I have a question regarding board recertification.
This will be my 3rd go around, every 10 years with internal medicince. My first time was for the original certificate, and in 2003 the first recertification.
Maybe I am looking at the process as glass half empty instead of half full, but with the increased difficulties of just keeping a business going in this tough medical milieu, the time to keep the certificate current will impact directly on family time.
How do you all feel about the recertification process, and is it worth it to keep the certificate current?
Personally, the day to day education with the resources at hand such as up to date, epocrates and medscape, I think supercede any board recertification process that intends to make one a better physician.
I think a daily enmeshment of self imposed education to impart to our patients is the best way to stay current, and not a 2000 dollar plus certificate every 10 years we have to jockey for so we can contract with insurance companies.
I am not concerned about failure of the recertification test, but a waste of my valuable time to "play the game" and go through the 100 points of modules and traveling and taking the test at a secure center, and realizing this is not making me a better physician, but a waste of money and valuable family time to "become a better physician" when in fact is what I do every day.
Just feeling frustrated but wonder if I am way off base or do others have similar thoughts?
