Simple, single-institution study of 11 years of resident in-service scores, patients-per-hour, and ABEM qualifying examination scores – and, as previously shown, only PGY-3 in-service examination scores predicted ABEM oral and written examination scores.
Simulated oral board examination scores did not correlate with ABEM oral examination scores, and the relative number of patients-per-hour had no significant correlations between any testing.
I would say that bears out my observational experience – doing more has no bearing on whether you might be doing more incorrectly.
“Outcome Measures for Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates: Do Measures of Academic and Clinical Performance During Residency Training Correlate With American Board of Emergency Medicine Test Performance?”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21999560
Good luck to everyone taking their ABEM exam today!