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...
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…
Preparing Physicians for Professionalism in Practice
Adopting consistent standards of professionalism across organizations that train and certify physicians, using system-level educational outcomes to address system problems, and incorporating professionalism attributes into medical education are all ways to prepare and educate physicians about professionalism, according to speakers…
Physician Board Certification Continues to Grow—920,000+ in US are Board Certified
American Board of Medical Specialties Releases Its Annual Board Certification Report Top 10 States forBoard Certified Physicians California (108,341) New York (70,490) Texas (61,890) Florida (50,797) Pennsylvania (41,029) Illinois (36,432) Ohio (32,388) Massachusetts (30,474) New Jersey (27,162) North Carolina (26,959)…
American Board of Medical Specialties Statement on Credentialing During COVID-19
The onset and continued progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to both the initial and continuing certification processes for American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards. Recognizing the value that physicians, patients, hospitals and health systems…
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 …
ABMS Member Boards Support Diplomates with COVID-19-related Activities
ABMS Member Boards are creating continuing certification activities focused on COVID-19 that recognize the efforts of board certified specialists in combating this novel coronavirus on the front lines …
Research Shows Continuing Certification Programs Improve Care, Enhance Knowledge, Link to Fewer Disciplinary Actions
PCPs participating in performance improvement activities improved care for two patient populations, according to two recent studies …
VIDEO: Physicians, Societies, and ABMS Member Boards: Partners in Improvement
Patrick Dolan, MD, Physician Champion for Quality at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, and Helene Brooks, Director of Strategic Alliances at the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), discuss how partnership and collaboration among clinicians, societies, and…