Quick S K, Robinowitz C B
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Mar;138(3):340-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.3.340.
Psychiatrists who completed residency between 1967 and 1978 completed questionnaires about their experiences with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Although the 1,160 respondents were basically positive about the ABPN, performance on the Board examinations was strongly related to their degree of satisfaction with the examination process. The opinions of psychiatrists who had not sought certification mirrored those of respondents who had failed the exams. The oral examination was uniformly seen as stressful, but respondents also wanted the Board to provide more clear criteria for the judgment of competence as well as detailed feedback on performance. Women and foreign medical graduates were less apt to be certified than male psychiatrists who had graduated from United States medical schools, and psychiatrists engaged in research, education, and/or administration tended to be more successful at passing the Board examination than were clinicians.
1967年至1978年间完成住院医师培训的精神科医生填写了关于他们在美国精神病学与神经病学委员会（ABPN）经历的调查问卷。尽管1160名受访者对ABPN基本持肯定态度，但委员会考试的表现与他们对考试过程的满意程度密切相关。未寻求认证的精神科医生的意见与考试不及格的受访者的意见一致。口试普遍被认为压力很大，但受访者也希望委员会能提供更明确的能力判断标准以及关于表现的详细反馈。与毕业于美国医学院的男性精神科医生相比，女性和外国医学毕业生获得认证的可能性较小，而且从事研究、教育和/或管理工作的精神科医生在通过委员会考试方面往往比临床医生更成功。
