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...
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 …
ABMS Statement Regarding Continuing Certification During COVID-19
ABMS Reaffirms Support for Physicians to Focus Their Priorities on Patients, Families, and the Communities They Serve As the worldwide health care community continues to navigate and respond to the ever-changing COVID-19 landscape, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)…
Quality Improvement Is Not an Add-on or Busywork at Partners
“[A] major key to our success has been having QI champions in the C-suite who helped to create a system-wide culture that promulgates QI … “
ABMS Names Senior Vice President, Certification Standards and Programs
Renowned medical education innovator and quality improvement champion joins not-for-profit that oversees US physician certification …
ABMS Releases 2018-2019 Board Certification Report
More than 900,000 physicians in the United States are board certified—up 2.5% from 880,000 last year—and more than half of those are from just 10 states. These are just a few statistics found in the latest ABMS Board Certification Report released by the American Board of Medical Specialties …
ABMS Selects Four Visiting Scholars for 2019-2020 Class
Four physicians receive financial awards for research in physician education, assessment, and continuing professional development…
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 …
Longitudinal Assessment Balances Learning and Assessment
After extensive pilot testing, some ABMS Member Boards have transitioned from their traditional examinations to longitudinal assessment options with more Boards to follow…