Military Internal Medicine Resident Performance on the American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination

The American Board of Internal Medicine.

Residencies with dual internal medicine and pediatrics programs outperform others on the American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination.

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to evaluate American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination performance based on if a residency offers a dual internal medicine-pediatrics program, hypothesizing that having a dual-accreditation program is associated with higher exam performance. METHODS Pediatric residency programs in the United States were retrospectively evaluated from 2010 to 2012. The accred...

Impact of subspecialty elective exposures on outcomes on the American board of internal medicine certification examination

BACKGROUND 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 gu...

A nomogram to predict the probability of passing the American Board of Internal Medicine examination

BACKGROUND Although the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certification is valued as a reflection of physicians' experience, education, and expertise, limited methods exist to predict performance in the examination. PURPOSE The objective of this study was to develop and validate a predictive tool based on variables common to all residency programs, regarding the probability of an int...

Use of MKSAP 16 for American Board of Internal Medicine Examination

Corresponding author: Wilbert S. Aronow MD, FACC, FAHA Cardiology Division New York Medical College Macy Pavilion Room 138, Valhalla NY 10595, USA Phone: 011914-493-5311 Fax: 011914-235-6274 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA 2 Divisions of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medic...