n engl j med 370;17 nejm.org april 24, 2014 1649 requirements that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) introduced in January 2014 require more effort than previous iterations. Completing NEJM Knowledge+ modules allows clinicians to earn both AMA PRA (American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award) Category 1 Credits and up 80 points toward the Self-Evaluation of Medical K...

submitted a request to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Certifi cation (COCERT) seeking permission to do so. The American Board of Pediatrics (ABPeds) began issuing certifi cates without end dates at the beginning of this year, and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) soon will make a similar request to also begin in 2011. The fact that all 3 primary care ...

BACKGROUND Quality measurement and improvement in practice are requirements for Maintenance of Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties boards and a component of many pay for performance programs. OBJECTIVE To describe the development of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Practice Improvement Module (PIM) and the average performance of ABIM diplomates who have co...

BACKGROUND Effective communication skills and professionalism are critical for physicians in order to provide optimum care and achieve better health outcomes. The aims of this study were to evaluate residents' self-assessment of their communication skills and professionalism in dealing with patients, and to evaluate the psychometric properties of a self-assessment questionnaire. METHODS A mod...

CONTEXT Clinical protocols are associated with improved patient outcomes; however, they may negatively affect medical education by removing trainees from clinical decision making. OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between critical care training with mechanical ventilation protocols and subsequent knowledge about ventilator management. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective coho...

Whilst many factors influence its craft, psychiatry is ultimately considered a profession. Any medical practitioner abides by a social contract as both a healer and professional (ABIM Foundation, ACP-ASIM Foundation, & EFIM, 2002). Physicians have reaffirmed the concept of medicine as a profession, in the face of commercialization of healthcare, globalization and advances in biotechnology. Crue...

BACKGROUND Several residency program characteristics have been suggested as measures of program quality, but associations between these measures are unknown. We set out to determine associations between these potential measures of program quality. METHODS Survey of internal medicine residency programs that shared an online ambulatory curriculum on hospital type, faculty size, number of traine...

213. Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies on Antimicrobial Use: A Systematic Review Yvonne Peijun Zhou, BSc(Pharm)(Hons); Nathalie Grace Sy Chua, BSc (Pharm); Winnie Lee, BPharm(Hons), MSc (Epi); Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, MBBS, ABIM; Yixin Liew, BSc (Pharm), MSc (ID); Andrea Kwa, PharmD; Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singa...