All ABMS Member Boards Now Offer Formative Assessments
Within five years of the Vision for the Future Commission its recommendations, all 24 ABMS Member Boards have implemented formative...
The CertLink® assessment platform can help you create innovative and customized assessments. It works at the intersection of assessment and learning to support ongoing professional development.
CertLink was originally created by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to support the development of longitudinal assessments for continuing certification of physician specialists. The assessments, which can be customized to practice, are helping physicians review their knowledge, identify areas for learning, and connect with professional development resources.
including the familiar survey, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions, and other item types
to create multiple item banks and customize question presentation with images and video
including defining assessment properties, managing assessment forms, and maintaining item statistics
to set specific administration logistics and candidate management and delivery accommodations
to manage program performance information for analysis and improvement decisions
CertLink users benefit from immediate performance feedback, dashboards to help identify potential knowledge gaps, and content-specific resources and references for continued learning.
Several ABMS boards are using CertLink to advance their continuing certification programs. The results are positive.
See how the CertLink platform works.