Copyright (c) 2008 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:45:00 CST Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:45:00 CST ABMS offers a variety of books, booklets, articles, conference proceedings and other reports pertaining to specialty medicine, certification and evaluation trends. Select publications are available in electronic format for free download. A list with description of each of our available publications and ordering information is available in this section. http://www.abms.org/rss/Publications.xml The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has published a revised ABMS Guide to Medical Specialties. The booklet, last published in 2008, has updated information about ABMS, the Board Certification process and the ABMS Maintenance of Certification® program, which promotes continuous professional development and demonstrates a doctor's commitment to keeping up-to-date with ongoing advances in his/her specialty. A free booklet can be obtained by visiting ABMS' new patient-friendly website, CertificationMatters.org.   http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_GuideToMedSpec2011_03012011.aspx Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:45:00 CST "ABMS Maintenance of Certification® Ten Years Strong and Growing," commemorates the evolution of Board Certification to the ABMS Maintenance of Certification® (ABMS MOC®) program, a continuous process for demonstrating the competencies essential to quality medical practice. Pioneers of the program recall its early development while personal reflections offer insight on the program's high standards, methods for continuous assessment, reliable and valid measures and reporting of information on physicians that are Board Certified. The report highlights ABMS activities to gain wider recognition of Board Certification and the ABMS MOC program with the licensing, certification and quality improvement communities and offers examples of the innovative ways Member Boards are implementing the program. http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362273/it.A/id.165/.f Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:45:00 CST Updated annually, the ABMS 2010 Certification Statistics booklet provides information about ABMS and its system of Board Certification and ABMS Maintenance of Certification® (ABMS MOC®), a continuous process for demonstrating the competencies essential to quality medical practice. Learn how a specialist can become Board Certified by an ABMS Member and how certification is sustained through the ABMS MOC program. A variety of tables provide additional information about Board Certification including the number of certifications each ABMS Member Board issues by specialty and subspecialty and the geographic distribution of Board Certified physicians in the United States. http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362273/it.A/id.166/.f Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:45:00 CST