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To the Editor: Your editorial on the American Medical Accreditation Program (AMAP) (July 3 issue)¹ was flawed both logically and factually. The American Medical Association (AMA) did not design AMAP as a "surrogate" for board certification. AMAP accreditation and specialty-board certification differ substantially in their requirements. Board certification attests to the physician's completion of prescribed training in a specialized area of medicine and to the successful completion of examinations that primarily test the fund of knowledge in that specialty. AMAP accreditation is based not only on education and training but also on such personal characteristics as ethical behavior, involvement in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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