ABMS Statement Regarding Continuing Certification During COVID-19
ABMS Reaffirms Support for Physicians to Focus Their Priorities on Patients, Families, and the Communities...
ABMS Draft Standards for Continuing Certification Call for Comments Delayed Until April 2021 Due to COVID-19
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) had been prepared to release the Draft Standards for Continuing Certification – Call for Comments (Call for Comments) in early December, in accordance with the timeframes established in the Continuing Board Certification: Vision…
Commission Meets to Offer Input on Task Force Work To-Date
ABMS and NBME have published a proceedings paper capturing the presentations and information shared at “Advancing Assessment of Professionalism in Continuing Certification,” a jointly hosted symposium last year …
ABMS, NBME Publish Proceedings Paper of Professionalism Symposium
This proceedings paper will help carve a pathway forward not only for ABMS and NBME, but for the profession at large …
Member Boards Support Physicians During COVID-19 While Task Forces Move Forward
ABMS and its Member Boards support the efforts of trainees and board certified physicians by offering programmatic flexibility with regard to examination scheduling, as well as offering relevant, up-to-date treatment and prevention information to all on the front line of this pandemic …
Continuing Board Certification: Achieving the Vision Task Forces Continue to Make Progress
As part of ABMS’ commitment to solicit external perspectives, the Oversight Committee, along with the five Task Force Chairs, will meet with the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education in March …
Task Forces Continue to Meet and Make Progress
All five of the task forces have made significant progress in defining their charges and gathering additional input and valuable feedback from key internal and external stakeholders and constituencies throughout the greater health care community …
Focus on Professionalism
ABMS Professionalism Task Force held its first, in-person meeting on Monday, September 23 in Chicago, making progress in both defining medical professionalism and professional standing …
Continuing Board Certification: Achieving the Vision Task Forces Named
With guidance from the recently named Oversight Committee, these Task Forces will work to implement key recommendations outlined by the Vision for the Future Commission …
ABMS Affirms its Policy Regarding Use of Certification to Hospital Leaders/Chief Medical Officers
As part of its commitment to address the recommendations made by the Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission in its final report, ABMS distributed a special communication to hospital and health system leaders across the country …
Why I Chose to Serve on the ABMS Stakeholder Council
Recently I sat down for brunch with a bunch of friends who happened to be physicians. We resembled a bad joke: a pediatrician, an emergency room doc, an allergist, and an internist walk into a restaurant…