COVID-19 Impact on Family Medicine Residents Exam Performance.
Fam Med
; 56(3): 163-168, 2024 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38467034
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The COVID-19 pandemic began interrupting family medicine residency training in spring 2020. While a decline in scores on the American Board of Family Medicine In-Training Examination (ITE) has been observed, whether this decline has translated into the high-stakes Family Medicine Certification Examination (FMCE) is unclear. The goal of this study was to systematically assess the magnitude of COVID-19 impact on medical knowledge acquisition during residency, as measured by the ITE and FMCE.METHODS:
A total of 19,101 initial certification candidates from 2017 to 2022 were included in this study. Annual ITE scores and FMCE scores were reported on the same scale (200-800) and served as the outcome measure. We conducted multilevel regression analysis to determine ITE score growth and FMCE scores compared to cohorts prior to COVID-19.RESULTS:
During COVID-19, the increase in ITE scores from postgraduate year 2 (PGY-2) to PGY-3 was 25.5 points less, representing a 57.6% relative decrease; and from PGY-3 ITE to FMCE, it was 8.6 points less, a 12.7% relative decrease, compared with cohorts prior to COVID-19. FMCE scores were 6.6 points less during COVID-19, representing a 1.2% relative decline from the average FMCE score prior to COVID-19.CONCLUSIONS:
This study found nonsubstantive COVID-19 impact on FMCE scores, but a considerable knowledge acquisition decline during residency, especially during the PGY-2 to PGY-3 period. While COVID-19 impacted learning, our findings indicated that residencies were largely able to remediate knowledge deficits before residents took the FMCE.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
COVID-19
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Internado y Residencia
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fam Med
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos