American Board of Medical Specialties Announces New Standards for Continuing Certification
ABMS Board of Directors approved new Standards for Continuing Certification at its October meeting, culminating...
Study Summarizes the Rationale and Purpose of Continuing Certification
As certifying boards continue to evolve their certification programs to focus on more frequent, learner-engaged assessments, a recently published comprehensive report synthesizes findings from over 600 studies to describe the foundational evidence behind the need for continuous certification. The American…
New Report: US Physician Board Certification Continues to Grow
Report shows that more than 940,000 physicians are currently certified by an ABMS Member Board, representing an increase of more than 25,000 physicians over the previous year and an overall 10.3 percent increase since 2016 …
ABMS Publishes Summary of Improving Health and Health Care Symposium
In December 2020, ABMS convened nationally renowned experts and thought leaders for a virtual Symposium entitled The Next Generation of Board Certification: Improving Health and Health Care (IHHC) to discuss the role of improvement in continuing certification. This document provides…
ABMS COO Joins Crains Panel on Diversity in Hiring and Recruiting
Laura Skarnulis, COO of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), participated in the panel and said, ”ABMS believes we’re responsible for increasing DEI both internally and externally and are aware that our colleagues expect us to take action …
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 Releases Updated Guide to Medical Specialties
ABMS released its 2019 edition of the ABMS Guide to Medical Specialties, providing a comprehensive listing of the specialty certifications offered by the 24 ABMS Member Boards and descriptions of each specialty and subspecialty. Currently, there are 40 specialties and 87 subspecialties in which ABMS Members Boards offer certificates.
ABMS Releases 2017-2018 Board Certification Report
More than 880,000 physicians in the United States are board certified; California, New York, and Texas are the states with the largest number of active physician certificates; and Neurological Care is the newest approved subspecialty certification. These are just a sampling of facts and statistics found in the latest ABMS Board Certification Report …
ABMS Releases 2016-2017 Board Certification Report
The 2016-2017 ABMS Board Certification Report offers a wide variety of statistics, information, and data about the specialty certification programs administered by the 24 Member Boards that comprise ABMS.