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- October 13, 2020 — Commission Meets to Offer Input on Task Force Work To-Date
- The Commission met virtually in September to review the work of the “Achieving the Vision” Task Forces, offering feedback and clarifying some of the recommendations outlined in their report ... Read more
- October 5, 2020 — ABMS NBME Publish Proceedings Paper of Professionalism Symposium
- ABMS and NBME have published a proceedings paper capturing the presentations and information shared at “Advancing Assessment of Professionalism in Continuing Certification,” a jointly hosted symposium last year ... Read more
- May 18, 2020 — Member Boards Support Physicians During COVID-19 While Task Forces Move Forward
- ABMS and its Member Boards support the efforts of trainees and board certified physicians by offering programmatic flexibility with regard to examination scheduling, as well as offering relevant, up-to-date treatment and prevention information to all on the front line of this pandemic ... Read more
- February 27, 2020 — Oversight Committee Meets with AMA’s Council on Medical Education
- As part of ABMS’ commitment to solicit external perspectives, the Oversight Committee, along with the five Task Force Chairs, will meet with AMA’s Council on Medical Education in March ... Read more
- December 4, 2019 — Task Forces Continue to Meet and Make Progress
- The task forces have made significant progress in defining their charges and gathering additional input and feedback from key constituencies throughout the health care community ... Read more
- October 14, 2019 — Focus on Professionalism
- ABMS Professionalism Task Force held its first, in-person meeting on Monday, September 23 in Chicago ... Read more
- July 11, 2019 — Continuing Board Certification: Achieving the Vision Task Forces Named
- Members announced for the Advancing Practice, Professionalism, Remediation, and Standards Task Forces ... Read more
- June 26, 2019 — Achieving the Vision Update - June 2019
- ABMS Affirms its Policy Regarding Use of Certification to Hospital Leaders/Chief Medical Officers ... Read more
- June 7, 2019 — ABMS Sends Letter to Hospital CMOs Achieving the Vision announcement
- On June 5, 2019, ABMS Board Chair Barry S. Smith, MD, and ABMS President and CEO Richard E. Hawkins, MD, wrote a letter to chief medical officers and executive leaders at hospitals and health systems throughout the country ... Read more
- May 20, 2019 — Achieving the Vision Update - May 2019
- ABMS names members of Achieving the Vision Oversight Committee and identifies five Task Forces ... Read more
- May 17, 2019 — Vision for the Future of Continuing Board Certification JAMA Viewpoint article
- "... recommendations [of the report] reimagine the working relationships among ABMS boards, specialty societies, and continuing medical education/continuing professional development organizations ..." Read more
- March 20, 2019 — Sometimes You Just Don't Know ABMS Insights article
- By Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Executive Director of the Medical Association of Georgia ... Read more
- March 20, 2019 — Speaking One-on-One with the Vision Commission Co-Chairs ABMS Insights article
- Christopher Colenda, MD, MPH, and William Scanlon, PhD, reflect on the past year and the work of the Commission in a Q&A ... Read more
- March 19, 2019 — ABMS Board of Directors Announces Plan to Implement Recommendations from the Continuing Board Certification: Vision Commission Final Report Achieving the Vision announcement
- "These and future implementation efforts will help the Boards evolve continuing certification into a meaningful and relevant program that both brings value to a physician’s practice and meets the highest standard of quality patient care." Read more
- March 12, 2019 — ABMS Announces Plan to Implement Recommendations from the Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission Press Release
- ABMS to take immediate action on independent Commission’s recommendations to make continuing certification programs more meaningful, relevant and of value to key stakeholders ... Read more
- February 13, 2019 — Statement Regarding the Release of the Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission Final Report to the American Board of Medical Specialties Board of Directors
- ABMS and its 24 Member Boards commend the members of the Continuing Board Certification: Vision of the Future Commission (Commission) for their dedication and hard work in creating their final report ... Read more
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