{"id":7588,"date":"2024-10-03T15:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abpath.org\/?p=7588"},"modified":"2025-04-14T18:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:45:32","slug":"7588","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abpath.org\/2024\/10\/7588\/","title":{"rendered":"Reassessment and Rescoring of ABPath Primary and Subspecialty Certification Examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1326\" height=\"884\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7547\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/abpath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/crop-398-265-1326-884-0-iStock-1414729026.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abpath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/crop-398-265-1326-884-0-iStock-1414729026.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/abpath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/crop-398-265-1326-884-0-iStock-1414729026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abpath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/crop-398-265-1326-884-0-iStock-1414729026-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abpath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/crop-398-265-1326-884-0-iStock-1414729026-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">Reassessment and Rescoring of ABPath Primary and Subspecialty Certification Examinations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct. 3, 2024 &#8211; ABPath recently conducted a reassessment and rescoring of the Primary and Subspecialty certification examinations. In doing so, ABPath identified that a small percentage of candidates (less than 2%) actually met the passing score requirements that were previously scored as slightly below the passing score threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The impacted candidates have all been notified. Those candidates received a passing score for their respective certification examination and will receive a refund of their application fee, as well as any fees paid toward subsequent examinations. Impacted training programs will be receiving notifications soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ABPath has implemented improvements to our processes to prevent this issue in the future. For questions, email <a href=\"mailto:inquiries@abpath.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inquiries@abpath.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:212px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 3, 2024 &#8211; ABPath recently conducted a reassessment and rescoring of the Primary and Subspecialty certification examinations. 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