It is exciting to see this landmark study about resident duty hours in the New England Journal of Medicine. The FIRST Trial studied the impact of altering duty hours in surgical trainees on patient care outcomes and resident satisfaction. Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the [...]
NEJM Group, a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society dedicated to creating products that advance knowledge, practice, and learning for the global medical community, has named Alexander M. Djuricich, MD, as its new Education Editor. NEJM Group and its flagship product, the New England Journal of Medicine, along [...]
ABIM is changing MOC and will not require Practice Assessment, Patient Voice, and Patient Safety in its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program through December 31, 2018. Earlier this year, ABIM announced that they would be suspending these requirements for 2 years, and it was not clear what the [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this week, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) issued a written response to all internal medicine physicians, addressing concerns about recent changes to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements. ABIM acknowledged "a palpable level of anger among internists and internal medicine subspecialists" as well as a "sense [...]