出版社：Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
摘要：In-Training Examinations (ITEs) are an established part of many residency programs; however, their use varies across programs. In our Family Medicine residency program, we use the ITE in two ways: as a formative assessment as part of residency training, and as a way to monitor and inform curriculum. When examining residents’ overall and domain performance on the ITE, several factors are at play in the multi-year ITE data: the year of residency (PGY1 or PGY2), residents’ undergraduate medical training background, urban/rural residency placement, as well as the fact that residents take the ITE twice during their training. Such a plethora of factors presents difficulties in monitoring the effectiveness of curricular changes over the years. To address this, we demonstrate the use of the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) method with the ITE data for the purpose of program quality assurance.
关键词：In-Training Examination (ITE); Family Medicine; Residency; Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)
