Maintenance Of Certification

The American Board of Medical Specialties denied approval of creation of an independent cardiology certification board championed by the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, according to a press release.

With the recent elimination of a maintenance of certification requirement, physicians should face less confusion in a streamlined process, according to experts.

The benefits and drawbacks of maintenance of certification programs are nuanced, so reform must rely on feedback from the medical community, according to experts.

The American Board of Internal Medicine has unanimously chosen Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, as its next leader.

Any doctor seeing patients has had to field questions unrelated to their specialty.

In this video, Robert O. Roswell, MD, FACP, FACC, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, discusses how doctors are maintaining their certifications and the value of those exams.

ABIM said it is looking forward to communicating with physicians to improve its maintenance of certification programs after recent criticism.

As you hopefully have heard by now, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery has made modifications to the ABOS Maintenance of Certification Program.

In this podcast episode, Amy Oxentenko, MD, discusses the importance of adapting in her leadership roles and shares her thoughts on creating transparent, inclusive spaces in practice, and more.

As the standard of care has shifted away from routine opioids for back pain, physicians with higher American Board of Internal Medicine exam scores have been less likely to prescribe opioids than those with lower scores, according to data.