title: Trends in performance on the psychiatry resident-in-training examination (PRITE®): 10 years of data from a single institution.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the Psychiatry Resident-In-Training Examination (PRITE®) scores at one institution from 2001 to 2010. The authors hypothesized that two factors, the 2003 implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty-hour restrictions and the residency program's 2008 restructuring of its curriculum to a half-day per week of didactics, would lead to improved scores.
  
  
  METHODS
  Residents in the general psychiatry program at the University of Florida College of Medicine from 2001 to 2010 were included in this study. To examine the effect of the 2003 ACGME duty-hours change, the authors compared test results from 2001-2002 and 2003-2010. To examine the effect of the 2008 didactic restructuring, they compared test results from 2001-2007 and 2008-2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 288 PRITE test scores from 2001 to 2010. The authors did not find a statistical difference between test results before and after the 2003 implementation of ACGME duty-hour restrictions or between test results before and after the 2008 restructuring of residency didactics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hypothesis was rejected. The results of the literature review propose that examination scores are affected by other elements of residency training.
authors: Dept. of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University ofFlorida, Gainesville, FL, USA. cooke@ufl.edu
authors: Brian K
authors: BK
authors: Cooke
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Garvan
authors: Jacqueline A
authors: JA
authors: Hobbs
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload / Q000592:standards