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Lipner, Rebecca S.; Brossman, Bradley G.; Grosso, Louis J. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2019
Changes to the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance of Certification Program: Preserving Core Assessment Values As Maintenance of Certification (MoC) for practicing physicians has evolved into more continuous programs, controversy has arisen over how physicians should self-regulate their profession and serve the public trust in doing…
Descriptors: Internal Medicine, Certification, Educational Change, High Stakes Tests
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Arnold, Gerald K.; Hess, Brian J.; Lipner, Rebecca S. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2013
Introduction: Board certification has evolved from a "point-in-time" event to a process of periodic learning and reevaluation of medical competence through maintenance of certification (MOC). To better understand MOC participation, the transtheoretical model (TTM) was used to describe physicians' perceptions of MOC as a sequence of…
Descriptors: Physicians, Medical Education, Certification, Models
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McKinley, Danette W.; Hess, Brian J.; Boulet, John R.; Lipner, Rebecca S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Changes in certification requirements and examinee characteristics are likely to influence the validity of the evidence associated with interpretations made based on test data. We examined whether changes in Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification requirements over time were associated with changes in internal…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Certification, Graduation Requirements