ABSTRACT: Internists’ Views of Maintenance of Certification: A Stages-of-Change Perspective
Introduction:
Board certification has evolved from a “point-in-time” event to a process of periodic learning and reevaluation of medical competence through maintenance of certification (MOC). To better understand MOC participation, the transtheoretical model (TTM) was used to describe physicians' perceptions of MOC as a sequence of attitudinal changes.
Method:
Data were from a