American Board of Medical Specialties Announces New Standards for Continuing Certification
ABMS Board of Directors approved new Standards for Continuing Certification at its October meeting, culminating...
Where QI Meets Continuing Certification and PI-CME
By Sahar Pastel-Daneshgar, MOC Coordinator, and Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD, CIIP, FSIIM, FASHSE, FACR, Associate Dean of CME, in the CME Office at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center The University of Utah Continuing Medical Education (CME) office…
ABMS Portfolio Program Promotes Quality and Safety Culture
Sponsors may have signed up for the American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio Program (ABMS Portfolio Program™) because it enables them to award physicians, and more recently physician assistants, continuing certification credit for engaging in quality improvement (QI) initiatives. What…
Collaboratives Extend ABMS Portfolio Program Reach
American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio Program (ABMS Portfolio Program™) Sponsors are engaging in national collaboratives with health care systems and other stakeholders impacting patient care across the country. By working with these stakeholders, including Specialty Societies, Sponsors are extending…
ABMS Portfolio Program Offers More Than Continuing Certification Credit
Promotes Quality and Safety Culture, Creates QI Alliances The American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio Program (ABMS Portfolio Program™) ties organizational quality and safety goals to continuing certification, benefiting health care organizations committed to quality improvement (QI) and physicians involved…
ABMS Member Boards Collaborate with Specialty Societies on Assessment Activities
As American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards embrace formative, longitudinal assessments, they are increasingly collaborating with their respective Specialty Societies on activities that enhance lifelong learning. It is an ideal pairing that not only accelerates the translation of…
Assessing Knowledge through CertLink
Six American Board of Medical Specialties’ (ABMS) Member Boards chose CertLink® as a platform to introduce longitudinal assessment into their continuing certification programs. Of those, four boards are now using CertLink as an alternative to their 10-year Maintenance of Certification…
How ABPath Certlink Helps Me Stay Current
By Katie O’Reilly, MD, Laboratory Medical Director for Peterborough Regional Health Center, Ross Memorial Hospital, Northumberland Hills Hospital, and Campellford Memorial Hospital in Peterborough, Ontario* The American Board of Pathology (ABPath) piloted the Certlink® program right after I sat for…
Assessments Advance Translation of Medical Knowledge
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards are using formative, longitudinal assessments to accelerate the translation of medical knowledge into practice. These innovative approaches allow the boards to evaluate physician knowledge, identify knowledge gaps, and support learning and…
Mitigating Implicit Biases in Certification Programs
Implicit biases contribute to systemic racism and health disparities in minority communities, but American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards can take steps to mitigate them in medical education, residency, and certification programs, noted speakers at ABMS Conference 2020…
Strategies to Eliminate Health Disparities Across Specialties
QI initiatives can play a role American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards can take several steps to eliminate health and health care disparities, from creating awareness about them to making the elimination of health inequities an expected competency,…