Maintenance of Certification
Testing Clinical Knowledge and Judgment
Downing S, Haladyna T, editors. Handbook of Test Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2006.
Holmboe ES, Lipner RS, Greiner A. Assessing quality of care: knowledge matters. JAMA. 2008;299(3):338-40.
Papadakis MA, Arnold GK, Blank LL, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. Performance during internal medicine residency training and subsequent disciplinary action by state licensing boards. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(11):869-76.
Certification is Associated with Better Care
Norcini JJ, Kimball HR, Lipner RS. Certification and specialization: do they matter in the outcome of acute myocardial infarction? Acad Med. 2000;75(12):1193-8.
Prystowsky JB, Bordage G, Feinglass JM. Patient outcomes for segmental colon resection according to surgeon's training, certification, and experience. Surgery. 2002;132(4):663-70.
Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Meehan TP, Tate JP, Ho SY, Starkey KS, Lipner RS. Association between maintenance of certification examination scores and quality of care for medicare beneficiaries. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(13):1396-1403.
Pham HH, Schrag D, Hargraves JL, Bach PB. Delivery of preventive services to older adults by primary care physicians. JAMA. 2005;294(4):473-81.
Turchin A, Shubina M, Chodos AH, Einbinder JS, Pendergrass ML. Effect of board certification on antihypertensive treatment intensification in patients with diabetes mellitus. Circulation. 2008;117(5):623-8.
Hess BJ, Weng W, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. The association between physicians' cognitive skills and quality of diabetes care. Acad Med. 2012;87(2):157-63.
Practice Improvement Modules
Holmboe ES, Meehan TP, Lynn LA, Doyle P, Sherwin T, Duffy FD. Promoting physicians' self-assessment and quality improvement: the ABIM diabetes practice improvement module. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006;26(2):109-19.
Lipner RS, Weng W, Arnold GK, Duffy FD, Lynn LA, Holmboe ES. A three-part model for measuring diabetes care in physician practice. Acad Med. 2007;82(10 suppl):S48-52.
Simpkins J, Divine G, Wang, M, Holmboe ES, Pladevall M, Williams LK. Improving asthma care through recertification: a cluster randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(20):2240-8.
Duffy FD, Lynn LA, Didura H, Hess BJ, Caverzagie K, Grosso L, Lipner RS, Holmboe ES. Self assessment of practice performance: development of the ABIM practice improvement module (PIM). J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2008;28(1):38-46.
Holmboe ES, Lynn LA, Duffy FD. Improving the quality of care via maintenance of certification and the web: an early status report. Perspect Biol Med. 2008;51(1):71-83.
Mladenovic J, Shea JA, Duffy FD, Holmboe ES, Lipner, RS. Variation in internal medicine residency clinic practices: assessing practice environments and quality of care. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(7):914-20.
Oyler J, Vinci L, Arora V, Johnson J. Teaching internal medicine residents quality improvement techniques using the ABIM's practice improvement modules. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(7):927-30.
Bernabeo EC, Conforti LN, Holmboe ES. The impact of a preventive cardiology quality improvement intervention on residents and clinics: a qualitative exploration. Am J Med Qual. 2008;24(2):99-107.
Caverzagie KJ, Bernabeo EC, Reddy SG, Holmboe ES. The role of physician engagement on the impact of the hospital based practice improvement module (PIM). J Hosp Med. 2008;4(8):466-70.
Lynn LA, Hess BJ, Conforti LN, Lipner RS, Holmboe ES. The effect of residency clinic systems on the quality of care for older adults in internal and family medicine residency programs. Acad Med. 2009;84(12):1732-40.
Hess BJ, Lynn LA, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. Toward better care coordination through improved communication with referring physicians. Acad Med Rime Symposium. 2009 Oct;84(10 Suppl):S109-12.
Hess BJ, Weng W, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. The association between physicians' cognitive skills and quality of diabetes care. Acad Med. 2012;87(2):157-63.
The Public Expects It
Brennan TA, Horwitz RI, Duffy FD, Cassel CK, Goode LD, Lipner RS. The role of physician specialty board certification status in the quality movement. JAMA. 2004;292(9):1038-43.
American Board of Medical Specialties. Facts about the 2008 ABMS consumer survey: How americans choose their doctors (pdf). ABMS. 2010.
Physicians Value It
Lipner RS, Bylsma WH, Arnold GK, Fortna GS, Tooker J, Cassel CK. Who is maintaining certification in internal medicine--and why? A national survey 10 years after initial certification. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(1):29-37.
Kilo CM. Commentary: Maintenance of Certification: Moving forward. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(2):176-177.
Levinson W, Holmboe ES. Commentary: Maintenance of Certification in internal medicine: Facts and misconceptions. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(2):174-176.