title: Validation of a cardiology subspecialty examination by faculty ratings of competencies: a multivariate approach.
abstract: This study investigated the relationships between assessments of competence as supplied by clinical faculty and examination performance on the 1975 Cardiovascular Disease subspecialty examination. Canonical correlation analysis showed the existence of two factors, which accounted for 36% of the variance in common.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans