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According to my dictionary, epistemology is "the theory or science of the method and grounds of knowledge, especially with reference to its limits and validity."¹ How do we know something? How do we know whether someone else knows something? Do formal examinations assist us in answering this second question? Physicians have certainly taken enough of them.

In October 1994, a subspecialty board examination in adolescent medicine was offered in the United States for the first time. As a formal area of medical practice, adolescent medicine dates from 1968, when the multidisciplinary Society for Adolescent Medicine was formed. For this first . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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