A formal high value, cost-conscious care (HVCCC) curriculum was implemented at a community hospital-based university-affiliated residency program starting January 1, 2014, based on the recommendations of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Choosing Wisely campaign. The program included a competition requiring each resident to write a HVCCC case based on an actual patient experience...

Abstract Abim district, located in Uganda’s Karamoja region, is one of the scores new administrative units created under country’s decentralization policy. The establishment district 2006, following decades conflict northern Uganda, was accompanied by changes ethnic identity within local communities Ethur farmers. Based on oral history fieldwork Abim, Meyerson documents these sociopolitical ide...

this paper focuses on the effects of the addition of an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-butylimidazilium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([abim]tfsi), which has a high affinity for benzene, into the poly(vinyl chloride) (pvc) membrane on the pervaporation characteristics of the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions of dilute benzene. when aqueous solutions of 100～500 ppm benzene were permeated ...

This paper focuses on the effects of the addition of an ionic liquid, 1-Allyl-3-butylimidazilium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide ([ABIM]TFSI), which has a high affinity for benzene, into the poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane on the pervaporation characteristics of the removal of benzene from aqueous solutions of dilute benzene. When aqueous solutions of 100～500 ppm benzene were permeated ...

BACKGROUND In 2014, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) substantially increased the requirements and fees for its maintenance-of-certification (MOC) program. Faced with mounting criticism, the ABIM suspended certain content requirements in February 2015 but retained the increased fees and number of modules. An objective appraisal of the cost of MOC would help inform upcoming consulta...

Professionalism has been increasingly recognised as an explicit component of medical education, especially in the western world. Professionalism is culture-sensitive. Few efforts have been made to conceptualise professionalism in relation to the Arabian context. The aim of this study is to validate the components of professionalism framework of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) to ...

Guidelines for Antimicrobial Stewardship Training and Practice Christine B Teng,1,5 MS(Clin Pharm), BCPS(AQ-ID), Winnie Lee,2 B.Pharm(Hon), BCPS(AQ-ID), Chay Leng Yeo,3 B.Pharm (Hon), BCPS, Siok Ying Lee,4 BSc(Pharmacy)(Hon), BCPS, Tat Ming Ng,5 BSc(Pharmacy)(Hon), Siang Fei Yeoh,3 MClinPharm, Wee Heng Lim,6 BSc(Pharmacy), Andrea L Kwa,2 PharmD, BCPS(AQ-ID), Koh Cheng Thoon,7 MBBS, MRCPCH, MMed...

U nless you are part of the 5% of cardiologists who noted in a recent College-wide survey that they are “not at all familiar” with the new Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), you have undoubtedly heard about what has now been termed by many as the “MOC crisis” (MOC survey distributed by U.S. American College of Cardiology [ACC] ch...

BACKGROUND Effective July 1997, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) established a research pathway to certification to encourage research training of general internists and subspecialists. OBJECTIVE To document the current status of research training in six selected subspecialty programs, to examine opportunities available for trainees to undertake formal course work, and to report...