Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Correlation of the Emergency Medicine Resident In-Service Examination with the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine

The Basic Standards for Residency Training in Emergency Medicine of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) requires all osteopathic emergency medicine (EM) residents to annually participate in the Emergency Medicine In Service Exam.

Residency training programs in other specialties have demonstrated correlations between their specialty in-service examinations and passing future board certification examinations.  In 2009, the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) began offering the option of taking Part 1 of the certifying examination to eligible EM residents in their fourth postgraduate year (PGY-4) of EM residency training. Prior to 2009 only EM residency graduates were permitted to participate in the In service examination.

We wish to demonstrate a correlation between the percentile score on the RISE with corresponding scores and the dichotomous outcome of passing or failing on the AOBEM Part 1 exam. We also sought to find a point whereby the likelihood of passing the AOBEM Part 1 was greatest. This will help residency program directors and residents gauge the progress a resident is making towards board certification.


Read More: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952889/

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