Am J Psychiatry 1996; 153:831-832
Copyright © 1996 by American Psychiatric Association
How well does the psychiatry residency in-training examination predict performance on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Part I. Examination?
LC Webb, D Juul, CF Reynolds 3rd, B Ruiz, P Ruiz, SC Scheiber and J Scully
American College Testing, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
OBJECTIVE: Scores on the American College of Psychiatrists' Psychiatry
Residency In-Training Examination (PRITE) were correlated with scores on
the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Part I examination in
psychiatry. METHOD: Pearson correlations between 1992 PRITE scores and 1994
ABPN Part I psychiatry scores were calculated. Analyses were based on 701
examinees. RESULTS: There was a moderate correlation between scores on the
PRITE and ABPN Part I examination in psychiatry and a low correlation of
neurology scores. CONCLUSIONS: These correlations were observed even though
the two examinations differ in their purposes, content outlines,
development, and administration.
