title: Ensuring physicians' competence--is maintenance of certification the answer?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Iglehart
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Baron
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D008007:Licensure, Medical / Q000592:standards; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States