Educational Research Association
ABFM Research Read all 2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification 2016 Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules Go to Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project
2016 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification
2016 Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules Go to Physician Satisfaction With and Practice Changes Resulting From American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Performance in Practice Modules
2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis
1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project