Articles: emergency-medicine.
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To determine whether the institution of a structured board review program is associated with improved in-service examination scores by residents at an emergency medicine (EM) residency program. ⋯ In this study, EM-1 in-service scores improved in association with the institution of a structured board review program. This formalized didactic program may increase the knowledge base and test performance of EM-1 residents. A favorable effect on EM-2 and EM-3 resident scores was not seen.
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Comparative Study
Neural network and linear regression models in residency selection.
For many years, multiple linear regression models have been used at a residency program to generate preliminary rank lists of residency applicants. These lists are then used by the admissions committee as an aid in developing a final ranking to submit to the National Residency Match Program (NRMP). A study was undertaken to compare predictions made using linear regression with those generated by a newer technique, an artificial neural network. ⋯ The linear regression model exhibited a correlation coefficient of 0.74 and an R2 of 54.0%. No significant difference was found (chi 2 = 1.08, P = .7). A neural network performs as well as a linear regression model when used for forecasting the rank order of residency applicants.