Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
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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. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2017 Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions Go to Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions 2013 A small percentage of family physicians report time devoted to research Go to A small percentage of family physicians report time devoted to research 2018 How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians Go to How Is Family Medicine Engaging Patients at the Practice Level?: A National Sample of Family Physicians 2021 The Growth of Family Medicine Resident Debt Go to The Growth of Family Medicine Resident Debt
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