Lowy F H, Dongier M
Can Psychiatr Assoc J. 1979 Jun;24(4):284-92. doi: 10.1177/070674377902400402.
No analysis of Canadian certification examinations in psychiatry has previously been published although analyses of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the British Membership examinations are available. Because candidates, directors of residency training, mental health planners and consumers are all interested in who passes and who fails the certification examinations, available examination data for English speaking candidates are analyzed. Successful candidates are more likely to be younger; to have attended medical schools in English speaking countries (in North America, the British Isles, or the "old Dominions"); to have placed in the upper two-thirds of their medical school class; to have entered psychiatric training soon after graduating from medical school and then to have completed their training without interruption. Some limitations of the examinations and the problem of candidates who fail are briefly discussed.
此前尚未发表过对加拿大精神病学认证考试的分析，不过已有对美国精神病学与神经学委员会考试以及英国皇家精神病医学院院士资格考试的分析。由于考生、住院医师培训项目主任、心理健康规划者以及消费者都对谁通过了认证考试、谁未通过感兴趣，因此对说英语考生的现有考试数据进行了分析。成功通过考试的考生更有可能较为年轻；曾在英语国家（北美、不列颠群岛或“旧自治领”）的医学院就读；在医学院班级中排名前两名三分之一；医学院毕业后不久便开始接受精神科培训，然后不间断地完成培训。本文简要讨论了考试的一些局限性以及考试未通过考生的问题。
