THE SCHOOL BOARD AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.

Factors associated with American Board of Medical Specialties member board certification among US medical school graduates.

CONTEXT Certification by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) member board is emerging as a measure of physician quality. OBJECTIVE To identify demographic and educational factors associated with ABMS member board certification of US medical school graduates. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective study of a national cohort of 1997-2000 US medical school graduates, group...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Graduate school: the board game

Unprofessional behavior in medical school is associated with subsequent disciplinary action by a state medical board.

PURPOSE To determine if medical students who demonstrate unprofessional behavior in medical school are more likely to have subsequent state board disciplinary action. METHOD A case-control study was conducted of all University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine graduates disciplined by the Medical Board of California from 1990-2000 (68). Control graduates (196) were matched by m...

Traditional health practitioners and the authority to issue medical certificates.

The Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council was inaugurated in February 2013, and in May 2014 the sections of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act that give it full powers came into effect. The Council, as a professional body established by Parliament, gives traditional health practitioners registered with it the authority to issue medical certificates in line with the provisions o...