RITE performance predicts outcome on the ABPN Part I examination.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the performance correlation the American Academy of Neurology Resident Inservice Training Examination (RITE) and Part I of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) examination.


METHODS
Candidates who took the RITE in the last year of training were tracked and their subsequent performance on the ABPN Part I examination was compared with their performance on the RITE.


RESULTS
Performance on the RITE is predictive of performance on the ABPN Part I examination.


CONCLUSIONS
The RITE can be used to assess a resident's readiness to take the ABPN Part I examination.
Goodman
J Clay
JC
American Academy of Neurology, St. Paul, MN 55116, USA.
Juul
Dorthea
D
Westmoreland
Barbara
B
Burns
Rosalie
R
D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D009462:Neurology / Q000592:standards*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States