Assessment of general surgery resident study habits and use of the TrueLearn question bank for American Board of Surgery In-Training exam preparation

Jonathan B. Imran; Tarik D. Madni; Luis R. Taveras; Audra T. Clark; Christine Ritchie; Holly B. Cunningham; Alana Christie; Kareem R. Abdelfattah; Deborah Farr

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.031

Assessment of general surgery resident study habits and use of the TrueLearn question bank for American Board of Surgery In-Training exam preparation

Jonathan B. Imran, Tarik D. Madni, Luis R. Taveras, Audra T. Clark, Christine Ritchie, Holly B. Cunningham, Alana Christie, Kareem R. Abdelfattah, Deborah Farr

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Background: Little information exists on the value of online question banks in preparing residents for the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE). Methods: We reviewed surgical residents’ use of an online question bank (TrueLearn) and compared it to their ABSITE performance. Results: The 2016–2017 records of 44 PGY 2–5 general surgery residents were examined. The total number of TrueLearn questions answered significantly correlated (p < 0.05) with correct answers and percentile rank on the 2017 ABSITE. If a resident was to complete the entire online TL question bank consisting of 1000 questions, the overall percentage correct and overall percentile on the ABSITE is estimated to increase by 3% and 20%, respectively. Conclusions: The use of the TrueLearn question bank is associated with an improved percentage of ABSITE questions answered correctly and improved PGY percentile scores.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	653-657
Number of pages	5
Journal	American journal of surgery
Volume	218
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.031
State	Published - Sep 2019

Keywords

ABSITE
Preparation
Question bank
Surgery
Surgical education

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Surgery

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Imran, J. B., Madni, T. D., Taveras, L. R., Clark, A. T., Ritchie, C., Cunningham, H. B., Christie, A., Abdelfattah, K. R., & Farr, D. (2019). Assessment of general surgery resident study habits and use of the TrueLearn question bank for American Board of Surgery In-Training exam preparation. American journal of surgery, 218(3), 653-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.031

Imran, JB, Madni, TD, Taveras, LR, Clark, AT, Ritchie, C, Cunningham, HB, Christie, A, Abdelfattah, KR & Farr, D 2019, 'Assessment of general surgery resident study habits and use of the TrueLearn question bank for American Board of Surgery In-Training exam preparation', American journal of surgery, vol. 218, no. 3, pp. 653-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.031

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