- From PowerPoint to PechaKucha
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
How often have you sat in the audience of a presentation at a medical conference and heard the speaker apologetically mumble, “Sorry, this is a busy slide …” How many times have you strained your eyes to read paragraphs of red text on a blue background? How many times have you squirmed in your chair [...]
- Now Entering the Ring: Marc J. Kahn, MD, MBA
Monday, June 1st, 2015
When did your interest in boxing start? I have followed the sport since I was a kid. I would watch the Gillette Friday Night Fights on a small black-and-white TV with my dad. I started boxing in a gym about three years ago. How often do you train? I go to the gym to box about three or [...]
- Has ABIM Gone Too Far?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Recently, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced plans to implement new Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements, including requiring physicians to complete some MOC activity every two years and accrue 100 MOC points every five years. If they fail to do so, physicians will be reported as “Not Meeting MOC Requirements.” Unsurprisingly, these new [...]