But one doctor at a military program revealed how the recalls worked to CNN. Outside of the world of radiology, it’s rare for residents to speak openly about the recalls. Matthew Webb complained about the recalls to the ABR, which conducted an investigation. Read Becker’s statement to CNN about ABR exam security (PDF)ĭr. All questions are reviewed for currency before being reused.”
“As always, the assembly of the exam is governed by the blueprint created by the ABR for that particular examination. “The half of the exam that is not new comprises questions from a variety of previous exams, not from the prior year,” Becker told CNN. He said “accumulating and studying from lists of questions on prior examinations constitutes unauthorized access, is inappropriate, unnecessary, intolerable and illegal.”Ībout half of the questions on the radiology test are the same each year. “Questions and answers have been memorized, sometimes verbatim, and contributed to extensive archives of old ABR test material that become the prize possessions of many residency programs,” Becker said in the video, which appears on the board’s website. The practice of sharing exam answers is so widespread and considered so serious in the medical community that the ABR has put out a strongly worded video warning residents that the use of recalls must stop.
Gary Becker, executive director, American Board of Radiology We would call it cheating, and our exam security policy would call it cheating, yes.ĭr. To become board certified, a virtually essential step to obtain hospital privileges, residents have been required to pass two written exams and an intensive oral test during five years of residency training. “Our real mission is to say that your certified radiologist has demonstrated, acquired and maintained the requisite skills and knowledge to practice with skill and safety on the public.” James Borgstede, the ABR’s president-elect. “Our real mission is to the public,” said Dr. Dozens of radiology residents interviewed by CNN said that they promised before taking the written test to memorize certain questions and write them down immediately after the test along with fellow residents. Radiology residents must sign a document agreeing not to share test material, but a CNN investigation shows the document is widely ignored.
Asked if this were considered cheating, Becker told CNN, “We would call it cheating, and our exam security policy would call it cheating, yes.”
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