Domains of practice: Relationship to Part 2 of the American Board of Health Physics Certification Examination
Five domains of practice constitute the majority of professional activities of certified health physicists. These domains of practice include measurements, regulations and standards, facilities and equipment, operations, and education and training. A listing of typical activities in each of these domains appears in the Appendix. The American Board of Health Physics (ABHP) designed Part II of the 1987 written examination to cover these identified domains of practice at approximately the same weights as identified by the Professional Examination Service survey conducted for the ABHP in 1983. As a result each question appearing in the ABHP Comprehensive Examination 31, Part II, had domain weight assignments. The sum of the five domain weight assignments totaled 100% for each question. At this point the basis of this study can be postulated. A measure of the candidates' ability in each of the domains of practice can be determined from scores for each question given the assigned weights. This information could be provided to candidates who were unsuccessful in passing the examination to assist them in strengthening performance in the affected domains for a subsequent examination attempt. The remainder of this paper will discuss the determination of domain weight assignments, the model to be employed, the resulting hypothesis, methods to test the model, and the results. Discussion of the results and conclusions will serve to finish this study. 4 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 5099342
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-0201; CONF-880729--5; ON: DE90004154
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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