Open AccessFirst-Time Failure Rates of Candidates for Board Certification
Author(s) -
Denis M. O’Day
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3601
pISSN - 0003-9950
DOI - 10.1001/archopht.126.4.548
Subject(s) - certification , graduation (instrument) , board certification , medicine , family medicine , medical education , residency training , political science , continuing education , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
Few objective standards are available to assess the educational effectiveness of ophthalmology residency programs. As a possible measure, we evaluated the first-time failure (FTF) rate in the examinations of the American Board of Ophthalmology, defined as a first-attempt failure in the written examination or a first-attempt failure in the oral examination after having passed the written examination on the first attempt.
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