ABMS Statement Regarding Continuing Certification During COVID-19
ABMS Reaffirms Support for Physicians to Focus Their Priorities on Patients, Families, and the Communities...
Promoting Professionalism in Practice
While COVID-19 highlighted extreme professionalism exhibited by clinicians and other health care workers, it also exposed frailties in the social contract between the medical profession and the public. Speakers at ABMS Conference 2020 – Virtual, held this past September, discussed…
Pursuing Professionalism in Practice
Efforts to pursue professionalism in practice were outlined by three speakers at ABMS Conference 2020 – Virtual held this past September. Addressing behaviors that undermine a culture of safety and respect helps support physicians in their pursuit of professionalism, noted…
What Recent Research on Professionalism Reveals
Research on the impact of the changing health care ecosystem on professionalism, the physicians’ view of engagement, and components of a remediation program were topics addressed by three speakers at ABMS Conference 2020 – Virtual held this past September. Differing…
Professionalism Speaks to Belief System, Public Confidence, and So Much More
By Mark T. Keegan, MB, MRCPI, MSc, D.ABA, FCCM, Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, a renewed appreciation of the roles of health care workers has emerged. The professionalism of…
Preparing Physicians for Professionalism in Practice
Adopting consistent standards of professionalism across organizations that train and certify physicians, using system-level educational outcomes to address system problems, and incorporating professionalism attributes into medical education are all ways to prepare and educate physicians about professionalism, according to speakers…
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 …
ABMS Leave Policy Will Reduce Stress for Residents Fellows Making Life Choices
The policy will reduce the stress for residents and fellows when dealing with life events and allow them to have a more stable work/life balance …
ABMS Portfolio Program Updates Requirements
Eases administrative burden, expands physician engagement The American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio ProgramTM (ABMS Portfolio Program) recently announced revised requirements that will reduce administrative burden and expand physician engagement. The ABMS Portfolio Program works with a growing community of…
ABMS Portfolio Program Updates Requirements
ABMS Portfolio Program recently announced revised requirements that will reduce administrative burden and expand physician engagement …
ABMS Member Boards Support Diplomates with COVID-19-related Activities
ABMS Member Boards are creating continuing certification activities focused on COVID-19 that recognize the efforts of board certified specialists in combating this novel coronavirus on the front lines …