Associations between quality indicators of internal medicine residency training programs

Several residency program characteristics have been suggested as measures of program quality, but associations between these measures are unknown. We set out to determine associations between these potential measures of program quality. Survey of internal medicine residency programs that shared an o...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2011-06, Vol.11 (1), p.30-30, Article 30
Main Authors: Sisson, Stephen D, Casagrande, Sarah S, Dalal, Deepan, Yeh, Hsin-Chieh
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Language:English
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American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination
Data Collection
Humans
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine - education
Internship and Residency - standards
Medical education
Models, Statistical
program quality
Quality Indicators, Health Care - standards
Residency Review Committee
Surveys
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Summary:Several residency program characteristics have been suggested as measures of program quality, but associations between these measures are unknown. We set out to determine associations between these potential measures of program quality. Survey of internal medicine residency programs that shared an online ambulatory curriculum on hospital type, faculty size, number of trainees, proportion of international medical graduate (IMG) trainees, Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) scores, three-year American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination (ABIM-CE) first-try pass rates, Residency Review Committee-Internal Medicine (RRC-IM) certification length, program director clinical duties, and use of pharmaceutical funding to support education. Associations assessed using Chi-square, Spearman rank correlation, univariate and multivariable linear regression. Fifty one of 67 programs responded (response rate 76.1%), including 29 (56.9%) community teaching and 17 (33.3%) university hospitals, with a mean of 68 trainees and 101 faculty. Forty four percent of trainees were IMGs. The average post-graduate year (PGY)-2 IM-ITE raw score was 63.1, which was 66.8 for PGY3s. Average 3-year ABIM-CE pass rate was 95.8%; average RRC-IM certification was 4.3 years. ABIM-CE results, IM-ITE results, and length of RRC-IM certification were strongly associated with each other (p
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/1472-6920-11-30