Do U.S. Medical Licensure Examination step 1 scores correlate with Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology in-training examination scores and American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology written examination performance?

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 640-643

  Armstrong, Alicia ^a   Alvero, Ruben ^b   Nielsen, Peter ^c   Deering, Shad ^c   Robinson, Randal ^d   Frattarelli, John ^e,f   Sarber, Kathleen ^g   Duff, Patrick ^h   Ernest, Joseph ⁱ  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility   (United States)

^e TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Reproductive Medicine Associates   (United States)

^g Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; LICENSING; OBSTETRICS; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250355181     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.6.640     Document Type: Article

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