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- Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics and American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Score and Result of all Examinees by Year, 2013 to 2016 (n = 55,532)
2013 2014 2015 2016 P Value Recertification Candidates N 11,138 10,693 9083 9230 % passing exam 87.5 90.0 86.7 90.3 <.0001 Mean exam score (SD) 499.5 (105.8) 504.3 (110.7) 491.5 (110.8) 507.3 (111.9) <.0001 Mean age (SD) (as of July 1 of exam year) 51.3 (8.5) 51.8 (8.6) 51.9 (8.8) 52.2 (8.8) <.0001 Male gender 63.5 63.0 60.3 59.3 <.0001 MD degree 91.2 90.8 90.3 90.6 .16 International medical graduate 16.7 18.6 19.7 20.0 <.0001 Race <.0001 White 80.8 78.7 77.6 75.1 Asian 11.6 13.2 14.0 14.3 Black or African American 5.8 6.6 6.8 6.3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 American Indian or Alaska Native 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.9 Other 2.9 Hispanic ethnicity 5.5 6.6 6.1 6.3 .007 Certification candidates N 3904 3940 3772 3772 % passing exam 83.4 90.7 91.5 95.1 <.0001 Mean exam score (SD) 466.9 (86.1) 486.7 (89.1) 489.5 (85.8) 516.3 (88.2) <.0001 Mean age (SD) (as of July 1 of exam year) 34.5 (5.8) 34.3 (5.8) 33.9 (5.6) 33.6 (5.2) <.0001 Male gender 45.6 46.8 43.9 45.4 .086 MD degree 85.2 84.6 81.5 80.4 <.0001 International medical graduate 42.3 40.2 37.3 36.1 <.0001 Race <.0001 White 66.7 66.2 63.6 Asian 24.2 24.7 24.9 Black or African American 7.5 7.3 8.3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.7 0.8 American Indian or Alaska Native 1.0 1.1 1.1 Other 1.3 Hispanic ethnicity 8.2 8.6 8.4 .80 If a physician registered or sat for the exam in both the spring and fall examinations in the same year, only their fall examination information was retained.
SD, standard deviation.
- Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination Recertification Examinees by Rotating Question Sets 2014 through 2016 (n = 27,325)
Question Set 1 (Meaningful Use) Question Set 2 (Patient-Centered Medical Home Features) Question Set 3 (Payment) Question Set 4 (Procedures) Question Set 5* (Mini Z) P Value N 5918 6523 6601 6494 1789 Mean exam score (SD) 505.5 (110.0) 503.3 (111.5) 503.7 (109.7) 502.0 (110.7) 507.7 (111.3) .24 % passing exam 90.7 89.3 90.3 89.3 90.6 .032 Mean age (SD) (As of July 1 on exam year) 51.6 (8.4) 52.0 (8.8) 51.7 (8.7) 51.9 (8.6) 52.0 (8.8) .027 Male gender 59.6 61.8 61.2 61.6 58.8 .027 MD degree 89.9 90.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 .37 International medical graduate 18.7 19.4 19.5 19.7 20.5 .48 Race <.001 White 77.1 77.3 77.7 77.9 72.8 Asian 14.0 14.0 13.6 13.6 16.0 Black or African American 6.6 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 American Indian or Alaska Native 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 Other 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 3.4 Hispanic ethnicity 6.3 6.5 6.6 5.9 6.1 .52 ↵* Question set 5 has a lower number of respondents because it was only collected in 2016.
SD, standard deviation.
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