Articles - General Certification Information

How Physicians Can Prepare for an Oral Board Certification Examination with an ABPS Member Board

Time management is the most important aspect of preparation when it comes to an oral board certification examination with one of the 12 Member Boards of the American Board of Physician Specialties that administer oral tests. Physician candidates are given 15-30 minutes per case, each of which begins with a case history of the patient that includes a patient history ...

Important Factors in Board Certification Recognition

Board certification recognition seems to mean different things to members of the medical community. Because there is no across-the-board national standard when it comes to board certification recognition, the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) firmly believes that it should be based on the ability of the certifying body to adequately and accurately measure the skill and experience of a ...

Physician Board Certification Defined

While the term physician board certification is a familiar part of the vernacular to those in the medical profession, the average consumer might have, at best, only a vague notion of what it actually means for a physician to become board certified – and why it is important. The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is one of three nationally ...

Physician Certification and Recertification for ABPS, ABMS & AOABOS Members

Physician recertification through the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the American Osteopathic Association/Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABOS) does not preclude practicing physicians who qualify from seeking recertification through the American Board of Physician Specialists (ABPS). In fact, many of the ABPS Diplomates in leadership positions are dual-certified through the ABPS and either the ABMS or AOABOS. The rigorous ...

Board Certification for Rural Physicians Through the ABPS

The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the official certifying body of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc., is committed to expanding opportunities for rural physicians to obtain board certification. To our organization, this means helping physicians who practice in rural areas demonstrate their mastery of the knowledge and experience required for their chosen specialties. This, in turn, helps ...

Medical Board Certification

Ethics Medical Board Certification and Recertification from ABPS Medical board recertification from the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) provides an opportunity for physicians to clearly demonstrate the knowledge of and experience in the core competencies required for a chosen specialty or subspecialty. The ABPS is the official certifying body of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc., overseeing the ...

Physician Board Certification and Recertification Body of the AAPS

The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is the official physician board certification body of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. The physicians and public members of the ABPS specialty boards develop and administer clinically based medical board certification exams for 17 specialties. Our Member Boards provide physician specialists the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skill of the ...

Medical Specialty Board Certification from ABPS

Medical specialty board certification from the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is based on rigorous scientific standards and innovative examination techniques that are designed to demonstrate knowledge and experience in the core competencies involved with each of our 17 specialty boards. When a physician achieves certification through the ABPS, he or she is achieving far more than merely passing ...

Each ABPS Medical Certification Board Delivers a Rigorous, Psychometrically Valid Exam

The responsibility of a physician specialty certification board is to ensure that the medical board exam is developed and administered in such a way that the result accurately reflects a physician’s mastery of the knowledge base and skill set in his or her chosen specialty. In order to live up to this responsibility, the member boards of the American Board ...

National Doctor's Day 2012

For information on the history of Doctor’s Day click: http://sma.org/sma-alliance/community-service/doctors-day/history-of-doctors-day”

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