Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 278-282 , March 2006

The Oral Certification Examination

  • Timothy F. Platts-Mills, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Timothy F. Platts-Mills, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, 445 S Cedar Ave, Room 275, Fresno, CA 93702-2907; 559-240-6073, fax 559-459-3844
    • ,
  • Matthew R. Lewin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Stanley Ma, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Troy Madsen, MD (Section Editor)

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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 Supervising editors: Truman J. Milling, MD; Donald M. Yealy, MDFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support. The authors thank Dr. Witt from ABEM for providing information about the oral examination. However, ABEM has neither reviewed or endorsed this paper.Publication dates: Available online January 25, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)01971-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.031

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 278-282 , March 2006

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