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Opening the Book on Maintenance of Certification

Steven E. Weinberger, MD

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Dr. Schiffman brings up an important issue that has been raised by many physicians who have taken a maintenance of certification examination. One of the major points that the American College of Physicians has repeatedly raised to the American Board of Internal Medicine is the need to ensure the relevance of the questions on the secure examination. The American Board of Internal Medicine has recently been trying to make the examination more relevant by developing (and making public) a detailed question blueprint that is based on feedback from practicing clinicians about the importance of specific topics and how frequently they are seen in practice (1). The new blueprints for the examinations in internal medicine and the subspecialties are a valuable step in the right direction. However, the ultimate judge of whether these blueprints adequately address the issue that Dr. Schiffman raises is feedback from diplomates who have taken the newer examinations that are based on these blueprints.
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Weinberger SE. Opening the Book on Maintenance of Certification. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:460. doi: 10.7326/L17-0643

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2018;168(6):460.

DOI: 10.7326/L17-0643

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