Perceptions and attitudes of Small Animal Internal Medicine specialists toward the publication requirement for board certification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The publication requirement for board certification in Small Animal Internal Medicine (SAIM) by the ACVIM is controversial.

Objectives

Directly and indirectly evaluate the perceptions SAIM Diplomates have on the publication requirement. A secondary objective was to compare the frequency with which publications submitted for credentialing purposes (CredPubs) were cited compared to control articles.

Subjects

One thousand two hundred forty-one SAIM Diplomates were sent an electronic survey.

Methods

A electronic survey was sent to all SAIM Diplomates. Practice websites were evaluated for reference to publication or research. An electronic database was searched to identify the number of times a subset of CredPubs were cited was compared to control article

SUBMITTER: Birkenheuer AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7096663 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature