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 Member Boards Promote Professionalism
Professionalism is a vital aspect of patient care and a key tenet of American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) board certification. For ABMS, professionalism represents a belief system and behaviors that support trustworthy relationships between patients and their physicians. In…
PCC Strives to Strengthen Professional Certification
Starting in 2018, a wave of proposed legislative bills that would have banned the use of the term certified for anyone who did not receive a government-issued credential was sweeping across the country. Lawmakers didn’t fully understand how private certification…
ABMS Member Boards Update their Professionalism Policies
Each of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards is expected to develop and implement its own Policy on Professionalism tailored to the clinical context of its specialties and subspecialties. ABMS defines medical professionalism as “a belief system…
Professional Certification Bodies Should Uphold Public Trust by Enforcing Codes of Conduct
If licensing boards are hesitant to take action to protect the public and uphold the standards and values of a credentialed profession, certification organizations can step into the breach to protect public trust in their credentials.
ABMS Approves Professional Conduct Policy
Professionalism is a shared value across the ABMS Member Boards and a core element of ABMS board certification. To preserve the trustworthiness of the credential, the ABMS Board of Directors recently approved its Policy on Professional Conduct …
ABMS Member Boards Offer Assessment Opportunities to Residents
While many American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards offer residents the opportunity to take an in-training examination (ITE), some offer them the opportunity to engage in self-assessment or quality improvement/performance improvement (QI/PI) activities. The ITE serves multiple purposes….
ABMS Member Boards Accelerate Resident Outreach
Most residents first encounter an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Board when they are applying for certification at the end of training, but some Member Boards are looking to make that interaction occur sooner. A few boards are…
Engaging Residents for Lifelong Learning and Continuous Improvement of Certification Standards
By John Patrick T. Co, MD, MPH, Director of Graduate Medical Education at Mass General Brigham and Medical Director for Equity at Massachusetts General Hospital Residency training is a critical period for professional development and identity formation. My residency training…
Bridging Continuum of Learning and Assessment
By Linking Competencies, Milestones and EPAs The transition to competency-based medical education (CBME) presents an opportunity for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) community and its stakeholders to design and build a seamless continuum of learning and assessment in…
ABMS Member Boards Collaborate to Explore CBME
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) have a common goal: training highly skilled and knowledgeable specialists who can provide expert care to their patients. Along the way, ACGME accredits programs that…