Does a 10 year recertification improve medical care?
100% no. I stopped recertifying because it was a huge burden. I had to study forever because 90% of the questions are things I no longer need to know, like ICU level fluid management when I'm just a small practice outpatient peds. Or how to manage DKA, when my management strategy is now…
Does a 10 year recertification improve medical care?
100% no. I stopped recertifying because it was a huge burden. I had to study forever because 90% of the questions are things I no longer need to know, like ICU level fluid management when I'm just a small practice outpatient peds. Or how to manage DKA, when my management strategy is now "go to the ER."
I now certify via NBPAS which is <$200 and only requires a certain amount of CME (50 credits/year I believe). I still don't learn as much as I could from CME because my state licensure requires an inordinate amount of garbage CME that doesn't help my skills at all (diversity, ethics - like reading this nonsense changes anything, plus a bunch of credits about opioids when I don't even prescribe them). Since there are only so many hours in a day those garbage CME's displace time spent on CME that I would find beneficial.
Does a 10 year recertification improve medical care?
100% no. I stopped recertifying because it was a huge burden. I had to study forever because 90% of the questions are things I no longer need to know, like ICU level fluid management when I'm just a small practice outpatient peds. Or how to manage DKA, when my management strategy is now "go to the ER."
I now certify via NBPAS which is <$200 and only requires a certain amount of CME (50 credits/year I believe). I still don't learn as much as I could from CME because my state licensure requires an inordinate amount of garbage CME that doesn't help my skills at all (diversity, ethics - like reading this nonsense changes anything, plus a bunch of credits about opioids when I don't even prescribe them). Since there are only so many hours in a day those garbage CME's displace time spent on CME that I would find beneficial.