Performance on the ACC In-Training Exam (ITE) is strongly correlated with performance on the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM's) Cardiovascular Disease Certification Examination, according to the results of an analysis published June 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers, led by Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, FACC, and Jeffrey T. Kuvin, MD, FACC, chair of ACC’s Annual Scientific Session, analyzed ACC ITE scores from 1,918 Fellows in Training in their third year of fellowship and compared them to scores from the ABIM Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease Certification Examinations, respectively, in addition to scores on the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination Steps 1, 2 and 3. The results of the analysis showed that ACC ITE scores were significantly correlated with scores on the first attempt of the ABIM Cardiovascular Disease Certification Examination (correlation coefficient = 0.68). Further, higher scores on both the ACC ITE and the ABIM Internal Medicine Certification Examination predicted higher scores on the Cardiovascular Disease Certification Examination. Read more on ACC.org.