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Performances of U.S. Osteopathic and Canadian Medical School Graduates on the American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examinations, 1984-1988.
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Shea, Judy A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A study compared the 1984-88 test performances of United States osteopathic medical school graduates and Canadian medical school graduates with those of U.S. and foreign medical school graduates during the same period. Findings, limitations, and implications for recruitment and training of internal medicine specialists are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Medical Graduates, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
The Scoring and Reproducibility of an Essay Test of Clinical Judgment.
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Norcini, John J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
This study compared the analytic scores on an essay test of clinical judgment generated by nonphysician readers with those of physician readers. Generalizability theory was applied to determine the number of essays and scorers required to reach specified levels of reproducibility. Results suggested that with training nonphysicians could…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Trends in the Medical Knowledge and Clinical Competence of Graduates of Internal Medicine Residency Training Programs.
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Norcini, John J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the effectiveness of medical resident training programs during 1983-88 by evaluating students' certification scores and comparing them to the program's evaluation of students' clinical competence. Results are reported and analyzed for top-rated, university-affiliated, and non-university-affiliated programs, focusing on trends over…
Descriptors: Competence, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, Internal Medicine
Influence of a Medicine Clerkship Conference Series on Students' Acquisition of Knowledge.
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Magarian, Gregory J. – Academic Medicine, 1993
A study investigated the effect of participation in an intensive internal medicine conference series during a third-year medicine clerkship (n=173 students) on medical licensing examination scores and compared this with scores in surgery and pediatrics and scores of 466 students not participating in the conference. Better test performance on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Conferences
Residency Directors' Assessments of Which Selection Criteria Best Predict the Performances of Foreign-Born Foreign Medical Graduates during Internal Medicine Residencies.
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Gayed, Nasser M. – Academic Medicine, 1991
A 1990 survey of 102 directors of internal medical residencies with the largest numbers of foreign-born foreign medical graduates revealed the most important performance predictors were performance on the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination or National Board of Medical Examiners test, interviews, and U.S. postgraduate clinical experience.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Clinical Experience, College Entrance Examinations
Indicators of the Educational Effectiveness of Subspecialty Training Programs in Internal Medicine.
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Norcini, John J. – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study investigated the relationship of internal medicine fellowship program characteristics (n=140 programs) to their students' characteristics and performance on a cardiovascular disease licensing examination. Results show indicators such as fellow-to-faculty ratio, training length, and fellowship performance correlate with student knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cardiovascular System, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics