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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

McDonald shared more about a pilot model announced last year that would create a pathway for exceptionally qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) successfully completing ACGME-accredited subspecialty fellowship to become Board eligible in Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

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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. Thousands of subspecialists are also using the LKA to reinstate their lapsed certifications in internal medicine. The need for further research in this area with physician input is essential.

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Practice tip of the week: Be an on-time physician

Physician's Practice

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on being an on-time physician gives this tip: Instruct new patients to arrive 20-30 minutes before their appointment to fill out paperwork or complete the paperwork online if your website provides the forms for patient demographics and a health care questionnaire.

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

GeriPal

The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). It’s called Danton, and it was just published mid last year, mid 2024. The results showed a modest but significant increase in deprescribing rates among the intervention group.

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Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The Equity Committee remains committed to continuing ABIM’s work and ABIM continues to coordinate with societies and other internal medicine organizations on how new policies and executive orders may affect the work they do. ABIM currently publishes internal medicine residency program pass rates for three-year periods.

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

A small number of infectious disease physicians are dual-certified, meaning they maintain an additional certification—the largest number (208) in critical care medicine. In 2024, 75% of infectious disease physicians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

He died in 2024. Like, I’ve had people who’ve appointed their super as their healthcare decision makers and certainly, I mean, I feel like every, every time we talk about what’s changed in, in day to day life, we reflect on Covid. I’m a little bit of a throwback kind of 70s 80s guy.