Maintaining Subspecialty Certification in Neuroradiology

Symposium. Subspecialty certification: current status of orthopaedic subspecialty certification.

Symposium: Subspecialty certification: Current status of orthopaedic subspecialty certification. During the last twenty years, an increasing number of orthopaedic surgeons have chosen to subspecialize. As such, there has been an increased interest in subspecialty certification. In 1990, 44% of orthopaedic surgeons viewed themselves as general or-thopaedists and 21%, as specialists. Currently, t...

President's column: subspecialty certification in clinical informatics

Shortly after Don Detmer joined AMIA as its first full-time professional president and CEO, he became aware of the growing demand among clinical informaticians for a process by which they could be credentialed to show their competence and accomplishments in the field. Such credentialing would require consensus on the design and content of training programs for clinical informaticians, and AMIA ...

Evolution of a new multidisciplinary subspecialty: interventional neuroradiology/neuroendovascular surgery.

Certification in vascular neurology: a new subspecialty in the United States.

In 2003, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties to issue subspecialty certificates in vascular neurology. Recognition was requested by the American Academy of Neurology. The new certificate acknowledges those ABPN-certified neurologists and child neurologists who have developed special expertise in the field of vasc...

Development and results of the first ABMS subspecialty Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine.

In November 2007, the first Certification Examination in Sleep Medicine was administered to 1,882 candidates under the cosponsorship of five member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)--the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Otolaryngology, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Board of Psychiatry ...