I write to address the issues raised in Dr. David Cossman’s opinion piece in the April 2018 issue of General Surgery News [“Maintenance of Incompetence,” page 1]. Dr. Cossman’s editorial contains some factual errors as well as areas in which we disagree. In the spirit of the new continuous certification process, we will provide the explanation and rationale for each question. References are available upon request.
The “Check a Certification”