The certification process that has no off-ramp
For those of you navigating the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification, I thought this anecdote might shed some additional light on the problems with the process.
On June 26, I had a two-level spinal fusion. On May 9, I called the board to see if it was possible to “stop the clock” on the questions, since I anticipated, correctly in retrospect, that I would not be in …
The certification process that has no off-ramp
