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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, M M, Royal, K D, and Pennington, J Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Source 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 The Growth of Family Medicine Resident Debt Go to The Growth of Family Medicine Resident Debt 2020 Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients Go to Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients 2013 Uncloaking family medicine research: so much to know, so little time Go to Uncloaking family medicine research: so much to know, so little time 2015 Response: Re: Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Examination: Comparison of Initial Certifiers with Experienced Physicians Go to Response: Re: Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Examination: Comparison of Initial Certifiers with Experienced Physicians
Author(s) Raddatz, M M, Royal, K D, and Pennington, J Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Source
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2020 Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients Go to Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients
2013 Uncloaking family medicine research: so much to know, so little time Go to Uncloaking family medicine research: so much to know, so little time
2015 Response: Re: Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Examination: Comparison of Initial Certifiers with Experienced Physicians Go to Response: Re: Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Examination: Comparison of Initial Certifiers with Experienced Physicians