Editor's Note: This post about one physician's experience with ABIM maintenance of certification was previously published in CardioExchange, an online community hosted by the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Journal Watch. John E. Brush, MD, is a practicing cardiologist and professor of medicine at Eastern Virginia [...]
There's so little time in the day to keep up with medical knowledge, let alone ABIM review. But a little time spent reflecting on your learning could go a long way. In a recent paper titled "Learning by Thinking: How Reflection Aids Performance," researchers Giada Di Stefano of [...]
In Part 4 of our Q&A with Area9 Learning founder and CEO Ulrik Christensen, MD, we learned about specific Area9 innovations aimed at more effective learning and long-term retention of information. Here in our final installment, Christensen discusses how medical professionals can expect to benefit from adaptive learning [...]
In Part 3 of our Q&A with Area9 Learning founder and CEO Ulrik Christensen, MD, we focused on how and why Area9 has modified its technology to fit lifelong medical education, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and board review. Here in Part 4, we learn more about specific Area9 [...]
On April 22, 2014, the NEJM Knowledge+ Question of the Week focused on the most appropriate next step in care for a patient with hereditary hemochromatosis who was being treated with therapeutic phlebotomy but whose laboratory results showed signs of mild anemia. More than 1800 physicians answered the [...]
In Part 2 of our Q&A series with Area9 Learning founder and CEO Ulrik Christensen, MD, we learned what makes the company’s technology stand out in the field of adaptive learning systems. Here, in Part 3, Christensen describes how and why Area9 has modified its technology to build [...]