Article - Quarantine the Oral Boards

[Tipsy McStagger]

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Quarantine the Oral Boards - ACEP Now

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By J. Tyler Schwartz, MD, MPH; and Matthew R. Babineau, MD, FACEP


Good look into the irrelevance of the oral boards, and the cost to all of us to continue this nonsense.

 

[dchristismi]

I recently did the ACEP initial certification survey... and took the opportunity to blast the lack of value of the orals for basically that same reasons. I figure that I'm still certified, even though I'm not practicing EM and my view from the way-rearview mirror does give me some perspective.