Photo Credit Two days from this writing, I will go mano a mano with a computer screen. This will be my second gastroenterology (GI) board recertification. Last week I suggested that the 490 minutes of unfettered fun might not be money well spent. A reader could infer my view that the $1200 fee has more to do with securing the finances of the American Board of Internal Medicine than it does to enhance my knowledge of GI. Perhaps, I was hyperventilating about the cost. When I calculate the GI board CPM (cost per minute), I determine that the exam only costs $2.45 per minute In other words, a full minute of quality board testing time costs about the same as a slice of pizza. Clearly, the test is a bargain, and I retract any prior Whistleblower whisperings that contradict this. Yesterday, I took another exam, this one to recertify me as a qualified Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) practitioner. An excellent paramedic instructed me and my 2 GI partners on new
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