The Impact of TrueLearn Assessments on Resident Exam Readiness and ABSITE® Scores
Across all specialties, resident in-service or in-training exams (ITE) serve as a benchmark to track how residents are progressing throughout their training. The scores on these exams are often predictive of future written board performance, and thus a critical measure for licensure readiness. Thus, gaining predictive insight and ensuring optimal performance is key to ensuring desired outcomes. How can programs ensure residents are preparing optimally and more importantly identify residents at risk of underperforming?
TrueLearn offers a solution: a comprehensive suite of learning and assessment tools designed to boost residents’ ITE and board preparation and clinical competence. Additionally, the platform’s robust data analytics enable program directors and faculty to track real-time progress and performance, providing valuable insights for optimizing strategies and ensuring board success.
But is TrueLearn effective and does it help achieve desired outcomes for residency programs?
Truelearn: Proven to Improve ABSITE Scores
Between 2014 and 2022, Marshall University collated performance data from general surgery residents, with the aim of studying if the utilization of TrueLearn’s suite of tools for assessment, which were integrated into the program, improves ABSITE® scores.1
As the results showed, there are significant positive correlations between TrueLearn quiz percentages and mock assessment performance with ABSITE® scores:
- 1% Increase in quiz percentage was associated with a 0.77-point rise in ABSITE scores
- Each point increase in Exam 2 scores corresponded to a 3.8-point increase in ABSITE scores
- Each point increase in Exam 1 scores corresponded to a 6.36-point increase in ABSITE scores
How Residency Programs Can Leverage the Benefits of TrueLearn
As the study has demonstrated, utilizing TrueLearn’s quizzes and mock assessments improves ABSITE® scores. The findings suggest that usage of such educational resources enhances learning and exam readiness among general surgery residents, leading to optimal exam performance.
Faculty can utilize TrueLearn’s SmartBank of quizzes, which include over 1,000 practice questions written by content experts and aligned to the ABSITE® blueprint and SCORE® Curriculum, to customize quizzes around low-scoring topics. This offers residents the opportunity to practice low-stakes recall in a simulated test day environment to better prep them for the actual experience.
Furthermore, TrueLearn’s robust data analytics and longitudinal tracking provide real-time metrics on strengths and weaknesses, offering meaningful insights to guide targeted improvement.
In conclusion
The TrueLearn solution integrates seamlessly into residency programs, offering a comprehensive approach that empowers residents to build a solid foundation and be well-prepared to meet the demands of their future clinical practice. TrueLearn supports residency programs in various specialties, including Anesthesiology, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry.
Want to know more about how TrueLearn can support your residency program?
References & Footnotes
1 Cureus.com. Accessed July 25, 2024. https://www.cureus.com/articles/262585-navigating-the-american-board-of-surgery-in-training-examination-absite-success-insights-from-pre-assessment-practices-in-preparing-surgical-residents-for-competitive-sub-specialties#!/
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