John L Falcone

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Validity and interrater reliability of a regional mock oral board examination
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Electronic address
    J Surg Educ 70:402-7. 2013
  2. ncbi The traveling salesman problem in surgery: economy of motion for the FLS Peg Transfer task
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Surg Endosc 27:1636-41. 2013
  3. ncbi Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine Certification examination by country of medical training
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 26:78-81. 2013
  4. ncbi Compliance on the American Board of Pediatrics certifying examination and the importance of location and size on pass rates
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian University Hospital, F 675, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:483-9. 2012
  5. ncbi Practice-based learning and improvement: a two-year experience with the reporting of morbidity and mortality cases by general surgery residents
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:385-92. 2012
  6. ncbi The American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination: a retrospective study of the decreasing pass rates and performance for first-time examinees
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:231-5. 2012
  7. ncbi Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference using teleconferencing allows for increased faculty participation and moderation from satellite campuses and saves costs
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:58-62. 2012
  8. ncbi Differential diagnosis in a 3-station acute abdominal pain objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): a needs assessment in third-year medical student performance and summative evaluation in the surgical clerkship
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 68:266-9. 2011
  9. ncbi Using elements from an acute abdominal pain Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) leads to more standardized grading in the surgical clerkship for third-year medical students
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 68:408-13. 2011

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Validity and interrater reliability of a regional mock oral board examination
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Electronic address
    J Surg Educ 70:402-7. 2013
    ..The aims of the study are to compare examinee performance on the mock oral boards with the ABSCE and to evaluate the interrater reliability of examiner pairs...
  2. ncbi The traveling salesman problem in surgery: economy of motion for the FLS Peg Transfer task
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Surg Endosc 27:1636-41. 2013
    ..The goal of this study is to apply the traveling salesman problem to find the shortest two-dimensional path length for this task...
  3. ncbi Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine Certification examination by country of medical training
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Am Board Fam Med 26:78-81. 2013
    ..Based on internal medicine patterns, we hypothesize that examinees trained in the United States and Canada would outperform examinees trained in other countries...
  4. ncbi Compliance on the American Board of Pediatrics certifying examination and the importance of location and size on pass rates
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian University Hospital, F 675, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:483-9. 2012
    ..The hypothesis is that larger programs will have higher pass rates...
  5. ncbi Practice-based learning and improvement: a two-year experience with the reporting of morbidity and mortality cases by general surgery residents
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:385-92. 2012
    ..We hypothesize that reporting patterns and incidence rates will remain constant over time...
  6. ncbi The American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination: a retrospective study of the decreasing pass rates and performance for first-time examinees
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:231-5. 2012
    ..We hypothesize that this decline is statistically significant, and we wish to determine whether the pass rates had any geographic patterns of distribution...
  7. ncbi Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference using teleconferencing allows for increased faculty participation and moderation from satellite campuses and saves costs
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Surg Educ 69:58-62. 2012
    ..We also want to perform a cost-benefit analysis of teleconferencing...
  8. ncbi Differential diagnosis in a 3-station acute abdominal pain objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): a needs assessment in third-year medical student performance and summative evaluation in the surgical clerkship
    John L Falcone
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 68:266-9. 2011
    ..This important clinical skill is tested on the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination...
  9. ncbi Using elements from an acute abdominal pain Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) leads to more standardized grading in the surgical clerkship for third-year medical students
    John L Falcone
    Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Surg Educ 68:408-13. 2011
    ..The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) can be used to assess these competencies...