Thomas O'Neill, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Lexington, KY, US

• Responsible for directing ABFM psychometric operations. Providing support to the ABFM CEO and Board of Directors as needed, as well as acting as a liaison to other medical specialty boards regarding psychometric.
• Transitioned ABFM examinations from Classical Test Theory (CTT) to the dichotomous Rasch model.
• Provided psychometric oversight to: the passing standard review process, the Differential Item Functioning (DIF) process, item analysis procedures, and exam scoring.
• Conducted and collaborated on research that demonstrates the reliability and validity of ABFM examinations.
• Equated the In-Training Exam (ITE) onto the Family Medicine Certification Examination (FMCE) scale which permits the ITE results to be interpreted as how the resident would score on the certification examination at.
• Developed a Bayesian Score Predictor (BSP) that permits residents and residency program directors to use ITE scores or scores from medical licensing examinations to estimate the resident’s probability of passing the.

Chicago, IL, US

Supervised professional and clerical staff. Managed the psychometrics, administration, and operations groups within the department. Oversaw the psychometric aspects of the test service transition from Chauncey-Prometric to Pearson VUE. Provided psychometric expertise and analyses for standard setting, test-plan revisions, item equating methodologies, and.

Chicago, IL, US

Supervised clerical staff. Provided psychometric support for the Dental and Optometry Admissions Tests as well as the National Board examinations for dentists and dental hygienists. Provided analyses for survey research projects from the R&D committee that compensate for rater severity. Provided a collection design to facilitate the identification of.

Chicago, IL, US

Supervised professional and clerical staff. Scored 4 different practical exams using a Multi-Faceted Rasch model to control for rater severity, session severity, item difficulty, and task difficulty. Supervised the transmission of results from 20 Computerized Adaptive Tests. Recalibrated the Pathology Residents' In-Service Exam using Rasch equating.

Developed, analyzed, and reported the results of task surveys to assess the current practice of medical sonography. Presented alternative exam development procedures to enhance exam validity and defensibility. Responsible for computer purchase, setup, and maintenance. Acted as staff liaison to Test Development, Certification, and Technology Committee as.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Military Intelligence - Top Secret Clearance

Phd, Educational Measurement

Ma, Clinical Psychology

Bs, Psychology

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