Pediatric Residents’ Readiness for Practice and Performance on the Initial Certifying Examination
Practice readiness assessment using the EPA framework does not correlate well with the passing of board exams. These assessments measure different, albeit overlapping, components necessary for the care of children. Continued effort is needed to determine how to integrate a competency-based approach that uses information from different sources to help make informed and defensible decisions regarding each individual's educational needs and ultimate readiness for practice into both training and certification processes.
Authors
- Andrew C. Dwyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2207-6834)
- David A Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-1382)
- Patricia Poitevien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0679-4994)
- Alan Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-6637)
- Daniel J. Schumacher
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- American Board of Internal Medicine (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Hospital Research Foundation (AU)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-073517
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00