For 223 residents from eight teaching hospitals, the results of the second-year in-training examination and the first-sitting
certifying examination of the American Board of Internal Medicine were highly correlated. The results of the in-training examination
can serve residents as an important measure of their preparedness for certification and can be useful in identifying the need
for more intensive self-study strategies during the subsequent one and a half years
Key words intraining examination - certifying examination - certification - residents - performance assessment