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Home Research Research Library Impact of Residency Training Redesign on Residents’ Clinical Knowledge Impact of Residency Training Redesign on Residents’ Clinical Knowledge 2017 Author(s) Waller, E, Eiff, M Patrice, Dexter, E, Rinaldo, Jason C, Marino, Miguel, Garvin, R, Douglass, A B, Phillips, Robert L, Green, Larry A, and Carney, Patricia A Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Graduate Medical Education, and In-Training Examination Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The In-training Examination (ITE) is a frequently used method to evaluate family medicine residents’ clinical knowledge. We compared family medicine ITE scores among residents who trained in the 14 programs that participated in the Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice (P4) Project to national averages over time, and according to educational innovations. METHODS: The ITE scores of 802 consenting P4 residents who trained in 2007 through 2011 were obtained from the American Board of Family Medicine. The primary analysis involved comparing scores within each academic year (2007 through 2011), according to program year (PGY) for P4 residents to all residents nationally. A secondary analysis compared ITE scores among residents in programs that experimented with length of training and compared scores among residents in programs that offered individualized education options with those that did not. RESULTS: Release of ITE scores was consented to by 95.5% of residents for this study. Scores of P4 residents were higher compared to national scores in each year. For example, in 2011, the mean P4 score for PGY1 was 401.2, compared to the national average of 386. For PGY2, the mean P4 score was 443.1, compared to the national average of 427, and for PGY3, the mean P4 score was 477.0, compared to the national PGY3 score of 456. Scores of residents in programs that experimented with length of training were similar to those in programs that did not. Scores were also similar between residents in programs with and without individualized education options. CONCLUSIONS: Family medicine residency programs undergoing substantial educational changes, including experiments in length of training and individualized education, did not appear to experience a negative effect on resident’s clinical knowledge, as measured by ITE scores. Further research is needed to study the effect of a wide range of residency training innovations on ITE scores over time. ABFM Research Read all 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
Author(s) Waller, E, Eiff, M Patrice, Dexter, E, Rinaldo, Jason C, Marino, Miguel, Garvin, R, Douglass, A B, Phillips, Robert L, Green, Larry A, and Carney, Patricia A Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, Graduate Medical Education, and In-Training Examination Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks 2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
1998 Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks Go to Simulating Patients with Parallel Health State Networks
2021 Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes Go to Using the Family Medicine National Graduate Survey to Improve Residency Education by Monitoring Training Outcomes
2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access
2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
