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===Training=== | ===Training=== | ||
*Most American residents do a combined certification, i.e. they sit both the AP and CP exams. | *Most American residents do a combined certification, i.e. they sit both the AP and CP exams. | ||
*There is no clinical year. | *There is no clinical year (like in Canada). | ||
*AP/CP is four years. | *AP/CP is four years. | ||
*AP alone is three years. | *AP alone is three years. | ||
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===Pass rate=== | ===Pass rate=== | ||
Based on the 2008 | ====Overall==== | ||
Based on the 2008 test takers:<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/pathology_residents/pdf/RF_Exec_Cte_Report_Fall09.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/pathology_residents/pdf/RF_Exec_Cte_Report_Fall09.pdf]. Accessed on: 30 May 2012.</ref> | |||
*First time test takers: 86%. | *First time test takers: 86%. | ||
*Overall pass rate: 76%. | *Overall pass rate: 76%. | ||
====RISE as a predictor==== | |||
Strongly correlated with performance on the ''Resident In-Service Examination'' (RISE):<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rinder | first1 = HM. | last2 = Grimes | first2 = MM. | last3 = Wagner | first3 = J. | last4 = Bennett | first4 = BD. | title = Senior pathology resident in-service examination scores correlate with outcomes of the American Board of Pathology certifying examinations. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 136 | issue = 4 | pages = 499-506 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1309/AJCPA7O4BBUGLSWW | PMID = 21917671 }}</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
! RISE score <br>quartile | |||
! Examination <br>pass rate | |||
|- | |||
| 1st | |||
| 97% | |||
|- | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 92% | |||
|- | |||
| 3rd | |||
| 86% | |||
|- | |||
| 4th | |||
| 46% | |||
|} | |||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.abpath.org/PATHwayAppInstructions.pdf American Board of Pathology - Application Instructions (abpath.org)]. | *[http://www.abpath.org/PATHwayAppInstructions.pdf American Board of Pathology - Application Instructions (abpath.org)]. | ||
*[http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/pathology_residents/pdf/pathology_board_exams_handout.pdf FAQ (cap.org)]. | |||
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