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Table 1 Demographic variables for each annual cohort from 2006 to 2010

From: Impact of subspecialty elective exposures on outcomes on the American board of internal medicine certification examination

Year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

n

25

27

21

31

27

Mean age, years (range)

30 (26–35)

31 (29–34)

31 (28–38)

31 (28–39)

31 (29–35)

Number of men

19

17

13

15

12

Number of women

6

10

8

16

15

Male: Female ratio

3.17

1.7

1.63

0.94

0.80

Number of International Medical Graduates (IMG)

1

2

2

2

2

Number of residents passing ABIM-CE (%)

25 (100%)

27 (100%)

20 (95%)

28 (90%)

24 (88.9%)

ABIM-CE mean delta-SPS (mean, range)

162 (10–340)

171 (29–296)

135 (−62-339)

113 (−13-273)

96 (−28-277)

ABIM-CE standardized passing score

351

351

370

370

370

Number of residents sitting ABIM-CE ≥1 year after peer group

2

3

0

2

0

Mean number of elective exposures per resident (range)

14 (8–18)

15 (8–20)

16 (12–25)

17 (8–24)

19 (13–25)

  1. Pass rate for IMG was 100% compared to 94% for US graduates (p=1.0, Fisher’s exact test).