This figure – and the very need for a programme like Cocoa Life – might surprise consumers who thought that years of certifications under Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ and others had done more to create sustainable producer communities.
Certification: year of certification, place, type (general/psychiatric/midwife registration).
Figure 1 shows the changes in relative performance over time for all quality indicators for which the DKG/DGS Requirements of Breast Centres (FAB) specified performance levels for the third year of certification.
The member database has limitations because not all members adequately specify other credentials and non-member information is limited to name and year of certification within the print directory.
Entries specify year of certification, geographic location, and may include information about other credentials (e.g., PT, RN, MD) or advanced degrees, and practice specialties (e.g., performing arts, children, sports).
The main dependent variables of interest were IM-ITE percentile scores and years of RRC certification.
The distribution of IM-ITE percentile scores and years of RRC certification were approximately normal, and modeled as continuous outcomes.
The associations between ABIM exam passing rate and the IM-ITE percentile rank score for 2nd and 3rd year residents as well as the number of years of program certification (RRC-IM) were examined by the Spearman rank correlation.
In looking for associations between program quality indicators, our results confirm the association between IM-ITE scores, ABIM-CE pass rates, and years of RRC certification, and extends knowledge of associations between other program quality indicators.
To evaluate the associations between program characteristics and quality indicators, univariate linear regressions were used first, to compare the mean IM-ITE percentile score and mean years of RRC certification with each program characteristic.
