Relationship of residency program characteristics with pass rate of the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying exam.

CONCLUSIONS: As shown through the ratio of full-time equivalent paid faculty to positions and whether there was a formal mentoring program, a highly supervised training experience was strongly associated with the pass rate. In contrast, percentage of osteopathic doctors was inversely related to the pass rate. Programs with OCC significantly outperformed programs without OCC. This study suggested that enhancing supervision of training programs and offering parental support may help attract and produce competitive residents. PMID: 26426400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medical Education Online - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Educ Online Source Type: research