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...
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…
VIDEO: ABMS Member Boards Discuss Innovations in Assessment
Representatives from three ABMS Member Boards discuss innovations in assessment that their respective boards have implemented …
VIDEO: CertLink Transforming Continuing Certification
Miriam “Mimi“ Blitzer, PhD, FACMG, CEO of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, and Rebecca L. Johnson, MD, CEO of the American Board of Pathology, discuss how CertLink® is transforming continuing certification …
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 …