013: Board Exams and Becoming Better Physicians

Josh and Jason discuss taking the second part of board exams for medical students (USMLE Step 2), the new maintenance of certification program from the American Board of Pediatrics, the complex payment system based on RVUs (relative value units), and how we measure and improve our performance as clinicians.

Links for this episode: 

• USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills
•  USMLE "Irregular Behavior"
•  USMLE Step 2 CS scoring 
•  Wikipedia | Internal Validity
•  Wkipedia | External Validity
•  USMLE | FAQ "How do I interpret my scores?"
•  Wikipedia | Computerized Adaptive Testing
•  American Board of Pediatrics | Maintenance of Certification
•  WSJ | Hospitals Prescribe Big Data to Track Doctors at Work
•  Wikipedia | Relative Value Units
•  NY Times | How One Small Group Sets Doctors’ Pay
•  Slate | The Hidden Public-Private Cartel that Sets Health Care Prices
•  New Yorker | Coaching a Surgeon [by Atul Gawande]

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