title: What do certification examinations tell us about quality?
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Landon
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011786:Quality Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States