Program areas at ABMS
In partnership with its member boards, abms is a leader in establishing rigorous standards for Board certification across 40 Medical Specialties and 89 Medical subspecialties. While member boards tailor these standards to their specific Specialties and subspecialties, abms supports the member boards in the overall implementation of the standards by providing learning opportunities and resources regarding evaluation, assessment and policy development relative to certification. These supports are critical to the abms community. At present, in the united states, abms member boards have certified more than 975,000 physicians and Medical specialists.
In addition to its domestic certification programming, abms provides international services, contracting with the singapore ministry of health to develop and maintain a program of physician assessment and certification for singapore's physicians and Medical specialists. Abms also consults with other countries and communities across the world to explore and/or help establish physician certification programs.
Abms provides a range of programs and services dedicated to supporting the professional development of physicians and Medical specialists from initial certification and throughout their careers, with an ultimate goal of improving the care and treatment of the patients and communities collectively served. The abms portfolio program supports and encourages physicians, Medical specialists and physician assistants in meeting quality/practice improvement requirements by affording them a means of obtaining credit for continiuing certification through their participation in approved activities. In addition, abms programs and services support continued learning by assisting in identifying practice-relevant continuing Medical education programming, using its certlink platform to offer longitudinal (continued in schedule o) assessments that measure skills and knowledge as well as identifying areas and opportunties for continued learning. Abms programs and services also supports member boards in developing their certification and continuing certification criteria and programming. As the premier conference on the certification of health care professionals, the abms conference convenes leaders and stakeholders from across the abms and greater health care communities, offering programming and opportunities to exchange and share best practices and emerging research on assessment, improvement and professionalism.
In terms of advocacy, abms communicates information about and emphasizes the importance of Board certification to diplomates, Medical professionals, health care organizations, insurers, legislators and the general public. These communications provide these stakeholders and advocates with factual information about the importance of Board certification and the marker of trust signified by the credential. Certificationmatters.org, which is a public access abms website, also provides information about Board certification. Any individual mayaccess this site to determine if a physician or Medical specialist is Board certified by an abms member board.in terms of research and professional development, abms and its member boards actively study and support research into the impact that certification programs have on both the profession of medicine as well as improving patient safety and health care. Abms is also committed tophysician professional development as part of its member boards' continuing certification programs, including continuing Medical education and quality and practice improvement activities.