title: Evaluation of radiology resident cognitive performance.
abstract: Using radiographs and slides in three formats, we objectively tested the cognitive performance of 16 residents during an 8-month period. One format tested individual residents with radiographs and required only that a list of findings be provided within a week. For the second method, radiographs were projected to a small group of residents and a single diagnosis for each of ten cases was required. The third format required a larger group of competing residents to view projected slides of ten loosely defined but thematically connected cases and develop one diagnosis. Two of the test formats correlated significantly with a Spearmen rank, r = .50 or better (P less than .025) with a ranking based upon total score on the American College of Radiology Inservice Examination. All three test formats had a Spearmen rank r = .50 or better (P less than .05) when compared with pooled ranking performed by the staff radiologists.
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004501:Education, Medical; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011361:Professional Competence; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*