Plastic Surgery In-training Exam Scores Correlate with US Medical Licensing Exam Step 1 and 2 Scores
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1 PuRPOSe Plastic Surgery In-training Exam (PSITE) and American Board of Surgery In-training Exam (ABSITE) scores correlate with written board passage rates and are thus one proxy for production of competent surgeons. We hypothesize standardized test-taking to be a skill and previous success should predict future success. This study examines the relationship between performance on US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), ABSITE, and PSITE. Secondarily, we looked for a link between annual case volume and exam success.
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