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D Butzin

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The first certifying examination in pediatric rheumatology.

OBJECTIVE: On May 12, 1992, the first certifying examination in pediatric rheumatology was administered by the American Board of Pediatrics to 94 candidates. We describe the certifying process and the characteristics of the examinees. METHODS: The Sub-board of Pediatric Rheumatology developed an examination consisting of 235 multiple choice items covering a broad range of topics pertinent to the subspecialty. Applicants with a current certificate in general pediatrics and a current medical license were admitted through one of 3 pathways requiring 2 years of fellowship training or equivalent practice experience. RESULTS: Sixty-three percent of the candidates had completed at least 2 years of fellowship training. The total group average score was 76% correct. Eighty-five percent of the examinees passed the examination. CONCLUSION: The 80 candidates who were certified received time limited certificates that may be renewed by a recertification process to begin in 1999. A second certifying examination was offered in 1994 and a third in 1996. Requirements for future certifying examinations will include 3 years of full time fellowship training and verification of meaningful accomplishment in research.

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Reclassification and documentation in talog cards and a computer stored record.

A project to recatalog and reclassify the book collection of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine Library utilizing the Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typwriter system for simultaneous catalog card production and computer stored data acquisition marks the beginning of eventual computerization of all library operations. A keyboard optical display system will be added by late 1970. Major input operations requiring the creation of "hard copy" will continue via the MTST system. Updating, editing and retrieval operations as well as input without hard copy production will be done through the "on-line" keyboard optical display system. Once the library's first data bank, the book catalog, has been established the computer may be consulted directly for library holdings from any optical display terminal throughout the medical center. Three basic information retrieval operations may be carried out through "on-line" optical display terminals. Output options include the reproduction of part or all of a given document, or the generation of statistical data, which are derived from two Acquisition Code lines. The creation of a central bibliographic record of Bowman Gray Faculty publications patterned after the cataloging program is presently under way. The cataloging and computer storage of serial holdings records will begin after completion of the reclassification project. All acquisitions added to the collection since October 1967 are computer-stored and fully retrievable. Reclassification of older titles will be completed in early 1971.

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