SCORE Usage Correlates with ABSITE Percentile in Surgery Residents

Authors: Tarras SL, Somerset AE, White MT and Edelman DA*

DOI: 10.23880/ijsst-16000148

Volume 4, Issue 2

Abstract

The Surgical Council on Resident Education (SCORE) program was designed to create a national surgical curriculum for residents. This curriculum includes a list of topics to be covered in a five-year general surgery residency training program. A resident in-service exam (ABSITE) is administered annually to assess knowledge of applied science and management of clinical problems. We hypothesized that resident use of the SCORE curriculum positively correlates with ABSITE scores. All PGY-2, PGY-3, and PGY-4 general surgery residents for two academic cycles (July 1, 2017 through January 24, 2019) were included. Individual total time on the SCORE portal in minutes was collected. ABSITE scores for the same time period were used for comparison. Residents who scored 30th percentile or below were identified as requiring remediation. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, student’s-t test, and ANOVA with p

Keywords: General Surgery; Surgical Council; Surgery Residents

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