The Certification Examination

Future of CFPC's Certification examination.

Dear Colleagues, “Why do you have an exam?” This was the first question Professor Lambert Schuwirth, hired by the College to conduct an external review of our Certification process, asked key informants in 2015. Dr Schuwirth is Professor of Medical Education at Flinders University in Australia, and a renowned expert in the area of assessment. Although the Board of Examiners has robust quality a...

An alternative certification examination ("ACE") in surgery.

BACKGROUND Medical graduates are required to be competent in many domains of professional practice when joining the health care workforce. Current undergraduate examination methods robustly assess up to 5 of these 8 required skills. This study sought to evaluate an alternative certification examination ("ACE") in assessing all of the 8 required domains in surgical cases. METHODS A total of 14...

Instructor Quality and EMT Certification Examination Results

The Longitudinal Emergency Medical Technician Attributes and Demographics Study (LEADS) provides a representative sampling of EMTs throughout the United States. This study examines the relationship between instructor quality and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification examination outcomes. Results show significant correlations, based on instructor quality on initial exa...

Estimating the probability of passing the national paramedic certification examination.

OBJECTIVES It is hypothesized that student and program characteristics will influence the probability of passing the national paramedic certification exam. The objective of this study was to utilize student and program characteristics to build a statistical model to determine the probability of success on the cognitive portion of the national paramedic certification exam. METHODS The study po...

An old photograph promotes the certification of graduates by examination.