An Analysis of In-Training Examination for the Psychiatric Residents in Korea: Five-year Cumulative Results.
- Author:
Ung Gu KANG
1
;
Min Seong KOO
;
Ho Suk SUH
;
Bo Hyun YOON
;
Kyoung Uk LEE
;
Duk In JON
;
Sung Hoon JEONG
;
Seong Hoon JEONG
;
Han Yong JUNG
;
Jong Huk CHOI
;
Tae Hyon HA
;
In Won CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Psychiatry;
Resident training;
In-training examination;
The Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
- MeSH:
Academies and Institutes;
Adolescent;
Adolescent Psychiatry;
Child;
Child Psychiatry;
Geriatric Psychiatry;
Hospitals, Psychiatric;
Humans;
Korea;
Psychophysiologic Disorders;
Psychotic Disorders
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2009;48(5):359-367
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The in-training examination (Performance Examination, PE) for psychiatric residents in Korea was launched 5 years ago by the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA). This article analyzes 5-year accumulated data on the PE, and tries to make some suggestions for further development of the PE. METHODS: The 5-year data, previously utilized for the generation of formal annual reports were reanalyzed, with an emphasis on longitudinal trends. RESULTS: The analyses indicated the following; 1) Higher-year residents earned definitely higher scores than their lower-year colleagues on the PE. This trend was especially prominent in the area of psychopharmacology-biological psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and the emergency-organic psychiatry. There was no year-related performance difference in the area of psychoses. 2) In the area of anxiety-somatization disorder, psychophysiological disorder, and geriatric psychiatry, the residents in the university-affiliated hospitals outperformed those in the specialized psychiatric hospitals. 3) Through analyzing multiple-times examinees, it was found that their first-and second-time performances were moderately correlated, and that their ranks tended to improve, demonstrating a continuously improving performance according to the training year. CONCLUSION: These result suggested that the KNPA PE is a feasible measure for the estimation of an individual resident's performance as well as the adequacy of the environment provided by the training institutes.
