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Connecting Purpose and Performance: Rethinking the Purpose of Maintenance of Certification

Ann E. Harman, David O. Warner and Daniel J. Cole
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (Supplement) S15-S20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.S1.190400
Ann E. Harman
From the American Board of Anesthesiology, Raleigh, NC, USA (AEH); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DOW); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California−Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DJC).
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David O. Warner
From the American Board of Anesthesiology, Raleigh, NC, USA (AEH); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DOW); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California−Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DJC).
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Daniel J. Cole
From the American Board of Anesthesiology, Raleigh, NC, USA (AEH); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DOW); Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California−Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DJC).
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Ann E. Harman, David O. Warner, Daniel J. Cole
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2020, 33 (Supplement) S15-S20; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.S1.190400

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