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  • Urology
  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Training

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  • The Urology In-Service Exam (ISE) percentile ranking of chief residents correlates with American Board of Urology Qualifying Exam (QE) performance.
  • Early identification of residents needing additional educational support is crucial for program success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze a 5-year dataset of resident performance on the ISE and subsequent QE.
  • To determine if earlier training time points can identify residents at risk for QE failure.

Main Methods:

  • Collected ISE scores (2014-2018) and QE scores (2019).
  • Used Pearson's correlation coefficient to assess the association between ISE and QE performance.
  • Applied Youden Index to identify optimal ISE cut-off scores for predicting QE performance.

Main Results:

  • Median ISE scores increased from PGY1 (47%) to PGY3 (70%) and stabilized.
  • Correlation between ISE and QE scores improved from 0.31 to 0.53 over training.
  • An ISE score of ~70% in PGY3 predicted a low risk of QE failure (lowest decile: 56%, lowest quartile: 60%).

Conclusions:

  • ISE performance in PGY3 and later years is a reliable predictor of QE success.
  • Residency programs can use these benchmarks to offer targeted educational support to at-risk residents.