13 Mar 2008 11:01:45 | Alex Kavokin MD,
Thousands of surgical residents take the in-service exam in the
end of January. They American Boar of Surgery In-Training Exam
tests the knowledge related to the General Surgery. How
important is the exam?
I heard from residents in categorical General programs that they
don’t care much about the results. It is true that in private
practice, in real life, none of these tests scores mean much.
Nobody asks what was your score.
However other residents cite reasons about why it does worth to
prepare to ABSITE more seriously.
--- Program Directors prefer Residents with high ABSITE scores.
High scores increase a program reputation. High score help to
attract better residents to a program --- Fellowships and
private practices Use ABSITE score as a part of evaluation
process. --- Some programs use ABSITE for promotion process.
RUSH, for example, starts probation if the score is below 25th
percentile. RUSH. Sometimes that cut off score is as high as
30%. --- Correlation between high ABSITE score and passing the
written American Board of Surgery Certification Exam makes
preparation worthwhile.
In the recent years some new books and on-line curses make the
preparation easier.
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