Nieve resident question about private practice and ITE

[Ignatius J]

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This is for jet et al. on the board who I know have been in private practice and know all the ins and outs of rocking it.

We all know that ITE scores are thought to correlate with success on written boards.

However, when applying to private groups, does reporting your ITE score carry any weight? Is it held in anyway near as "high of esteem" as it is in academics?

As a prospective job applicant next year, just curious....

 

[aredoubleyou]

In general no, unless they are stellar and you put it on your cv. The primary reason they might favor you in this situation is if they have some partners that have not been able to pass. The ITE probably is the best predictor of passing your boards but has little relevance on how you perform clinically (so long as your not consistently near the bottom...in which case it might). In other words, a guy in the 75 percentile and 35 percentile would tell me nothing.

 

[Planktonmd]

This is for jet et al. on the board who I know have been in private practice and know all the ins and outs of rocking it.

We all know that ITE scores are thought to correlate with success on written boards.

However, when applying to private groups, does reporting your ITE score carry any weight? Is it held in anyway near as "high of esteem" as it is in academics?

As a prospective job applicant next year, just curious....

If you report your ITE scores to a private group they will most likely realize that you are so green and a good candidate for them to abuse.

 

[jetproppilot]

This is for jet et al. on the board who I know have been in private practice and know all the ins and outs of rocking it.

We all know that ITE scores are thought to correlate with success on written boards.

However, when applying to private groups, does reporting your ITE score carry any weight? Is it held in anyway near as "high of esteem" as it is in academics?

As a prospective job applicant next year, just curious....

No, dude.

We don't care about your scores, as long as you can become Board Certified at some point.

Beyond that, what do we care about?

1)YOUR SKILLZ AND JUDGMENT AS AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

2)YOUR ABILITY TO LEARN NEW THINGS IF YOU ARE
DEFICIENT

3) YOUR PERSONALITY AND ABILITY TO RELATE TO SURGEONS/COLLEAGUES/PATIENTS

in no particular order since all are essential to success in this business.

 

[Surfer]

No, dude.

We don't care about your scores, as long as you can become Board Certified at some point.

Beyond that, what do we care about?

1)YOUR SKILLZ AND JUDGMENT AS AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

2)YOUR ABILITY TO LEARN NEW THINGS IF YOU ARE
DEFICIENT

3) YOUR PERSONALITY AND ABILITY TO RELATE TO SURGEONS/COLLEAGUES/PATIENTS

in no particular order since all are essential to success in this business.

4) how hard you are going to work.

nobody wants the lazy anesthesiologist always trying to shuffle work away or get somebody else to cover. i would say for many groups this is #1.

 

[deleted87051]

4) how hard you are going to work.

nobody wants the lazy anesthesiologist always trying to shuffle work away or get somebody else to cover. i would say for many groups this is #1.

Not an issue in my group. We are compensated exclusively by productivity based on units generated. Work twice as hard, make twice as much.

ITE scores count as much as your 8th grade algebra grade.