In Training Exam (ITE) / Boards

[futuredoctor10]

The Pediatrics ITE Score Report states that scaled scores range 0-300 with "the absolute standard or passing score set to 180".

The Five-Year Moving Average for PGY3 is 164, with only 22.9% scoring above 180 from the report bar graph.

Can someone explain this, and how is 180 a passing score with that breakdown?

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[Perrotfish]

The Pediatrics ITE Score Report states that scaled scores range 0-300 with "the absolute standard or passing score set to 180".

The Five-Year Moving Average for PGY3 is 164, with only 22.9% scoring above 180 from the report bar graph.

Can someone explain this, and how is 180 a passing score with that breakdown?

A 180 means that they estimate your score on the in-service was equivalent to a passing score on the board exam. Most graduating PGY3s should be close to passing, but should still need several intense months of preparation to drag their score up to the point where they can pass with a reasonable margin.

 

[applicant2016]

Means only 22.9% of PGY3 scored above 180 on the ITE in the past 5 years, but they take the real broad exam a year after that. The current average score of the peds boards is 200

 

[SurfingDoctor]

The Pediatrics ITE Score Report states that scaled scores range 0-300 with "the absolute standard or passing score set to 180".

The Five-Year Moving Average for PGY3 is 164, with only 22.9% scoring above 180 from the report bar graph.

Can someone explain this, and how is 180 a passing score with that breakdown?

It means that residents don’t study for the in-training exam but people study for the boards to get a passing of 180 (which about 75 to 80% achieve on first pass)

 

[mvenus929]

FWIW, I had one of the admin in my department try to track down the highest score reported this year, to give a frame of reference for telling my residents their scores... He said in the last 5 years, 1 PGY2 scored >259 and 2 PGY3s scored >259. The PGY-2 and one of the PGY-3s are likely the same person.

 

[futuredoctor10]

Thanks all for the feedback! Time to start studying 🙂

 

[thetubes]

It means that residents don’t study for the in-training exam but people study for the boards to get a passing of 180 (which about 75 to 80% achieve on first pass)

Yea, I got the PGY1 average score my PGY3 year and still passed. Do not underestimate the power of cramming