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ABMS Invites Applications for 2021–2022 Visiting Scholars Program
CHICAGO – February 22, 2021—ABMS is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 ABMS Visiting Scholars Program™. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm CT on June 7, 2021. The ABMS Visiting Scholars Program positions qualified early-career physicians and research professionals…
ABMS Selects Eight Visiting Scholars for the 2020–2021 Class
Top Row: Susrutha Kotwal, MD; Alison Huffstetler, MD; Melvin Makhni, MD, MBA; Joel Willis, DO, PA, MA, MPhilBottom Row: Jacquelyn Dunahoe, MD; Robert Hayden, MD; Michelle Chen, MD, MHS; Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA Eight physicians receive financial awards for…
Applications for 2020-2021 ABMS Visiting Scholars Program Now Available
The ABMS Visiting Scholars Program positions early career physicians, and others with relevant advanced degrees, as future health care leaders. The program facilitates research in areas relevant to physician assessment, performance and quality improvement, continuing professional development, and initial and continuing certification …
ABMS Selects Four Visiting Scholars for 2019-2020 Class
Four physicians receive financial awards for research in physician education, assessment, and continuing professional development…
ABMS Visiting Scholar Dr. Garibaldi on a Mission to Preserve Physical Exam Skills
Performing physical examinations is becoming a lost skill, but Brian Garibaldi, MD, is on a mission to turn that trend around.
Visiting Scholar Validates Online Tool to Assess Diagnostic Performance
Physicians strive for diagnostic acumen. It is a fundamental skill in the practice of medicine. In today’s world of medical education, however, much of diagnostic performance is inferred, rather than measured …
ABMS Selects 2018-2019 Visiting Scholars
ABMS Research and Education Foundation has selected seven outstanding individuals to participate in its 2018-2019 Visiting Scholars Program …
Former ABMS Visiting Scholar Dr. Schumacher Continues Scholarly Pursuits
Daniel J. Schumacher, MD, MEd, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, has continued scholarly pursuits years after his time as an ABMS Visiting Scholar in the inaugural 2014-2015 class.
Visiting Scholar Develops Objective Process to Measure Surgical Competence
Competence is difficult to define and even harder to measure. That is what Benjamin Wooster, MD, an orthopaedic surgery resident at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, learned when he undertook a study to determine if anatomic knowledge correlates with surgical competence as part of his ABMS Visiting Scholar research project.
Visiting Scholar Tackles Quality Metrics for Surgical Specialists
The lack of relevant quality metrics and an understanding of what to do with the resulting data coupled with small sample sizes are significant barriers to reporting surgeon-specific outcomes, according to ABMS Visiting Scholar Stephanie Yi, MD.