Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine.
In November 2007, the first Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine was administered to 1,882 candidates under the cosponsorship of five member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)--the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Otolaryngology, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. The pass rate was 73%. This paper chronicles the history of a certification examination in Sleep Medicine and the development of this new ABMS examination.
Quan
Stuart F
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Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. squan@arc.arizona.edu
Berry
Richard B
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Buysse
Daniel
D
Collop
Nancy A
NA
Grigg-Damberger
Madeleine
M
Harding
Susan M
SM
Iber
Conrad
C
McCall
W Vaughn
WV
Sateia
Michael J
MJ
Sheldon
Stephen H
SH
Silber
Michael H
MH
Sorscher
Adam
A
Ward
Sally L Davidson
SL
Veasey
Sigrid
S
Woodson
B Tucker
BT
Hess
Brian
B
Kangilaski
Roberta
R
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