NEJM Knowledge+

[...]  earn 100 MOC points anytime within that 10 years, including at least 20 points in medical knowledge and at least 20 points in practice performance. Starting in 2014, requirements [...]

[...] learning among physicians should be considered sufficient for maintaining and expanding medical knowledge over the longer term. Graham T. McMahon, MD, executive editor of NEJM Knowledge+, wrote [...]

[...] . As a practicing general internist who makes regular efforts to stay up to date in his medical knowledge, Dr. Alonso says that the approximately 20-hour audio course was just right for his needs. I [...]

[...] process for recognizing products produced by specialty societies and other organizations for medical knowledge (Part 2) credit. They will reveal detailed program policies and requirements in mid- [...]

[...] Many physicians are using internal medicine question banks to prepare for their board exams – and the vast majority find these banks to [...]

[...] slightly surprised to learn that in this digital era, many physicians are still turning to internal medicine textbooks to prepare for board certification and recertification. In a recent online survey [...]

[...] of medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. A petition to recall the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) changes to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) has over 17,000 signatures. The [...]

[...] medical knowledge in order to provide up-to-date care. At the time, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) allowed physicians who had been board certified and practicing since before 1990 to [...]

[...] Does the average patient know or care about medical board certification? An ABMS consumer survey finds that 91% of consumers claim that board certification is “ [...]

[...] and critical care medicine, Dr. Ringler obtained his initial pulmonary disease specialty board certification in 1990 and his initial certification in critical care medicine in 1991. After practicing [...]

[...] to ABIM via their FasTrack system. MOC Points as CME Pick up CME credits for your board certification. You can claim 60 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for your American Board of Medical [...]

[...] we spend a lot of time thinking about how to help you prepare for your board exams, board certification, and recertification. We recently surveyed readers of Physician’s First Watch to [...]

[...] . This opens the door for a marketplace of more broadly available opportunities to meet MOC requirements. These offerings, however, will need to conform to quality standards that are yet to be [...]

[...] as well as specialty visits.” “Our take on these findings,” said Dr. Gray, “is that MOC requirements made internists more knowledgeable, which meant that they needed to do less testing [...]

[...] about Maintenance of Certification requirements include: the timing of the changes to MOC requirements the redundancy of various requirements (both internal and external to ABIM) the exam format [...]

[...] ) and American Board of Medical Specialties public websites as “Certified, Not Meeting MOC Requirements.” This reporting status reflects the recent change in ABIM requirements for [...]

[...] 2 days of testing for the USMLE Step 3 exam. But when it comes to the ABIM certification exam, you may feel that a lot more is riding on this test for you, both professionally and [...]

[...] this way aids in complex decision making that contributes to good patient care. On the ABIM certification exam, most of the questions mirror this multistep decision-making process. Even confident, [...]

[...] online tutorial that shows you the features of the exam. This tutorial is available on the ABIM website. Watching this in advance is a valuable 30 minutes of your preparation time. If you are [...]

[...] ABIM results are released, you will receive an email notification, and you can log into the ABIM website to retrieve your pass/fail status. A detailed score report will arrive by mail with more [...]

[...] certification. To learn specifically how the changes apply to your certification year, see the ABIM website. (ABIM is asking physicians, even those already enrolled, to log in to state which [...]

[...] Dashboard. So I had ready access to my own NCDR data to use for my PIM. I went to the ABIM website and found my way to the Completed Project PIM. The website led me to the Measures Library, but [...]

[...] (MOC) internal medicine board exam, according to statistics released annually by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The hard numbers from ABIM show that of 5,772 internists [...]

[...] medicine, you may be surprised to find that after April 30, 2014, you could be listed at American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and American Board of Medical Specialties public websites as & [...]

[...] 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) [...]

[...] and professor of medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. A petition to recall the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) changes to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) has over 17,000 [...]

[...] College of Cardiology Foundation. Choose Study Aids that Use Guidelines as a Foundation Case-based questions are good learning tools because they simulate decision making and mimic real-life [...]

[...] . Want more? NEJM Knowledge+ Internal Medicine Board Review includes more than 1,500 case-based questions just like these! And it serves them up in multiple alternate formats on an adaptive [...]

[...] a particular patient is known to solidify your learning and aid retention. Practice with case-based questions, particularly those that mirror the complexity of questions on the ABIM exam. Divide your [...]

[...] for iPhone and iPad. You asked; we listened: the app for iPhone now includes the longer, case-based questions with images. With this change, the iPhone version contains all of the adaptive learning [...]

[...] anytime within a span of 10 years. In the past, you were required to pass the recertification exam, and earn 100 MOC points anytime within that 10 years, including at least 20 [...]

[...] and Public Health (University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics), will face her first recertification exam this coming fall and says: Recertification is especially important in emergency medicine [...]

[...] Medicine (ABIM). The hard numbers from ABIM show that of 5,772 internists attempting the recertification exam in 2013, some 1,270 did not pass on their first attempt, which is nearly triple the number [...]

[...]  policy. Another bit of good news for anyone who does not pass an ABIM certification or recertification exam is that no one really needs to know. Your ABIM results and specific scores are your [...]

[...] less.” In other words, you could spend all of your available study time reviewing for the ABIM exam, but you’d learn more effectively if you spent some of that time reflecting on your learning. In [...]

[...] exam. Focus your review efforts on topics that make up a significant portion of the ABIM exam but are a weakness for you. Assess which study tools and strategies have worked for you in the [...]

[...] , it may not be effective for mastering a large body of knowledge, as is necessary to pass the ABIM exam. Too much time spent studying what you already know leaves little time to bolster weak areas. [...]

[...] with case-based questions, particularly those that mirror the complexity of questions on the ABIM exam. Divide your study time into three or four sessions per week — each needn’t be terribly long. [...]