A Novel Comprehensive In-Training Examination Course Can Improve Residency-Wide Scores

Abstract

A multifaceted residency-wide examination curriculum focused around an intensive 14-week course was associated with marked improvement on the in-training examination.

The Relationship Between Internal Medicine Residency Graduate Performance on the ABIM Certifying Examination, Yearly In-Service Training Examinations, and the USMLE Step 1 Examination

“…Individual education plans suggest good results in remediating residents at risk of failing the board exam. 26,27 Intensive, multimodal approaches for remediation of surgery, 28 emergency medicine, 29 and radiology 30 residents have been shown to improve board scores. The universal finding among these studies was that intervention was costly, 31 with one report suggesting that better methods of identifying residents at risk would help to screen residency candidates.…”

The Generic Surgical Sciences Examination training programme improves participant's knowledge and pass rates

“…It was anticipated that a GSSE short course would improve participants’ success in passing the GSSE, although there are few published studies on the success of courses with similar objectives . We report a prospective qualitative evaluation of its effectiveness undertaken during the first year of the course.…”

Using an Accountability Program to Improve Psychiatry Resident Scores on In-Service Examinations

“…The most frequently used strategy is adding a course to prepare trainees for the in-training or board-certifying examination. These courses have been shown to improve ITE scores, [10][11][12][13][14][15] although not universally, particularly with shorter courses. 16,17 Peer-led courses or study groups have been shown to work in neurology, 18 but have had mixed results in a psychiatry 19,20 program.…”