Correlation between an email based board review program and American Board of Pediatrics General Pediatrics Certifying Examination scores.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of a weekly email based board review course on individual resident performance on the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) General Pediatrics Certifying Examination for pediatric residents and, specifically, residents with low ABP In-training Examination (ITE) scores. METHODS: Weekly board-type questions were emailed to all pediatric residents from 2004-2007. Responses to board-type questions were tracked, recorded, and correlated with ITE scores and ABP General Pediatrics Certifying Examination Scores. RESULTS: With regard to total number of questions answered, only total number of questions answered correctly had a significant positive correlation with standard board scores (n = 71, r = 0.24, p = 0.047). For "at risk" residents with ITE scores

Publication Title

Medical education online

Volume

14

First Page

18

Comments

This article was published in Medical education online, Volume 14, Issue , Pages 18- .

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3885/meo.2009.Res00321 .

Copyright © 2009 Langenau et al.

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