Students may wonder what the PRITE report that is given to the resident after it is graded looks like and what information is given in this report. The report breaks down the scores into 3 “Global scores” and then breaks down the questions into psychiatry subscores.

The global score categories include neurosciences, clinical neurology, and clinical psychiatry. It will show the total number of items, the raw score, and the standard score. The standard group is determined by the bell curve and is shown in the column “Mean standard scores of Peer Groups.” Typically a standard score would be 500 and typically a 600 in the standard group would be 1 standard deviation above the mean.

The report will then show how you rank in your program; first in your residency year and then among all of the residents in your program.

The next part of the report will break down the psychiatry subscores into different psychiatry topics such as epidemiology, treatment, research, diagnostic procedures, etc. This will help you understand which topics need refreshing and where to identify gaps in knowledge.

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