tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post8822864211850506208..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Would internists be better off without the ABIM?james gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-74068280309301587792008-02-17T14:11:00.000-08:002008-02-17T14:11:00.000-08:00The ABIM has gone away from internist it is run by...The ABIM has gone away from internist it is run by all kinds of bureaucrats<BR/>the recertification is going to increase the gap of knowledge between the recertifiers and ''granfathered ins" the pracitse improvement module such a farce in fact people who called the board saying they did not have time to do it were told just to do it however they can encouraging them to make things up. It is time the ABIM was scrapped give recertification to national body controlled and adminstered by practising physicians and not academic busy bodies who have no clue of how private practise works and encourage recertification of everyone if the reason rally is for the good of the patients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-44739950770376917632007-12-07T09:45:00.000-08:002007-12-07T09:45:00.000-08:00Excellent post! The ABIM is a money making scheme ...Excellent post! The ABIM is a money making scheme wrapped in academic bullshit. General Internal Medicine is already dead...they just haven't buried the corpse yet. Thanks ABIM for your contibution to the demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-37925181715866165912007-12-06T08:04:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:04:00.000-08:00yes! the abim needs to go. if they want to stay,...yes! the abim needs to go. if they want to stay, at least make them demonstrate they provide some usefulness. make it clear that certification provides a difference in clinical outcomes. especially if reimbursement is going to be tied to certification.<BR/><BR/>at least empty their boards of people who are grandfathered in and not voluntarily recertifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com