Title |
Impact of subspecialty elective exposures on outcomes on the American board of internal medicine certification examination
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Published in |
BMC Medical Education, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-12-94 |
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Authors |
Victoria K Shanmugam, Katina Tsagaris, Amber Schilling, Sean McNish, Sameer Desale, Mihriye Mete, Michael Adams |
Abstract |
The American Board of Internal Medicine Certification Examination (ABIM-CE) is one of several methods used to assess medical knowledge, an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competency for graduating internal medicine residents. With recent changes in graduate medical education program directors and internal medicine residents are seeking evidence to guide decisions regarding residency elective choices. Prior studies have shown that formalized elective curricula improve subspecialty ABIM-CE scores. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether the number of subspecialty elective exposures or the specific subspecialties which residents complete electives in impact ABIM-CE scores. |
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