Photo Credit This coming Thursday, I will have the joy and pleasure of taking the gastroenterology (GI) board recertification exam. There will be many entertaining elements to the experience, as other board certified physicians already know. Although there will be many fun delights, some will clearly be more amusing than others. Which of the following features of the GI board examination will be most fun? While more than one answer may be correct, choose the best answer . (1) A 490 minute all day exam is a thrill, by definition (2) Losing a day of income (3) Paying the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) $1200 (4) Pleasing my partners who will cover my practice (5) Having my palm vein recognition scan to verify my identity every time I reenter the room During this exam, each giddy examinee will be provided with a computer station. I am nostalgic already for the proctor of yore announcing, ‘pencils down!’, as there will be no pencils permitted in
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