COURSE DESCRIPTION
This intensive course is designed to help candidates apply the “finishing touch” to their preparations for the 2009 American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certification and Maintenance of Certification examinations. The course also provides a comprehensive overview of all areas in internal medicine for practicing physicians.
All course faculty are affiliated with Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School and have had extensive experience in training candidates for various certification examinations. Only in Mayo Clinic’s 18th Annual Internal Medicine Board Review – Certification and Maintenance of Certification course will you hear from the authors of the 8th Edition, Internal Medicine Review, 2008-2009 textbook, receive a compact disc of Internal Medicine images from the course, and engage in board-simulated questions and answers.
The selection of course topics, listed below, is designed to proportionately follow the content areas covered in the ABIM examination:
- How to Prepare for ABIM Examination
- Allergic Diseases
- Cardiology (6 hours)
- Critical Care Medicine
- Dermatology
- Endocrine (4 hours)
- ENT
- Gastroenterology (4 hours)
- General Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Hematology (4 hours)
- Hypertension
- Infectious Diseases (5 hours)
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- Medical Ethics
- Nephrology (4 hours)
- Neurology (2 hours)
- Non-Internal Medicine for the Internist
- Office Urology
- Oncology (2 hours)
- Ophthalmology
- Preventive Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonary (5 hours)
- Rheumatology (4 hours)
- Vascular Medicine
- Women's Health Issues
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Intended Audience
- Internists preparing to take the 2009 ABIM Certification examination.
- Internists preparing to take the 2009 ABIM Maintenance of Certification examination.
- Physicians and allied health professionals interested in a comprehensive review of Internal Medicine.
Date and Location
18th Annual Internal Medicine Board Review Certification & Maintenance of Certification will be held July 18 - 23, 2009. Course headquarters will be located in Phillips Hall on the first floor of the Siebens Building, Mayo Clinic, 100 Second Avenue Southwest, Rochester, Minnesota. Meeting facilities are easily accessible by skyway and pedestrian subway, which connect Mayo Clinic to shops, restaurants, and hotels.
Course Highlights
- Questions and Answers Utilizing an Audience Response System
- Informative Lecture
- Faculty are Mayo Clinic staff consultants
- Multiple Short Board Examination-Type Best-Answer Questions
- Newly Revised, Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review 2008-2009, 8th Edition
- Password protected website with access to course presentations available to all participants
Course Materials
- Question and Answer Book
Contains ~ 300 "board simulated" questions/answers with detailed explanations. This is included in your registration fee.
- Medical Images CD
Over 350 images of board relevant topics. This is included in your registration fee.
- Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review 2008-2009, 8th Edition
A comprehensive textbook written by course faculty and other Mayo Clinic physicians. This is included in your registration fee.
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