TY - JOUR
T1 - A Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Pivot
T2 - Development of the American Board of Anesthesiology's Virtual APPLIED Examination
AU - Keegan, Mark T.
AU - McLoughlin, Thomas M.
AU - Patterson, Andrew J.
AU - Fiadjoe, John E.
AU - Pisacano, Margaret M.
AU - Warner, David O.
AU - Sun, Huaping
AU - Harman, Ann E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic interrupted the administration of the APPLIED Examination, the final part of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) staged examination system for initial certification. In response, the ABA developed, piloted, and implemented an Internet-based "virtual" form of the examination to allow administration of both components of the APPLIED Exam (Standardized Oral Examination and Objective Structured Clinical Examination) when it was impractical and unsafe for candidates and examiners to travel and have in-person interactions. This article describes the development of the ABA virtual APPLIED Examination, including its rationale, examination format, technology infrastructure, candidate communication, and examiner training. Although the logistics are formidable, we report a methodology for successfully introducing a large-scale, high-stakes, 2-element, remote examination that replicates previously validated assessments.
AB - In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic interrupted the administration of the APPLIED Examination, the final part of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) staged examination system for initial certification. In response, the ABA developed, piloted, and implemented an Internet-based "virtual" form of the examination to allow administration of both components of the APPLIED Exam (Standardized Oral Examination and Objective Structured Clinical Examination) when it was impractical and unsafe for candidates and examiners to travel and have in-person interactions. This article describes the development of the ABA virtual APPLIED Examination, including its rationale, examination format, technology infrastructure, candidate communication, and examiner training. Although the logistics are formidable, we report a methodology for successfully introducing a large-scale, high-stakes, 2-element, remote examination that replicates previously validated assessments.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005750
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005750
M3 - Article
C2 - 34517394
AN - SCOPUS:85120529493
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 133
SP - 1331
EP - 1341
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 5
ER -