ABMS Statement Regarding Continuing Certification During COVID-19
ABMS Reaffirms Support for Physicians to Focus Their Priorities on Patients, Families, and the Communities...
ABMS Draft Standards for Continuing Certification Call for Comments Delayed Until April 2021 Due to COVID-19
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) had been prepared to release the Draft Standards for Continuing Certification – Call for Comments (Call for Comments) in early December, in accordance with the timeframes established in the Continuing Board Certification: Vision…
Physician Board Certification Continues to Grow—920,000+ in US are Board Certified
American Board of Medical Specialties Releases Its Annual Board Certification Report Top 10 States forBoard Certified Physicians California (108,341) New York (70,490) Texas (61,890) Florida (50,797) Pennsylvania (41,029) Illinois (36,432) Ohio (32,388) Massachusetts (30,474) New Jersey (27,162) North Carolina (26,959)…
American Board of Medical Specialties Statement on Credentialing During COVID-19
The onset and continued progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to both the initial and continuing certification processes for American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards. Recognizing the value that physicians, patients, hospitals and health systems…
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is seeking nominations for positions on the ABMS Stakeholder Council
The Stakeholder Council is an advisory body to the ABMS Board of Directors representing volunteer physicians and patient/public interests. The role of the Stakeholder Council is to ensure that the ABMS Board of Directors makes decisions that are grounded in…
ABMS Selects Eight Visiting Scholars for the 2020–2021 Class
Eight physicians receive financial awards for research in physician assessment, continuing professional development, and practice improvement CHICAGO – November 24, 2020 – The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has selected eight outstanding individuals to participate in its 2020–2021 Visiting Scholars…
ABMS One of Seven Leading Organizations to Urge Department of Homeland Security to Exclude Physicians from Proposed J-1 Visa Rules
On October 26, the American Board of Medical Specialties joined six other leading organizations in academic medicine and health care to submit comments in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) proposed rule, Establishing a Fixed Time Period…
Commission Meets to Offer Input on Task Force Work To-Date
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 …
Statement on the Dismissal of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons v. the American Board of Medical Specialties
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is pleased with the recent ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division dismissing with prejudice the lawsuit filed by the Association of American Physicians and…
ABMS, NBME Publish Proceedings Paper of Professionalism Symposium
This proceedings paper will help carve a pathway forward not only for ABMS and NBME, but for the profession at large …
ABMS Leave Policy – Its the Right Thing to Do
Ultimately, this policy is a start. But for it to have wider impact, the culture of medicine must change how it views time away for personal and family reasons …