title: [Correlation of In-training Examination Score with the Residency Program or the Score of the Board Examination of Laboratory Medicine.].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An in-training examination is given annually to the all laboratory medicine residents of in Korea. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of the in-training examinations according to the examinees' postgraduate years, a number of teaching faculty members and hospital beds, and the score of the board examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total number of examinees during the 5-year period from 2001 to 2005 were 311. All residents took the same in-training examinations given each year irrespective of the postgraduate year (PGY).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of in-training examinations increased with advance in the examinees' PGY (P<0.01). The scores were not different according to the size of teaching faculty or hospital beds (P>0.05). The correlation coefficients of each PGY scores were from 0.474 to 0.755 (P<0.01). The scores of the 4th PGY were correlated with those of the board examinations (r=0.627, P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that the scores of the in-training examinations may be a valid measure of knowledge acquired by residents during their training years and provide a useful information for improving the laboratory medicine residency training program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hyunok1019@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jungwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Jongwan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jongwoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyunok
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim