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Relationship Between Resident-In-Training Examination in Psychiatry and Subsequent Certification Examination Performances

Received September 26, 2008; revised February 11, 2009; accepted February 27, 2009. Dr. Juul is with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Buffalo Grove, Ill.; Dr. Schneidman is with the Federation of State Medical Boards in Dallas; Dr. Sexson is with Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA; Dr. Fernandez is with Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, Fl.; Dr. Beresin is with Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston; Dr. Ebert is with Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven and with VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Ct.; Dr. Winstead is affiliated with Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans; Dr. Faulkner is with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Buffalo Grove, IL. Address correspondence to Dorthea Juul, Ph.D., American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2150 East Lake Cook Rd., Suite 900, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089; djuul{at}abpn.com (e-mail).

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. CONCLUSION: 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.

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