Table 2

Association between ISC rating and absolute scores on the American Board of Pediatrics examinations.

Point of Assessment
r
p value

1st year ITE
-0.35
0.0016
2nd year ITE
-0.39
0.0003
3rd year ITE
-0.50
0.0005

Key: ITE = In-service training examination. Note: Correlation coefficients have a negative sign because lower ISC scores indicate higher ratings whereas higher board scores indicate higher knowledge base.

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