title: The state of performance on the American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination and Certifying Examination and the effect of residency program size on program pass rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. falconej@upmc.edu
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.forename: Giselle G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Hamad
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016014:Linear Models; D011647:Puerto Rico; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States