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Abstract

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. The August 15 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine published an article “Effect of Access to an Electronic Medical Resource on Performance Characteristics of a Certification Examination - Randomized Controlled Trial" (1). The study examined open book vs. closed book testing for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) examination and found no or minimal changes in the outcomes between the two testing conditions. All in all, this is not very exciting. However, what is interesting is a blog on the article written by Westby G. Fisher, MD in his Dr. Wes blog (2). He examined the disclosures from the Annals editors of the article who claimed no financial relationships or interests to disclose. However, Fisher points out that on its last available Form 990, the publishers of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP), earned over $24.6 million in a single year selling their …

Keywords

• Annals of Internal Medicine
• editors
• conflict of interest
• disclosure
• American College of Physicians
• Weinberger
• PearsonVue
• financial
• Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Phoenix Pulmonary and Critical Care Research and Education Foundation