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...
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…
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…