The postgraduate year 4 mock oral examinations and the core competency evaluations composite are each predictive of performance on American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation part 2 examination. Further research into this area, with a larger sample size and with multiple institutions, would be helpful to allow for a better measurement of these evaluation tools' effectiveness.

In this article, the authors propose an original analysis of the cardiac frequency after training. The study of rapid diminution (alactic oxygen debt) and of plateau (lactic debt in oxygen) make possible adjustment of the training. The variations observed in young swimmers during their sporting season and note a tangible improvement of the two components for recovery.