Factors associated with American Board of Medical Specialties member board certification among US medical school graduates.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Certification by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) member board is emerging as a measure of physician quality.

Objective

To identify demographic and educational factors associated with ABMS member board certification of US medical school graduates.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective study of a national cohort of 1997-2000 US medical school graduates, grouped by specialty choice at graduation and followed up through March 2, 2009. In separate multivariable logistic regression models for each specialty category, factors associated with ABMS member board certification were identified.

Main outcome measure

ABMS member board certification.

Results

Of 42,440 graduates in the study sample, 37,054 (87.3%) were board certified.

SUBMITTER: Jeffe DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3217584 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature