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Home Research Research Library The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations The Predictive Validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ COMLEX-USA Examinations With Regard to Outcomes on American Board of Family Medicine Examinations 2016 Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Song, H Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Psychometrics Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine PURPOSE: To examine the predictive validity of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners’ Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States of America (COMLEX-USA) series with regard to the American Board of Family Medicine’s (ABFM’s) In-Training Examination (ITE) and Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Examination. METHOD: A repeated-measures design was employed, using test scores across seven levels of training for 1,023 DOs who took the MC-FP for the first time between April 2012 and November 2014 and for whom the ABFM had ITE scores for each of their residency years. Pearson and disattenuated correlations were calculated; Fisher r to z transformation was performed; and sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for the COMLEX-USA Level 2-Cognitive Evaluation (CE) with regard to the MC-FP were computed. RESULTS: The Pearson and disattenuated correlations ranged from 0.55 to 0.69 and from 0.61 to 0.80, respectively. For MC-FP scores, only the correlation increase from the COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE to Level 3 was statistically significant (for Pearson correlations: z = 2.41, P = .008; for disattenuated correlations: z = 3.16, P < .001). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE with the MC-FP were 0.90, 0.39, 0.96, and 0.19, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence was found that the COMLEX-USA can assist family medicine residency program directors in predicting later resident performance on the ABFM’s ITE and MC-FP, which is becoming increasingly important as graduate medical education accreditation moves toward a single aligned model. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity Go to Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2020 General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians Go to General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians 2015 ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry Go to ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry
Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Song, H Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Psychometrics Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2018 Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity Go to Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2020 General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians Go to General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians 2015 ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry Go to ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry
2018 Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity Go to Board Certified Family Physician Workforce: Progress in Racial and Ethnic Diversity
2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States.
2020 General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians Go to General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians
2015 ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry Go to ABFM to Simplify Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Family Physicians and Make It More Meaningful: A Family Medicine Registry