PMID- 19224843
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090429
LR  - 20090331
IS  - 1527-7755 (Electronic)
IS  - 0732-183X (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 10
DP  - 2009 Apr 1
TI  - Developing an in-training examination for fellows: the experience of the American 
      Society of Clinical Oncology.
PG  - 1706-11
LID - 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3091 [doi]
AB  - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) developed its own test -- the 
      Medical Oncology In-Training Examination (MedOnc ITE) -- as a tool to assess 
      trainees' knowledge of the clinical oncology subspecialty, establish consistency 
      in educational standards across training programs, identify areas of strength and 
      weakness in individual programs, and stimulate intraprogrammatic reading and 
      discussion. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Outcome 
      Project provided additional incentive for ASCO to develop an ITE. The examination 
      was developed in 4 years. The concept of the examination and the budget were 
      approved by the ASCO governing board. The National Board of Medical Examiners was 
      selected to work with ASCO. Fellowship programs were contacted to determine if 
      they had the information technology support to hold the examination. A blueprint 
      for the examination was developed. The test format, including the number of 
      questions and the selection of case-based single best answers, was determined. 
      Physician volunteers to write the questions were solicited from among program 
      directors, various ASCO committees, and disease experts. A workshop was held to 
      teach volunteers how to write proper case-based questions. From this pool, a 
      smaller group of physicians was selected to develop the test and review all test 
      questions. The final examination was developed and administered in February 2008, 
      with scores provided to fellows and program directors in April 2008. Feedback 
      received after the examination will be helpful for developing future MedOnc ITEs. 
      The process ASCO went through to develop the MedOnc ITE serves as a model for 
      other subspecialties interested in developing their own ITEs.
FAU - Collichio, Frances A
AU  - Collichio FA
AD  - Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 
      27599-7305, USA. fcollich@med.unc.edu
FAU - Kayoumi, Karen M
AU  - Kayoumi KM
FAU - Hande, Kenneth R
AU  - Hande KR
FAU - Hawkins, Richard E
AU  - Hawkins RE
FAU - Hawley, Janine L
AU  - Hawley JL
FAU - Adelstein, David J
AU  - Adelstein DJ
FAU - D'Angelo, Jean M
AU  - D'Angelo JM
FAU - Stewart, James A
AU  - Stewart JA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090217
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Oncol
JT  - Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of 
      Clinical Oncology
JID - 8309333
SB  - IM
MH  - Education, Medical, Graduate/*methods/standards
MH  - Educational Measurement/*methods
MH  - Fellowships and Scholarships
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Medical Oncology
MH  - Societies, Medical
EDAT- 2009/02/20 09:00
MHDA- 2009/04/30 09:00
CRDT- 2009/02/20 09:00
PHST- 2009/02/20 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/20 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/04/30 09:00 [medline]
AID - JCO.2008.20.3091 [pii]
AID - 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3091 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 1;27(10):1706-11. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3091. Epub 2009 
      Feb 17.