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Home Research Research Library Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination 1990 Author(s) Leigh, T M, Johnson, T P, and Pisacano, N J Topic(s) Education & Training, Family Medicine Certification, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Measurement Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine Most research into the validity of graduate medical education in-training examinations has focused on construct validity and concurrent validity issues. This study examined the predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination using multivariate analysis of all U.S. family practice residents who took the certification examination in either 1987 or 1988. Results of these two certification examinations were analyzed for the cohorts of physicians who had taken in-training examinations as first-, second-, and third-year residents. Multiple regression analysis showed that the composite score, and all but one part-score, of each in-training examination were independently predictive of performance on the certification examination. This study also found that the older residents did less well on the certification exam, and that men and women each did better on selected portions of the examination. The implications of these findings for in-training examinations in other specialties and for program directors and residents are discussed. ABFM Research Read all 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 2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy 2021 Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy Go to Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy 2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
Author(s) Leigh, T M, Johnson, T P, and Pisacano, N J Topic(s) Education & Training, Family Medicine Certification, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Measurement Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 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 2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy 2021 Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy Go to Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy 2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
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
2019 A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy Go to A Certification Board’s Tracking of their Specialty: The American Board of Family Medicine’s Data Collection Strategy
2021 Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy Go to Clinical Quality Measure Exchange is Not Easy
2023 Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees Go to Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees
