Comparison of Certification and Recertification Examinee Performance on Multiple-Choice Items in Forensic Psychiatry

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Table 1

Mean Test Scores and Ages and Correlations Between Age and Test Score for Certification and MOC Cohorts

Examination	Examinees (n)	Test Score	Age	Age Range	Correlation (r)
ACGME: accredited fellowship training not required
Cert 1994	316	0.81 (0.09)	47 (9)	32–74	−0.08
Cert 1996	292	0.73 (0.09)	46 (9)	31–72	−0.18^*
ACGME: accredited fellowship training required
Cert 2003	83	0.89 (0.04)	37 (5)	31–52	0.02
Cert 2005	127	0.83 (0.07)	40 (7)	30–61	−0.53^*
First two MOC examinations
MOC 2003	61	0.90 (0.04)	54 (8)	40–78	−0.14
MOC 2004	84	0.88 (0.05)	55 (8)	41–76	−0.40^*
Two recent MOC examinations
MOC 2012	23	0.81 (0.11)	58 (8)	44–75	0.32
MOC 2013	93	0.81 (0.08)	54 (9)	41–80	0.11

Table 2

Comparison of Test Scores by Age Group for Certification and MOC Cohorts