Resident performance on the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) In-Training Examination: years 1996 through 2002.
OBJECTIVE
This study was undertaken to evaluate the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) In-Training Examination scores for significant trends.


METHODS
The percent-correct scores for each of the 6 published examination objectives from 7 consecutive years were analyzed. The data set was analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance using gender, examination year, and postgraduate year as categorical variables, and each year was analyzed separately by gender and postgraduate year. Scores of residents who took the examination for 4 consecutive years were analyzed by using repeated measures analysis of covariance.


RESULTS
Variation by examination year appeared random, although scores monotonically increased with postgraduate year for all objectives and all years. The mean relative scores of women were higher than men on the primary/preventive care objective, but the reverse was true for the general considerations objective.


CONCLUSIONS
The CREOG In-Training Examination appears to be a dependable measure of residents' improvement in cognitive knowledge.
Holzman
Gerald B
GB
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC 20024, USA.
Downing
Steven M
SM
Power
Michael L
ML
Williams
Sterling B
SB
Carpentieri
Andrea
A
Schulkin
Jay
J
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011594:Psychometrics; D014481:United States