title: Maintenance of certification, revalidation, and professional self-regulation.
authors.affiliation: CMO and SVP, American Board of Internal Medicine. eholmboe@abim.org.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Holmboe
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States