Changes to the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance of Certification Program: Preserving Core Assessment Values As Maintenance of Certification (MoC) for practicing physicians has evolved into more continuous programs, controversy has arisen over how physicians should self-regulate their profession and serve the public trust in doing…

A pilot program at the University of California, Davis, that incorporated skilled nursing facility training into the required curriculum of their primary care internal medicine residency is described. The goal was to increase the residents' knowledge in the care of geriatric patients. (MLW)

This article briefly describes the four-year primary care program (beginning in the senior year of medical school and sponsored by the departments of internal medicine and family medicine) offered at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. Preliminary evidence indicates that the seven students and residents enrolled are…