A recent advisory opinion from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) focused on fraud and abuse considerations in provider-sponsored continuing education (CE) programs. Specifically, the advisory opinion looked at programs sponsored by an ophthalmology practice that specializes in cataract and refractive surgery, working with area optometrists.

A whitepaper from the American Board of Medical Specialties and partners evaluated more than 600 studies to characterize evidence underlying the need for continuous certification. The report, "Conceptual Foundations for Designing Continuing Certification Assessments for Physicians," highlights four key themes.

A recent study reviewed and summarized clinically relevant information on the implications of sex and gender in acute care for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients as an introductory subject for emergency medicine (EM) clinicians and educators.

Researchers used realist methods to investigate the relationships between outcomes, mechanisms and context factors underlying a national multisource feedback (MSF) program. The authors analyzed linked data for 50 family physicians to ascertain how action plan completion status related to MSF ratings, MSF comments and prescribing data, summarized facilitator-physician dialogue and practice risk factors.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) community and its stakeholders have an opportunity to establish a continuum of learning and assessment via the migration to competency-based medical education (CBME). CBME concentrates on learners' ability to become competent in activities critical to patient care, rather than their ability to complete a program in a specific time or through a specific series of procedures.