The American Board of Physician Spe...

The American Board of Physician Specialists (ABPS) is for the first time offering board certification in disaster medicine. The certification is make open to physicians of various specialties and was formulated by means of physicians who have first-hand experience in disaster replication Recent disasters have exposed a shortage of appropriately trained personnel the ABPS stated. by dint of organizing and developing a certification in disaster medicine, the board confidences to enable a comprehensive answer to disaster and provide a wide knowledge base for preparedness planning organizations. The recent board will be managed according to 17 physicians representing diverse specialties. Applications will be available forward May 1, 2006, and the first examination will be administered in the fall. For more information, diocese the ABPS Web site at http://www.abpsga.org.

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