Novel interactive text-messaging curriculum for endocrinology board review.
ABIM exam
Board review
Endocrinology
Exam preparation
Medicine fellows
Text-messaging
Journal
Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology
ISSN: 2214-6237
Titre abrégé: J Clin Transl Endocrinol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101629335
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
30
05
2023
revised:
20
09
2023
accepted:
28
09
2023
medline:
16
10
2023
pubmed:
16
10
2023
entrez:
16
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The ABIM certification exam is one of the measures to ensure that physicians have the clinical skills for good care delivery. The 5-year average pass rate for ABIM Endocrinology exam is 82%. The pass rate significantly decreased to a nadir of 74% in 2021 and 2022, lowest of all medicine subspecialties. To assess the feasibility of text messaging curriculum for fellows and its utility in improving their test performance. In 2021, endocrinology fellows from 51 programs across the country were invited to participate in our curriculum. They completed a pre-test, joined a texting group via Remind application and received 1 multiple choice question daily (total n = 78). After 15 weeks, they completed a post-test and survey. Paired results from pre- and post-test were compared. A total of 89 fellows from 27 programs responded. Of these, 82 fellows, predominantly females (n = 60; 73 %), filled out the pre-test. On an average, 42 fellows (SD = 12) responded to the questions daily and 57 % of them answered the questions within 24 h. Thirty fellows completed the post-test. The median number of correct responses on the pre-test was 5 (IQR 3-6), compared to 8 (IQR 6-9) in the post-test. There was a significant improvement (p-value < 0.0001) in fellows' performance in the post-test when compared with the pre-test following our intervention. Text-messaging based curriculum for exam preparation is feasible and can improve test performance. Fellows find receiving a daily high yield multiple choice question via text-message as a useful tool for exam preparation.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
The ABIM certification exam is one of the measures to ensure that physicians have the clinical skills for good care delivery. The 5-year average pass rate for ABIM Endocrinology exam is 82%. The pass rate significantly decreased to a nadir of 74% in 2021 and 2022, lowest of all medicine subspecialties.
Objectives
UNASSIGNED
To assess the feasibility of text messaging curriculum for fellows and its utility in improving their test performance.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
In 2021, endocrinology fellows from 51 programs across the country were invited to participate in our curriculum. They completed a pre-test, joined a texting group via Remind application and received 1 multiple choice question daily (total n = 78). After 15 weeks, they completed a post-test and survey. Paired results from pre- and post-test were compared.
Results
UNASSIGNED
A total of 89 fellows from 27 programs responded. Of these, 82 fellows, predominantly females (n = 60; 73 %), filled out the pre-test. On an average, 42 fellows (SD = 12) responded to the questions daily and 57 % of them answered the questions within 24 h. Thirty fellows completed the post-test. The median number of correct responses on the pre-test was 5 (IQR 3-6), compared to 8 (IQR 6-9) in the post-test. There was a significant improvement (p-value < 0.0001) in fellows' performance in the post-test when compared with the pre-test following our intervention.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Text-messaging based curriculum for exam preparation is feasible and can improve test performance. Fellows find receiving a daily high yield multiple choice question via text-message as a useful tool for exam preparation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37840693
doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2023.100326
pii: S2214-6237(23)00014-5
pmc: PMC10570572
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100326Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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