PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 4 October 1971, pp. 671-672
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Who Should Certify the Pediatrician?

Leslie B. Altstatt 1, John A Anderson M.D.2, and F. Howell Wright M.D.2

1 U.S. Army Medical Component, South East Asia Treaty Organization, APO San Francisco 06346
2 The American Board of Pediatrics, Inc.

You may be interested in the following comments about examinations for certification by the American Board of Pediatrics. The comments were related to me by a colleague who, after recently (and successfully) completing the oral portion of the board examination, was asked to submit some comments about the examination.

Medical board examinations for the purposes of certification should be discontinued. Certification ought to be the prerogative of the individual(s) conducting the training program, for he is a better judge of the suitability of the candidate than the purveyors of examinations.