are abim exams p/f or % scored?

[bulldog]

are the abim exams reported as pass/fail or %tile rank like usmle?

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[NotAProgDirector]

The ABIM board report that you will get will have a decile listed for your overall score, and for each subject sub score.

The general public (and any employers) only get a P/F result.

Your program director will get a full copy of your score report if you agree to release it to them (which I believe you can do when you register or take the exam). Otherwise, they too only get a P/F result.

 

[tibor75]

The general public has no idea what you failed - just what you passed. So, they can figure out what you haven't passed.

 

[Shah_Patel_PT]

The ABIM board report that you will get will have a decile listed for your overall score, and for each subject sub score.

The general public (and any employers) only get a P/F result.

Your program director will get a full copy of your score report if you agree to release it to them (which I believe you can do when you register or take the exam). Otherwise, they too only get a P/F result.

Does is look bad....if the full copy is not released to the PD?

 

[NotAProgDirector]

It doesn't look like anything. You've already graduated. Either you pass or you fail, those results I get no matter what. I like getting the breakdown by subject, and a decile rank, because that let's me assess how well the various evaluation tools (ITE, evaluations, crystal ball, etc) work and also give me information about any holes in our curriculum.

My bottom line is: releasing your scores to your prior program director cannot hurt you in any way that I can see. It would be illegal for a PD to further release your scores anyway. They do help quite a bit in evaluating the program as a whole, however, so I would encourage you to release them.

 

[Annette]

Is there a way to get what number or percent questions correct to pass (on average)? Or even in retrospect?

If 92% of first time takers pass, then if you are above the 20th decile in all the questions, you pass? (Math just isn't making sense for me at this time of night.)