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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 data:<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>
====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==
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==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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