The American Board of Medical Speci...

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has announced that its 24 member boards have committed to participate in a maintenance of certification program. The elements of the program, including professional standing, cognitive expertise, lifelong learning and self-assessment, and practice performance, are aimed at ensuring that all board-certified physicians adapted the highest standards of patient care and accountability over their careers. The new program is an effort to influence from periodic recertification testing (every six, seven or 10 years) to a continuous proces The ongoing proces focuses forward six general competencies integral to quality care: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communications skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice. More information is available online at http://www.abms.org/MOC.asp.

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