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Fees for Certification and Finances of Medical Specialty Boards

Author(s) -

Brian C. Drolet,

Vickram J. Tandon

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2017.7464

Subject(s) - medicine , certification , specialty , board certification , family medicine , maintenance of certification , medical education , accounting , residency training , management , continuing education , economics , business

Fees for Certification and Finances of Medical Specialty Boards The process of board certification has a central role in the selfregulation of physician quality standards.1,2 However, many physicians have objected to programs by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), particularly maintenance of certification (MOC), citing a lack of clinical relevance and evidence to support efficacy as well as high fees to participants. We investigated fees charged to physicians for certification examinations and finances of the ABMS member boards.

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