Find COVID-19 Information from ABMS and its Member Boards
Throughout the COVID-19 epidemic, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its 24 Member...
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,…
Health Care Disparities and the Latinx Population
By Ricardo Correa, MD, EdD, FACP, FACE, FACMQ; Program Director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship; Director for Diversity, Graduate Medical Education, UACOM-P; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC* Health inequities exacerbate…
ABMS Commits to Addressing DEI Across the Organization and Beyond
By Richard E. Hawkins, MD, ABMS President and Chief Executive Officer The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its Member Boards have a unique and distinct role in improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the health care community….
Plenary Speakers Call on Medical Community to Address Systemic Racism, Health Inequities
The medical community has an obligation to address structural racism and improve health equity, and the time to do it is now. That was the message delivered by plenary speakers at ABMS Conference 2020 – Virtual held this past September….
ABMS Member Boards Advance DEI Efforts
From staff initiatives to recruitment of URMs American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in myriad ways from efforts related to their governance and organizational culture to their certifying examinations and continuing…