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. 2020 Apr 23;10(2):e98566.
doi: 10.5812/aapm.98566. eCollection 2020 Apr.

The Role of Integrative Educational Intervention Package (Monthly ITE, Mentoring, Mocked OSCE) in Improving Successfulness for Anesthesiology Residents in the National Board Exam

Ali Dabbagh  1   2 , Hedayatollah Elyassi  3 , A Sassan Sabouri  1   4 , Kourosh Vahidshahi  5 , Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziaee  6 ; Anesthesiology Department
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The Role of Integrative Educational Intervention Package (Monthly ITE, Mentoring, Mocked OSCE) in Improving Successfulness for Anesthesiology Residents in the National Board Exam

Ali Dabbagh et al. Anesth Pain Med. .

Abstract

Background: National Board of Anesthesiology (NBA) pass rate is an important and critical step in clinical residency programs.

Objectives: This study was designed to assess the relationship between an integrative educational intervention (IEI) and the relative annual pass rate (RAPR). RAPR is defined as ratio of NBA pass rate of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) to the NBA pass rate of all the anesthesiology residency programs across Iran.

Methods: In a descriptive-analytic retrospective study from 2012 to 2019, RAPR was calculated. IEI was implanted in the latter 4years period of this time interval includes: (1) individualized mentorship for residents by faculty members; (2) monthly in-training examination (ITE) in written; and (3) periodical mocked OSCE exam. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to assess correlation between integrative educational intervention and RAPR results. P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: There was a statistically significant relationship between "integrative educational intervention program" and the RAPR results: Spearman's correlation coefficient = 0.655 (P value = 0.039).

Conclusions: The IEI package of Anesthesiology Department, SBMU showed a significant relationship with improvements in successfulness for anesthesiology residents in the National Board Exam (RAPR trend). More prolonged studies could prevail further aspects of these interventions.

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Mentoring; Multiple Choice Question Exam; National Board Exam; Residency Program.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interests: No conflict of interest for any of the authors.

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