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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 2021 Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine Go to Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine 2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? 2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign 2021 Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties Go to Stages of Milestones Implementation: A Template Analysis of 16 Programs Across 4 Specialties
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
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