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Raryn said:
Well. Just finished the newly electronic ITE. Annoying that it's a month earlier this year.

Overall reaction:

They made the test even longer, which sucks. But really, the # of questions stayed the same, they just gave us a whole bunch extra break time, which is nice. Wish that it rolled over the extra time in each block to the next break like the steps though. The questions that stood out (again) were all the god-awful rheum and heme/onc, but those are my weak points so it might just be me.

Wonder when we'll get our scores.
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no…rheum and hem/onc always seem to be heavy on the ITEs…
typically january, but if its electronic (and a month earlier)that may change.
 
lots of far fetched rheum and heme-onc
anyway the electronic format is a million times better. you are able to pace yourself per block, i had ample time each block; enough to go back through and review my marked questions
I agree with Raryn that the time should roll over for sure like it does on a step examination
otherwise a change for the good
 
I got an email stating how on the last block some people didn't recieve enough time or something and the exam has to be rescored?

Regardless they said full scores should be released in "Late October"
 
thierryhenry said:
I got an email stating how on the last block some people didn't recieve enough time or something and the exam has to be rescored?

Regardless they said full scores should be released in "Late October"
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Interesting. I didn't get that email. I finished each block with 15-20 minutes to spare though.

If they say late october, I assume it should be released around thanksgiving. 😉
 
i did not get that email either. As everyone has been saying... the onc on that test was straight wtf
 
My $ 0.02:
- no reason NOT to be studying for the ITE.

#1 No matter WHAT they say about it, you WILL be more goldenish in the eyes of the PD doing better than doing less better.

#2 There are very few instances during residency where you might feel somewhat pressed to open up a book and read after you get home excepting of course the every day looking stuff up for patient care. The onc/endo/new drug stuff on the ITE is sometimes ridiculous, and you will be able to answer more of these stupid questions if you actually go through board review material.

#3 You will be grateful you read up - you WILL find that it enhanced your care of some patient in some way

#4 the BIGGEST reason: :bag: All those other kids in your class ARE studying for the ITE (or how do you know they aren't?) and you WILL be compared against them. You may not know it, but core faculty and your chiefs will know how you scored, and it will affect their perception of you and your clinical assessment.
There's something to be said for the halo effect - it can ensure smooth sailing, good letters.

The ABIM I thought was a piece of cake.. I thought the ITE and Step 3 were harder . I did not touch a board review book the last three months before I took the test or go to any course because I was too busy wrapping up my research projects, and lo and behold, I passed. But I did go through MKSAP about 1-2 times/subject when I was a PGY2/PGY3.
 
Our program got our ITE scores today! I imagine everyone else's did too.
 
My friend at another program said he got his as well. I think the PD's received all of their residents scores, but the individual breakdowns have not come yet..
 
Actually I got the score report too!
 
Hmm turnaround time this year was pretty good. Last year I took the exam on 10/14/13 and got my score report on 12/13/13. This year I took it 9/16 and got the score on 10/29. Cut out two weeks.
 
How well does it correlate with Step 3 performance? I take step 3 soon and have done an abominable job of studying for it so far...
 
where do these tests come from? Do they have to be provided through a program, or can you take it on your own?
 
MissAmanda said:
where do these tests come from? Do they have to be provided through a program, or can you take it on your own?
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ACP/AAIM write the questions to cover same content as ABIM.

Programs provide ITE; you cannot take it on your own.
 
total test percent correct score 69% , percentile rank 84%

intern year, no time to study, just read up to date when see patients

ID, general parts are far below average, how can I improve them?
 
silentreader said:
total test percent correct score 69% , percentile rank 84%

intern year, no time to study, just read up to date when see patients

ID, general parts are far below average, how can I improve them?
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You don't need to brag about your exam result if your simple question is "How can I improve my ID knowledge as to improve my preparedness for Step 3/ABIM."
Humblebrags like this one are what give SDN a bad name. You are obviously performing fine, so keep doing whatever you're already doing.
 
I'm PGY3. My total percent correct score is 65% and percentile by PGY year is 27%. I'm quite shocked at my result. What does this score correlate with for the real ABIM? What is the best way to start preparing at this stage?
 
indsha008 said:
I'm PGY3. My total percent correct score is 65% and percentile by PGY year is 27%. I'm quite shocked at my result. What does this score correlate with for the real ABIM? What is the best way to start preparing at this stage?
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I believe 65% correlates to a high chance of passing the ABIM.
 
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