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Direct linkArnold, Gerald K.; Hess, Brian J.; Lipner, Rebecca S. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2013
Introduction: Board certification has evolved from a "point-in-time" event to a process of periodic learning and reevaluation of medical competence through maintenance of certification (MOC). To better understand MOC participation, the transtheoretical model (TTM) was used to describe physicians' perceptions of MOC as a sequence of…
Descriptors: Physicians, Medical Education, Certification, Models
McKinley, Danette W.; Hess, Brian J.; Boulet, John R.; Lipner, Rebecca S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Changes in certification requirements and examinee characteristics are likely to influence the validity of the evidence associated with interpretations made based on test data. We examined whether changes in Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification requirements over time were associated with changes in internal…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Certification, Graduation Requirements
Durning, Steven J.; Artino, Anthony R.; Boulet, John R.; Dorrance, Kevin; van der Vleuten, Cees; Schuwirth, Lambert – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
Context specificity, or the variation in a participant's performance from one case, or situation, to the next, is a recognized problem in medical education. However, studies have not explored the potential reasons for context specificity in experts using the lens of situated cognition and cognitive load theories (CLT). Using these theories, we…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Learning Theories, Medical Education
Peer reviewedShea, 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)
Peer reviewedNorcini, 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
Peer reviewedMagarian, 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
Peer reviewedNorcini, 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
