Have you gotten all you can squeeze out of your continuing medical education (CME) credits and your Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points? It’s important to make every internal medicine CME credit and MOC point you’ve earned count. Did you know that you can claim MOC points for completing [...]
Does the average patient know or care about medical board certification? An ABMS consumer survey finds that 91% of consumers claim that board certification is "somewhat important" to "very important" as a criterion for selecting a doctor. However, the same study finds that 78% of consumers incorrectly believe [...]
By the time you’ve finished your residency, you’ve taken – and aced – many exams. Nevertheless, the prospect of facing the ABIM certification exam may seem unnerving to you. Why is this? You’ve taken other day-long exams before, including 2 days of testing for the USMLE Step 3 [...]
On March 10, 2014, an online petition was launched requesting that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recall recent changes to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process. As of this writing, the petition had obtained 17,092 signatures, representing an average signing rate of approximately 160 signatures per [...]
By Graham T. McMahon, MD, MMSc As I approached my first recertification for internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, some essential questions loomed in my mind: What is the real value of a recertification process for me? Should I devote the study time for the board exams [...]