Ninety-five percent of Americans want their physicians to participate in a program to maintain their board certification, and nearly half would look for a new physician if they learned theirs did not participate, according to a survey commissioned by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
"Maintenance of certification" is defined in the survey as a program by which board-certified physicians continue to participate in a process of life-long learning and self-assessment in their medical specialty.
Sixty percent of consumers said it was "very important" to them that physicians underwent testing at regular intervals to assess medical knowledge; 54 percent said it was "very important" for physicians to provide quality of care information to patients and the public; and 51 percent said it was "very important" that physicians across specialties were compared based on clinical performance and quality of care measures.
Seventy-eight percent of consumers said they would be bothered if their physician chose to not maintain certification, and women were more likely to be bothered than men, at 83 percent compared to 72 percent.
Read more about the ABMS survey.
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"Maintenance of certification" is defined in the survey as a program by which board-certified physicians continue to participate in a process of life-long learning and self-assessment in their medical specialty.
Sixty percent of consumers said it was "very important" to them that physicians underwent testing at regular intervals to assess medical knowledge; 54 percent said it was "very important" for physicians to provide quality of care information to patients and the public; and 51 percent said it was "very important" that physicians across specialties were compared based on clinical performance and quality of care measures.
Seventy-eight percent of consumers said they would be bothered if their physician chose to not maintain certification, and women were more likely to be bothered than men, at 83 percent compared to 72 percent.
Read more about the ABMS survey.
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