title: Relationship between Resident-In-Training Examination in psychiatry and subsequent certification examination performances.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study analyzed the relationship between performance on The American College of Psychiatrists' Psychiatry Resident-In-Training Examination (PRITE) and the ABPN Part 1 examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pearson correlation coefficients were used to examine the relationship between performance on the 2002 PRITE and the 2003 Part 1 examination for 297 examinees.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The correlation between the PRITE global psychiatry and the Part 1 psychiatry scores was 0.59, and the correlation between the PRITE global neurology and the Part 1 neurology scores was 0.39.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the PRITE and the Part 1 examination have different purposes and are developed independently, the significant correlations between scores on the two tests support the use of PRITE results to guide preparation for the Part 1 examination. Guidelines for PRITE scores associated with poor performance on the Part 1 examination are provided.
authors.affiliation: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2150 East Lake Cook Rd., Suite 900, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA. djuul@abpn.com
authors.forename: Dorthea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juul
authors.forename: Barbara S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Schneidman
authors.forename: Sandra B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sexson
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Eugene V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Beresin
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Winstead
authors.forename: Larry R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Faulkner
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002568:Certification; D003479:Curriculum; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009462:Neurology / Q000193:education; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013044:Specialty Boards; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States