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 [...]
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 [...]
In ABIM Review — How Reflection Aids Performance, I highlighted new research showing that if you just keep repeating the same task over and over again without taking the time to step back and think about it, you may not be performing as well as those who spend [...]
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 [...]