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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 75% of ABIM Board Certified geriatricians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA, while 68% of ABFM geriatricians chose the LKA. At the spring meeting, the Geriatric Medicine Board reviewed candidate materials for two openings and voted to approve the following appointments: Kourosh A.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Ethical and practical. You know, we got to prevent cancer.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 82% of ABIM Board Certified rheumatologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Some data, such as exam pass rates and resident and fellow workforce trends , are publicly available on ABIM’s website.)

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 75% of infectious disease physicians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Some members of the Specialty Board were interested in the LKA experience, participant survey results—particularly responses about fairness—and how LKA performance data might reflect on clinical outcomes.

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Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 77% of ABIM Board Certified nephrologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Reddy, MPH, Senior Research Associate for ABIM, reviewed aggregate data gathered so far related to nephrologists, including practice setting, practice size and physician ownership of practices.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024.

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