Declining Performance on American Board of Emergency Medicine Written Examinations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency medicine (EM) is at a critical juncture with pervasive boarding and overcrowding, a rapid rise in new residency programs, and continuing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors could all potentially impact trainees' learning experiences. To explore how this has influenced trainee knowledge acquisition, we analyzed the trends in the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) In-training Examination (ITE) and the written Qualifying Examination (QE).

Methods

This was a retrospective study of multiyear performance trends for the ITE (2018-2024) and QE (2019-2024). Only ITE results from residents in categorical ACGME-accredited EM programs were included. ITE performance was the aggregate mean scaled (equated) scores of all EM training levels. Th

SUBMITTER: Reisdorff EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12552112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature