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...
ABMS Visiting Scholars Program Helps Shape Future Health Care Leaders
The American Board of Medical Specialties Visiting Scholars Program (ABMS Visiting Scholars Program™) may last a year, but its impact lasts a lifetime. “This one-year, part-time program facilitates the development of early-career physicians, medical and surgical specialists, and research professionals…
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Aims to Advance Diagnostic Excellence through ABMS Visiting Scholars Program
What better way to affect change in diagnostic excellence than to enlist early-career researchers? “We want to develop a pipeline of junior investigators who are interested in and committed to advancing diagnostic excellence,” said Daniel Yang, MD, Program Director of…
Benefits of ABMS Visiting Scholars Program Go Beyond Research
For Co-sponsoring ABMS Member Boards Research may top the list of benefits for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards that co-sponsor the ABMS Visiting Scholars Program™, but it’s not the only one. The ABMS Visiting Scholars Program…
ABMS Visiting Scholars Program Advances Career Aspirations
By Brian T. Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, Director of the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit and Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Precision Medicine Center of Excellence; Associate Professor of Medicine of Physiology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of…
New Standards Reflect Foundational Changes
By Richard E. Hawkins, MD, ABMS President and Chief Executive Officer The approval of the new Standards for Continuing Certification (Standards) represents a pivotal moment for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), our Member Boards, and the greater health…
Aligning Quality Measures for Public Reporting
American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards have an opportunity to work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the development of specialty-specific quality measures that meet the new Standards for Continuing Certification (Standards) and align…
ABMS Member Boards Address Health Care Disparities
Continuing Certification Could Play Large Role As the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards aim to reduce health care disparities and inequities, continuing certification could serve as a driver to accelerate their mitigation, according to speakers at ABMS…
ABMS Member Boards Move Toward Alignment with New Standards
Member Boards showed their support for the new Standards for Continuing Certification (Standards) following their approval by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Board of Directors during its October meeting, with many issuing statements explaining the new Standards, their implications…
ABMS Member Boards Can Help Reduce Physician Burnout
Promote Practice Efficiency, Support Culture of Wellness The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards can help reduce physician burnout by promoting continuing certification activities that facilitate practice efficiency and support a culture of wellness. That was the message…
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…