Health Services General Topics in Psychiatry DisordersNorcini JJ, Lipner R, Downing SM: How meaningful are scores on a take-home recertification examination? Acad Med 1996; 71:S71S73 Norcini JJ, Lipner RS: Recertification: is there a link between take-home and proctored examinations? Acad Med 1999; 74:S28S30 In these two articles, Norcini and his colleagues report on the American Board of Internal Medicine's experience with the self-assessment component of a three-step recertification process. The first step involves verification of clinical competence via documentation of licensure and current certification in basic life-saving or advanced cardiac life support. The second component, a take-home modular examination that is described in more detail below, must be passed for admission to the final examination. This is a proctored, closed-book examination designed to evaluate knowledge that physicians should have without consulting medical resources. The self-assessment modules contain primarily case-based multiple-choice items requiring synthesis and judgment to arrive at the correct response. The items focus on medical advances over the past decade and on well-established principles of patient care. Educational materials and references are not provided. In the first study, performance on two 60-item modules, one in general-internal medicine (GIM), taken by 177 candidates, and one in
Educational Abstracts: Abstracted by Dorthea Juul, Ph.D.
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Health Services General Topics in Psychiatry DisordersNorcini JJ, Lipner R, Downing SM: How meaningful are scores on a take-home recertification examination? Acad Med 1996; 71:S71S73 Norcini JJ, Lipner RS: Recertification: is there a link between take-home and proctored examinations? Acad Med 1999; 74:S28S30 In these two articles, Norcini and his colleagues report on the American Board of Internal Medicine's experience with the self-assessment component of a three-step recertification process. The first step involves verification of clinical competence via documentation of licensure and current certification in basic life-saving or advanced cardiac life support. The second component, a take-home modular examination that is described in more detail below, must be passed for admission to the final examination. This is a proctored, closed-book examination designed to evaluate knowledge that physicians should have without consulting medical resources. The self-assessment modules contain primarily case-based multiple-choice items requiring synthesis and judgment to arrive at the correct response. The items focus on medical advances over the past decade and on well-established principles of patient care. Educational materials and references are not provided. In the first study, performance on two 60-item modules, one in general-internal medicine (GIM), taken by 177 candidates, and one in
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