American Bd Of Emergency Medicine

THE ABEM MISSION IS TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THE SPECIALTY OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. ABEM'S PURPOSES ARE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE; TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SUBSPECIALTIES; TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY MEDICINE EDUCATION AND RELATED SUBSPECIALTIES; TO EVALUATE PHYSICIANS AND PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INITIAL AND CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND ITS SUBSPECIALTIES; TO ENHANCE THE VALUE OF CERTIFICATION FOR ABEM DIPLOMATES; AND TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION BY REPORTING THE CERTIFICATION STATUS OF THE DIPLOMATES OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. THE AMERICAN BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE IS A PRIMARY CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT DEVELOPS, ADMINISTERS, SCORES, AND REPORTS RESULTS FOR ASSESSMENTS FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 43,000 PHYSICIANS CERTIFIED BY ABEM. ABEM ALSO PROVIDES

ABEM OFFERS INITIAL CERTIFICATION IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE INITIAL CERTIFICATION IS A THREE-PART PROCESS: 1) GRADUATION FROM RESIDENCY TRAINING IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE; 2) PASSING A QUALIFYING WRITTEN EXAMINATION; AND 3) PASSING AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS BEGINS UPON GRADUATION FROM AN ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME)- OR ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA (RCPSC)-ACCREDITED RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. ABEM ALSO RECOGNIZES SPECIFIC COMBINED TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY THE RESPECTIVE SPONSORING BOARDS. ONCE ABEM VERIFIES AN APPLICANT'S CREDENTIALS, THE APPLICANT IS PERMITTED TO REGISTER FOR THE QUALIFYING WRITTEN EXAMINATION. AFTER PASSING THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION, CANDIDATES THEN TAKE AN ORAL EXAMINATION. UPON PASSING THE ORAL EXAMINATION, PHYSICIANS ARE ABEM-CERTIFIED AND ARE DESIGNATED AS DIPLOMATES. THE CERTIFICATE THE PHYSICIAN RECEIVES IS A TIME-LIMITED CERTIFICATE THAT EXPIRES IN 5 YEARS. TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION, DIPLOMATES MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE ABEM CONTINUING CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

ABEM OFFERS A CONTINUING CERTIFICATION PROCESS IN WHICH PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATE TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION. THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (ABMS) DESIGNED A CONTINUING CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT PROMOTES CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND PERIODIC ASSESSMENT. EACH OF THE 24 ABMS MEMBER BOARDS ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE ABMS CONTINUING CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION BEYOND AN ABEM CERTIFICATE'S 5-YEAR EXPIRATION DATE, ABEM-CERTIFIED PHYSICIANS MUST PARTICIPATE IN EACH COMPONENT OF CONTINUING CERTIFICATION AS FOLLOWS: 1) CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAIN MEDICAL LICENSURE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABEM POLICY ON MEDICAL LICENSURE; 2) COMPLETE MYEMCERT MODULES (4 EVERY 5 YEARS); AND 4) FOR CLINICALLY- ACTIVE DIPLOMATES, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL PRACTICE COMPONENT, WHICH REQUIRES PARTICIPATION IN A MEDICALLY RELEVANT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY.

ABEM DEVELOPS AND ADMINISTERS AN IN-TRAINING EXAMINATION. THIS MULTIPLECHOICE QUESTION EXAMINATION IS OFFERED ANNUALLY FOR A WEEK IN FEBRUARY TO RESIDENTS IN ACGME-ACCREDITED, RCPSC-ACCREDITED, AND ABMS-I- ACCREDITED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. THE IN-TRAINING EXAMINATION IS A STANDARDIZED TEST THAT RESIDENTS AND PROGRAM FACULTY CAN USE TO PREDICT THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT PASSING THE WRITTEN QUALIFYING EXAMINATION.