Hello,
I wanted to get resident insight into the boards this year. Clinicals. Radiobiology. Medical Physics.
Thank you
I wanted to get resident insight into the boards this year. Clinicals. Radiobiology. Medical Physics.
Thank you
What about other exams?Pass rate for physics down to 88%. Wondering if we have another 2018 debacle on our hands next year.
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97% clinical, 88% physics, 93% bio.
So not 2018 levels, but for physics at least, tied with the second lowest in ~7 years.
I know what insane, irrelevant questions I saw on my physics boards. It takes so much effort not to discuss them in public because even now, years later, I can't believe some of them.
Not sure 88% is "pitchfork level" of course but - as always, are we on the correct path to protecting the public and ensuring minimal competence with this specific set of requirements?
This.When did radonc jump the shark in the match? 2018?
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97% clinical, 88% physics, 93% bio.
So not 2018 levels, but for physics at least, tied with the second lowest in ~7 years.
I know what insane, irrelevant questions I saw on my physics boards. It takes so much effort not to discuss them in public because even now, years later, I can't believe some of them.
Not sure 88% is "pitchfork level" of course but - as always, are we on the correct path to protecting the public and ensuring minimal competence with this specific set of requirements?
Even if pass rate were to be 98%, it wouldn't necessarily reflect an easy test, but just that many residents are dedicating a lot more time to pass minimum competency tests after the 2018 debacle in the setting of these tests only being offered once a year.88% can't be pitchfork level. 90-95% rate should be the normal. 98% is why bother even having a test.
Perhaps a few enthusiastic but otherwise unprepared PGY-3s who took physics hoping to not have to waste another year of residency learning it again given the recent changes that you don't have to be a PGY-4 to do physics?
Even if pass rate were to be 98%, it wouldn't necessarily reflect an easy test, but just that many residents are dedicating a lot more time to pass minimum competency tests after the 2018 debacle in the setting of these tests only being offered once a year.
One of the many problems of 2018 and these tests in general is that the time and material you study doesn't reflect the exam content
It's a once a year crapshoot