Specialists are rewarded with higher status and income than primary care physicians, so it’s not surprising that most medical students these days do not aspire to become general doctors. But a new campaign called “proud to be GIM,” led by the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM), is [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) released a report [PDF] yesterday from its Assessment 2020 Task Force that recommends replacing the 10-year MOC exam with “meaningful, less burdensome” assessments that physicians could take at home or at the workplace. In addition, the panel recommends new assessments on [...]
At NEJM Knowledge+, we’re committed to ensuring that our products cover the breadth of knowledge that physicians need for both clinical practice and board exam preparation. NEJM Knowledge+ Internal Medicine Board Review, launched in 2014, already contains more than 1500 case-based questions on the most relevant and important [...]
Treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is changing at a pace almost too rapid for the average physician to keep up with. Until recently, HCV treatment required weekly interferon injections plus oral ribavirin for up to a year and was effective in only about half of patients [...]
Most physicians use multiple study methods to prepare for their medical board exams, and most have a multitude of tricks for remembering what they need to know — from mnemonics and anecdotes to visual memory. Did you know, though, that the very act of testing yourself can improve [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has been making some big changes to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program lately, mainly in response to negative feedback from physicians. One of the changes has been to suspend the requirement for MOC Part 4, which included ABIM Practice Improvement [...]