Woohoo!! I passed my boards...
ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) recently released pass/fail status to it's 2006 examinees through a secure website... Woohoo!! I passed my internal medicine boards!!Phew... what a relief... I don't have to spend another USD 1000 to retake the exam next year. So 4 board exams down (USMLE 1,2,3 and ABIM), 2 more to go. Next up are the Medical Oncology and Hematology boards.
Unlike the the UK specialty exams, ABIM board certification is good for 10 years, after which one would need to recertify. The recertification process includes at-home CME-like modules and a final exam at 10 years. In fact, currently most of the major specialties require recertification here in the US. This process is separate from the CME (continuing medical education) requirements for medical licensure. I suppose it forces physicians to keep up to date on current practice, which can only be a good thing for patients.
Passing the boards doesn't change my life by much unless I leave my fellowship to work as a board-certified Internist. I don't get a promotion, nor a pay rise. I don't even get more alphabets behind my name :).
I'll just go out for a low key celebration... nothing fancy... movie with friends and maybe a meal tomorrow in the Twin Cities... then I have to start preparing for my Oncology boards... hahaha...
posted by antatosh @ 6:07 PM
3 Comments:
congrats man. youre "officially" a speacialist ;) was the pass rate 100% at your institution this year?
Thanks dhssraj.
We don't have the stats on the pass rates yet I suppose. I do know that our pass rates over the past years have been 98-99%.
You can actually access pass rates of most if not all programs through the ABIM website.
KNN, eh whatever happened to this free meal we heard about??
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