Newly Scorable Questions Can Affect OLA Individual Performances

Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) current cumulative scores are updated every Monday for diplomates who have answered at least 52 scorable questions. The current cumulative score can change, even for participants who haven’t recently answered questions. Most often, the reason for the change is that questions don’t count toward the current cumulative score until they have…
By Sanjeev Bhalla, MD   Many years ago, my mentor, Stuart Sagel, told me that academic radiology was like running a relay race. As an attending, my job was to take the baton from one generation and pass it on to the next.   For the past 20 years at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in Saint Louis,…
By Jesse M. Conyers, MD   The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Policy on Parental, Caregiver, and Family Leave represents a culture shift in medicine. According to the policy, “Starting in July 2021, all ABMS Member Boards with training programs of two or more years duration will allow for a minimum of six weeks…
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