Relationship between test performance in ocular therapeutics and year of graduation

Practitioner performance on a national, standardized examination in ocular therapeutics was analyzed. The majority of the practitioners were from one state and had graduated from the same college of optometry. The homogeneity of their background fostered an analysis of the relationship between year of graduation and test performance. The data indicated that less recent graduates did not perform as well as more recent graduates, but that the best performance was attained by practitioners with considerable clinical experience.