How can diplomates offer feedback about CertLink?
Diplomates have several ways to provide feedback about CertLink:
1) After each test question is answered, information will be gathered from the diplomate about that question’s relevance to his or her practice using a simple response scale. Over time, test-writing committees will receive information about the collective relevance of each question. This will allow future modifications to question content to better reflect what is relevant to current dermatology practice.
2) After submitting a response to each question, diplomates are shown the correct answer along with an explanation. This page contains a “Feedback” button to send comments to the ABD about the item.
3) There are opportunities throughout the year to answer optional ABMS surveys to share opinions and note any suggestions to help improve CertLink functionality.
4) A diplomate may contact the ABD office directly at any time by email or phone, to discuss an issue, concern, or suggestion related to CertLink.
When there are a significant number of concerns about a question, it will be reviewed by the test committee to determine whether it should be modified or eliminated. If the question is determined to be not valid, it will be removed from scoring and the diplomate’s score will be adjusted.
