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ABMS Maintenance of Certification – Its Origins, Realities, and Implications for Medicine – Part I

Dr. Wes

This piece first appeared on Sensible Med on 4/26/2023. If you’re a board-certified internist, you’re probably quite familiar with the controversy surrounding the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) that began when lifelong board certification mysteriously became time-limited in 1990.

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Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design & Analysis This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2013-2023 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Continuing Certification Questionairre (CCQ). Population Studied Family Physicians certified by the ABFM.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

of adults in the state showed significant symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2023. How to Stop Worrying About the Future: Find Your Lighthouse In 2023, 25.4% Can we learn how to stop fearing the future? Physical Effects of Anxiety Anxiety levels in Indiana are high — 32.9% Reach out anytime. He completed his residency at St.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

Hot off the presses RCT in JAMA October 2023: Study that looks at 1000 female resident physicians at 26 sites that showed that coaching improved each outcome assessed (burnout, moral injury, imposter syndrome, self-compassion, and flourishing). Never took the boards because I was on the writing committee, which was really weird.

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Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Rodriguez, MD, Chair of the Nephrology Board The Nephrology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 18, 2025. ABIM and the Nephrology Board gratefully acknowledge the service of Deborah B.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

We’ve also invited Mike Harper, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as well as past-president for the society (and my previous program director). The fact that we have I think something like 3000 health systems that are at least now somewhat certified and moving to a higher levels of certification.

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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I

Physician's Weekly

About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. This is a, you know, board certified pediatric neurologist who’s been seeing this patient for years. Dan: We see it all the time. Bob: Seems unnecessary.