The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will retire its Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (FPHM) program at the end of this year ahead of launching new inpatient-targeting versions of the Internal Medicine Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA) and the 10-year Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exam next January.

In late 2020, something big happened in interventional cardiology: the FDA approved intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) to treat coronary lesions¹. IVL balloon technology has been used to dilate lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature in the leg and renal arteries since 2019².

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has cleared an increase in protected nonclinical educational time for core family (FM) medicine faculty. The new requirements grant programs and residents greater flexibility and refocus on competency-based learning.

A pilot study explored whether modifications to a nurse anesthesia curriculum that shifted from a Master of Nursing (MN) to a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program improved learners' cognitive skills.

This commentary supports the case for external evaluation of physicians' knowledge and skills via specialty continuing certification amid attempts to devalue or reduce its application.