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A key benefit of participating in the Quarterly Questions program is receiving instant feedback about your performance. Question by...

On July 1, the American Board of Ophthalmology released the article-based questions for the 2019 Quarterly Questions program. If you’re...

A new examination timeline in place at the American Board of Ophthalmology provides graduating residents with the opportunity to achieve...

From July 25-26 in Minneapolis, MN, the American Board of Ophthalmology conducted its annual exam development meeting to support the...

The Quarterly Questions program, which consists of 40 knowledge-based and 10 article-based questions annually, is the activity through...

In the Spring 2019 edition of the CLEAR Exam Review, American Board of Ophthalmology Psychometrician Sarah D. Schnabel, PhD, discusses...

To assemble a single year of the Quarterly Questions assessment program, it takes at least 530 test questions—enough to cover every...

Our ability to accurately self-assess is based on many factors, among them, our likelihood to employ cognitive biases. The most...

Diplomates often wonder “who writes the questions we see on tests?” Board-certified ophthalmologists volunteer annually to develop...

It is not uncommon to receive the results from an examination and see a score that in no way reflects the number of questions you...

Quarterly Questions, the exam alternative program that will replace the DOCK beginning in 2019, uses a longitudinal assessment model...

One of the main responsibilities of the American Board of Ophthalmology’s psychometric and examination development team is determining...

Key validation is a process whereby examination items (questions) are reviewed to ensure they are fair. After the administration of an...

In early May, 18 board-certified ophthalmologists met with American Board of Ophthalmology Psychometrician Sarah D. Schnabel, Ph.D., to...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics in technology today. (Just ask Siri or Alexa.) But what if we could ask these...

Do men and women answer test questions about ophthalmology differently? What about younger versus older ophthalmologists? In general,...

Did you watch the Winter Olympics this year? With some sports, it’s easy to determine the winner: the first cross-country skier to cross...

The American Board of Ophthalmology writes multiple-choice examination questions (items) with four options: A, B, C, and D. One of those...

Note from the CEO: The ABO written and oral examinations are created through the dedicated collaboration of hundreds of volunteers along...