PMID- 6697269
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19840406
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0008-4409 (Print)
IS  - 0008-4409 (Linking)
VI  - 130
IP  - 5
DP  - 1984 Mar 1
TI  - Certification of specialists: survey of candidates and review of the literature.
PG  - 586-90
AB  - To evaluate the specialty certification process, the Canadian Association of 
      Internes and Residents (CAIR) surveyed 634 candidates who had attempted the 
      written and oral exams of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 
      The results suggest that in-training evaluation is a more reliable and valid 
      assessment of competence than the written and oral exams. There is a lack of well 
      defined program objectives that are coordinated with the examinations. CAIR 
      recommends that the present concept of an examination "hurdle" be replaced by 
      different, integrated methods of assessment during training, and that an 
      effective appeal mechanism be developed.
FAU - Adamson, G D
AU  - Adamson GD
FAU - Rowe, H E
AU  - Rowe HE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Can Med Assoc J
JT  - Canadian Medical Association journal
JID - 0414110
SB  - IM
MH  - Canada
MH  - Certification/*standards
MH  - Educational Measurement/methods
MH  - Evaluation Studies as Topic
MH  - *Medicine
MH  - *Specialization
MH  - Specialty Boards/*standards
PMC - PMC1875761
EDAT- 1984/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1984/03/01 00:01
PMCR- 1984/03/01
CRDT- 1984/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1984/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Can Med Assoc J. 1984 Mar 1;130(5):586-90.