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Maintainence of certificationFrom: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)Thu Jul 22 18:00:53 2004
A question for U.S. OB's. Where is your specialty board at with the new requirements from the American Board of Medical Specialties for a maintainence of certification program? You ought to see what the ABFP has cooked up. We've gone from just a requirement for 50 hours of CME plus a written test and review of 4 charts every 6-7 years, to annual self-assesment modules (first one took me 6 hours and I still haven't completed the patient simulation part of it), an assessment of my professionalism by 25 of my patients and ten of my peers, and the big written exam and chart review are still part of the program. The self-assesment module, of course, only worked on a Mac if I used their newest browser, a fact that didn't become clear until I got to know the tech-support guys really well, and even then there were bugs in it. That's why I haven't done the patient simulation yet. I'm afraid to start it. The real kicker is that the process now costs at least twice as much as it did before, and potentially nearly 3 times as much if you don't start paying in installments now for the test in 7 years. So what has ACOG done with this? Non-US OB's, I would be interested in hearing what your countries require to maintain specialty certification. This whole thing is driving me batty.
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Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP
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