July 18, 2025

Higher Scores on the LKA Associated with Reduced Post-Hospitalization Death and Readmissions

A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that patients treated by physicians who perform well on the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®) experience significantly better prognoses—including lower mortality and readmission rates—than those treated by doctors with lower scores. Analyzing data of more than 260,000 Medicare hospitalizations managed by more than 4,000 internal medicine physicians, […]

LKA

February 25, 2025

Dr. Susan Wolfsthal: The Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®) has affirmed my knowledge in a fun and educational way

When Susan Wolfsthal, MD, decided to leave her position of 32 years as Program Director of the University of Maryland Internal Medicine Residency Program for a part-time position teaching and mentoring, she worried her diagnostic skills and knowledge may have gotten rusty. A meticulous educator—she was the 2025 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine […]

LKA

December 31, 2024

LKA Enhancements in 2025: Question Time Limit Increased 25%; Immediate Feedback for All Questions

LKA Participants will now have 5 minutes per question Effective 1/1/25, all Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®) participants will have five minutes to answer each question—a 25% increase from the previous four-minute limit. Physicians are using the LKA to maintain more than 80,000 certificates, and ABIM regularly surveys participants to find out how the experience could […]

LKA

May 7, 2024

Honoring a Professional Commitment to Excellence

For Shawnta Pittman-Hobbs, maintaining certification means honoring her patients and her commitment to medicine. Currently a full-time palliative care physician, she started her career in hospital medicine and then worked as a rheumatologist. She is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care, and Rheumatology and was a member of ABIM’s ABIM Physician […]

LKA, MOC

March 21, 2024

MOC Helps me to Verify that I’m Staying Current with my Medical Knowledge

When Preeti Chhabria, MD, moved back to India after practicing internal medicine in the U.S. for 20 years, she knew she would continue to maintain her ABIM certification. While ABIM is not largely recognized in India, she said that participating in Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and taking an ongoing assessment like the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment […]

LKA

February 22, 2024

I Chose the Traditional, 10-Year MOC Exam for Geriatrics and the LKA® for Internal Medicine

By June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD, MBA, LLM (Hons) Dr. McKoy is a geriatrician and full Professor of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She holds a joint appointment in the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University where she serves as the […]

LKA, MOC

February 8, 2024

The LKA is a stress-free way to keep my medical knowledge current

By Maliha Jumani Maliha Jumani, MD, ECNU, is an endocrinologist at Piedmont Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia. She is certified in internal medicine and endocrinology. Dr. Jumani is meeting her Maintenance of Certification (MOC) assessment requirement in internal medicine through the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®), and will likely do the same with her Endocrinology certification when […]

LKA

July 19, 2023

The LKA enabled me to remain certified in Internal Medicine

As a cardiologist I was initially torn about whether to keep my Internal Medicine certification in addition to my specialty because the thought of taking the traditional, 10-year exam was almost overwhelming. When I learned about the LKA, I decided to try it. The LKA builds studying and learning into the questions and is far […]

LKA

June 12, 2023

The LKA transformed how I stay current

By Nagendra Gupta, MD, FACP, CPE Dr. Gupta is a is the Medical Director at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital where he leads a team of over 20 physicians, overseeing the care for more than 180 patients each day. He is participating in the Internal Medicine Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®). In addition to Internal Medicine, […]

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