Journal article
Utility of AAOS OITE Scores in Predicting ABOS Part I Outcomes: AAOS Exhibit Selection
Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, Vol.95(12), pp.e84-e84
06/19/2013
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00457
PMID: 23783215
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Residency programs commonly use performance on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) developed by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to identify residents who are lagging behind their peers and at risk for failing Part I of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Certifying Examination. This study was designed to investigate the utility of the OITE score as a predictor of ABOS Part I performance.\nMETHOD:Results for 3132 examinees who took Part I of the ABOS examination for the first time from 2002 to 2006 were matched with records from the 1997 to 2006 OITE tests; at least one OITE score was located for 2852 (91%) of the ABOS Part I examinees. After OITE performance was rescaled to place scores from different test years on comparable scales, descriptive statistics and correlations between ABOS and OITE scores were computed, and regression analyses were conducted to predict ABOS results from OITE performance.\nRESULTS:Substantial increases in the mean OITE score were observed as residents progressed through training. Stronger correlations were observed between OITE and ABOS performance during later years in training, reaching a maximum of 0.53 in years 3 and 4. Logistic regression results indicated that residents with an OITE score below the 10th percentile were much more likely to fail Part I compared with those with an OITE score above the 50th percentile.\nCONCLUSIONS:OITE performance was a good predictor of the ABOS score and pass-fail outcome; the OITE can be used effectively for early identification of residents at risk for failing the ABOS Part I examination.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Utility of AAOS OITE Scores in Predicting ABOS Part I Outcomes: AAOS Exhibit Selection
- Creators
- David Swanson - 1National Board of Medical Examiners, 3750 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail address for D. Swanson: DSwanson@nbme.org 2Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 01008 JPP, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009 3American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 400 Silver Cedar Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27514J MarshShepard HurwitzG DeRosaKathleen HoltzmanS BucakAmy BakerCarol Morrison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, Vol.95(12), pp.e84-e84
- DOI
- 10.2106/JBJS.L.00457
- PMID
- 23783215
- NLM abbreviation
- J Bone Joint Surg Am
- ISSN
- 0021-9355
- eISSN
- 1535-1386
- Publisher
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Incorporated
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/19/2013
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984040245402771
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