Maintenance of Licensure

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Letters5 February 2013Maintenance of LicensureHumayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, SM, Lance A. Talmage, MD, and Janelle A. Rhyne, MD, MAHumayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, SMFrom Federation of State Medical Boards, Euless, Texas; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio; and South East Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, North Carolina.Search for more papers by this author, Lance A. Talmage, MDFrom Federation of State Medical Boards, Euless, Texas; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio; and South East Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, North Carolina.Search for more papers by this author, and Janelle A. Rhyne, MD, MAFrom Federation of State Medical Boards, Euless, Texas; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio; and South East Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, North Carolina.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-158-3-201302050-00022 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We respectfully disagree with Dr. Kempen's assertion that MOL is not needed. More than 7 years of thoughtful discussion and study persuaded the FSMB's House of Delegates in 2010 that a physician's commitment to lifelong learning should be supported, and nearly a dozen state medical boards are beginning to survey physicians to determine how to implement MOL over time. The FSMB's guiding principles are that MOL should neither be onerous nor compromise patient care.As medicine continues to evolve and grows more complex, the need for lifelong learning and maintenance of skills has increased. Research suggests that some ...