Continuing Medical Education, Maintenance of Certification, and Physician Reentry

Continuing medical education and maintenance of certification: essential links.

Background Few question the need for physicians to engage in continuous learning throughout their professional career. Knowledge and technological advances are expanding at a breathtaking pace, as is the evolution of new skills and attitudes required for the physician to just “keep up.” For example, major breakthroughs in our understanding of genetics are already beginning to change how physici...

Climate Change: It's Not About the Weather-Continuing Medical Education and Maintenance of Certification and Licensure.

Carol Havens, MD Jeffrey Mallin, MD State of Health Care in the US Many feel that the impending acceleration of global warming is the greatest threat that our species has ever faced. Less arguable but already having an impact is a drastic climate change in health care. Not only is it shaking up health care delivery and insurance, but its effects are visible on the education, training, certifica...

Continuing Education of Medical Community

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Physician Attitudes About Maintenance of Certification

Objectives: To determine physicians’ perceptions of current maintenance of certification (MOC) activities and to explore how perceptions vary across specialties, practice characteristics, and physician characteristics, including burnout. Patients and Methods: We conducted an Internet and paper survey among a national cross-specialty random sample of licensed US physicians from September 23, 201...

What Happens After Medical School? Current Controversies About Licensure, Maintenance of Certification, and Continuing Professional Development.