Performance standards improve American board of surgery In-training examination scores

Current Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 220-222

  Pofahl, Walter E ^a   Swanson, Melvin S ^a   Cox, Sherralyn S ^a   DaRe, Donna M ^a   Haisch, Carl E ^a   Pories, Walter J ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Board of Surgery In Training Examination (ABSITE); Residency; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0036128264     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(01)00621-3     Document Type: Article

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1. Interpretation of Results of the American Board of Surgery In-Training/Surgical Basic Science Examination
2. Booklet of Information: July 1999-June 2000
3. Survey analysis of the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination
4. Factors affecting improvement on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam (ABSITE)
5. Effect of resident call status on ABSITE performance
6. Impact of programmed reading on ABSITE performance
7. Observations on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination, board results, and conference attendance
8. The relationship between faculty ward evaluations, OSCE, and ABSITE as measures of surgical intern performance